“In the US, more than 5 million women’s jobs were lost between the start of the pandemic and November 2020,” V writes in The Guardian. Much of this abuse, including an increase in sex and labor trafficking, is driven by the loss of work, further disempowering women. This assault, writes author and activist V, is “the most severe setback to women’s liberation in my lifetime.” The COVID-19 pandemic, for instance, has seen an estimated 30% increase in violent attacks against women, along with the curtailment of their rights. Wade, returning the question of abortion to the states-is part of a broader assault against women. Jackson Women’s Health-which suggests the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v.
The leaked majority draft opinion in Dobbs v.
