Sneak Peek: What’s in the Winter Issue of Ms.? Groundbreaking Reporting on Women’s Health and Power

Fri, 26 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Mifepristone has shown potential to treat a striking range of diseases and conditions, some life-threatening: fibroids, breast cancer, depression, endometriosis, Gulf War illness and maybe even other autoimmune diseases, such as chronic fatigue syndrome and multiple sclerosis. Research also suggests that mifepristone may help prevent some forms of breast cancer and can serve as an effective weekly contraceptive without the side effects of hormonal birth control.

Yet despite the drug’s promise, its development has been repeatedly stymied by abortion opponents who fear wider availability would weaken their attempts to suppress abortion access.

The result? Women are left in needless pain and subject to invasive and unnecessary surgical procedures like hysterectomies.

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A Landmark Self-Defense Case in the Age of Mass Incarceration: A New Documentary Tells Joan Little’s Story

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:33:08 +0000

A new documentary short chronicles Little's groundbreaking case—and her historic victory as the first U.S. woman acquitted for using deadly force to resist sexual assault.

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Winter 2026 Archives - Ms. Magazine

Sneak Peek: What’s in the Winter Issue of Ms.? Groundbreaking Reporting on Women’s Health and Power

A Landmark Self-Defense Case in the Age of Mass Incarceration: A New Documentary Tells Joan Little’s Story