News Stories for Suburban Women

Here are three stories you need to know about this week.

Republicans are taking aim on contraception — and they’d rather you didn’t know

The SWP take: The great Dr. Maya Angelou once said, “When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.” That’s what we have to do here - take Republicans for their word. When Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in his concurring opinion on Dobbs that the court “should reconsider” its long-standing rulings, including the 1965 Griswold v. Connecticut decision, which granted married couples the right to use contraceptives without government oversight, he meant it. Since the Dobbs ruling, Republicans have voted against the right to contraception showing us exactly how they feel.

Ron DeSantis wants to rebrand the book banning mess he created

The SWP take: Sorry Ron. You’re not getting away that easily. We have watched you try to use book challenges for political gain and we won’t forget that as you try to rebrand yourself as more laid-back and palatable.

How the Kansas City shooting proves the “good guy with a gun” idea is a fallacy

The SWP take: It’s the guns. It always has been and it always will be until we pass stronger gun laws and encourage a culture of responsible gun ownership. The Kansas City shooting proved that 800 armed police officers was not enough to stop a mass shooting.