USA: FROM BAD TO WORSE AND WORSE
… feel that the 2020 elections are “more important than usual.” Republican women are least likely to feel the upcoming elections are atypical. SOURCE: New York Times, 19 August 2019 +++ …
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CALL FOR PAPERS – Submissions wanted on refugee and migrant health (and we add: abortion)
… by migrants and refugees and to promote research, service, and policy innovation in this area. The guest editors are: Dr Paul Spiegel, Director of the Center for Humanitarian Health, Johns …
INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION – Crimes Against Humanity Treaty Update: Victory!
… concerning this definition, and opted to remove it altogether… Please read and feel free to share thepress releaseandblog postannouncing the outcome of the ILC meeting and its impact.For a powerful …
ARGENTINA- Constitutional dialogues and abortion law reform in Argentina: what’s next?
… dialogic round? …Opposition Senate Leader, Miguel Angel Pichetto… urged the Supreme Court to take up the issue, given the inability of the political community and its leadership to deliver an …
UGANDA – Why we should prevent unsafe abortion
… forward to sharing these news stories with the whole membership too! SOURCES: New Vision, by Lillian Namusoke Magezi , 18 March 2019 ; Star Blogs, by Daniel Otieno, 26 March …
CHILE – In defence of women: anti-gender campaigns and abortion in Chile
A blog, by Lieta Vivaldi In Chile the bill that allows abortion on three grounds – when a woman’s life is in danger, when there are foetal anomalies incompatible with …
JAMAICA – The time has come to make access to abortion services legal
… no secret.” FULL TEXT of BLOG POST, reprinted from the Jamaica Gleaner, by Jaevion Nelson, 2 February 2019: blog post on web ; also Thomson Reuters Foundation News, by Kate …
Jamaica: The time has come to make access to abortion services legal (BLOG)
by Jaevion Nelson If we are to be honest with ourselves, we would agree that everyone knows or knows of someone in their community who has had an …
ARGENTINA – Queering abortion rights: notes from Argentina
by Barbara Sutton, Elizabeth Borland Culture, Health & Sexuality 2018;20(12):1378-93 DOI:10.1080/13691058.2018.1437221 (Not open access) Abstract In recent years, there have been calls in activist spaces to ‘queer’ abortion rights advocacy …
KENYA – We all need comprehensive sex education
… our sexual lives; and over time become more well-rounded, integrated beings – just as designed.” FULL ARTICLE: The Nation, Blog by Naisola Likimani, 25 December 2019 ; VISUAL: @NaisolaL | …
NORWAY – Instrumentalising women’s reproductive vulnerability for political gain: where in the world does it stop?
by Sandy Goldbeck-Wood, Pål Øian, Ole-Erik Iversen, Ganesh Acharya BMJ Blog, 30 November 2018 A move to restrict abortion in Norway is a particularly stark example of the readiness with …
FRANCE – Are abortion rights at risk?
… since the Veil Law of 1975, which every public hospital is obliged to provide. The only obligation in case of refusal: the health professional must refer the women elsewhere. The …
SPOTLIGHT ON A CAMPAIGN MEMBER – Sexuality Policy Watch (SPW)
… essay by Sonia Corrêa; a fact sheet on the electoral results; an in-depth analysis of the profile of pro-active voters of the president-elect and a report on the November 2017 …
CONFERENCE REPORT – Decriminalisation of Abortion, Medical Abortion and Advocacy for Change
… use their expertise on these issues to report research; write discussion papers, blogs, commentaries and journal articles; make videos; prepare informational leaflets for women and health professionals; and create other …
28 September Reports and Articles in the Media
… The unlikely allies in the struggle for abortion rights in Northern Ireland https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2018/09/unlikely-allies-struggle-abortion-rights-northern-ireland Theresa May urged to reform ‘cruel and barbaric’ abortion law in Northern Ireland https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/theresa-may-urged-to-reform-cruel-and-barbaric-abortion-law-in-northern-ireland-cwd3svvxh Thousands attend March …
28 September Reports and Articles in the Media
… in the struggle for abortion rights in Northern Ireland https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2018/09/unlikely-allies-struggle-abortion-rights-northern-ireland Theresa May urged to reform ‘cruel and barbaric’ abortion law in Northern Ireland https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/theresa-may-urged-to-reform-cruel-and-barbaric-abortion-law-in-northern-ireland-cwd3svvxh Thousands attend March for Choice as …