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Right-to-Life Amendments Sweep Mexican States

By Angela Castellanos, RH Reality Check, Latin America

May 29, 2009 - 9:00am

In 2007 the Mexican Supreme Court upheld a law which decriminalized abortion in Mexico City. Since then, twelve Mexican states have approved constitutional reforms defining personhood as beginning at the moment of conception.

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Twisted Treaty Shafts Women

By Janet Benshoof, Global Justice Center

February 4, 2009 - 9:00am

The CEDAW the US would ratify would preclude women from challenging laws based on the physical differences between men and women, including discriminatory maternity coverage or criminal abortion laws.

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US Women Also Face Human Rights Struggles

By Marianne Mollmann, Human Rights Watch

February 2, 2009 - 9:00am

Women living in the United States can't appeal to international human rights law when they are inadequately protected by US law -- because the US has not signed on to CEDAW.

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Fight Of Our Lives: UNICEF Uncovers The State of Maternal Mortality

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

January 15, 2009 - 7:01pm

Childbirth and pregnancy are extremely dangerous endeavors for the women of the world but most especially for women in developing nations and even more especially for teen girls in developing nations. We know this. We know that anti-choice, religious right extremists prefer to throw women and girls under the bus rather than admit to this fact. But it is the truth.

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Roundup: Obama and CEDAW; Brazilian Women Investigated for Abortion; Women Need an Advocate Like Clinton

By Emily Douglas

December 2, 2008 - 12:30pm

Will Obama sign CEDAW?; Brazilian women investigated for abortion; "progressive circle" of advisors surrounding Obama; women need an advocate like Clinton in the Senate.

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Letter to the Candidates: What Will You Do to End Harsh Realities for Women Worldwide?

By IWHC, International Women's Health Coalition

September 26, 2008 - 8:00am

The staff of the International Women's Health Coalition pens a letter to our future president with concrete ideas for how to reverse the current harmful policies that do nothing to end violence, stop needless deaths from pregnancy and childbirth or prevent HIV.

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The High Price of Compromise

By Joanna Pozen, RH Reality Check

September 18, 2007 - 8:23am

Domestic women's rights advocates are gearing up for a renewed CEDAW ratification fight. But do they realize what effect passing an abortion-neutral CEDAW might have on reproductive rights in other countries?

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News & Commentary

1 Where the Wild Things Weren't: Daily Beast's Women's Summit Avoids Controversial Realities

By Megan Carpentier on March 18, 2010 - 7:00am | 0 comments

The Daily Beast's first Women in the World Summit played stuck to lowest-common denominator issues, and avoided the "scary" and "controversial" (read: political) realities of women's lives.

Risky Business: Pregnant in America

By Amie Newman on March 18, 2010 - 7:00am | 2 comments

Pregnant women in the U.S. have a greater risk of dying from pregnancy or childbirth related complications than women in 40 other countries around the world. It's past time to fix this.

Youth Lead Advocacy For Sexual and Reproductive Health

By Maria de Bruyn on March 17, 2010 - 9:19pm | 0 comments

Youth advocates at the 54th Commission on the Status of Women challenged a multi-generational, multinational audience to examine their own thinking about sexual and reproductive health and rights.

2 In Absurd Move, Canada Drops Family Planning from Maternal Health Plan

By Jodi Jacobson on March 17, 2010 - 2:52pm | 2 comments

The Canadian government is excluding family planning from its initiative to save the lives and improve the health of mothers in poor countries. One small problem: You can't address maternal mortality without family planning.

"Slow Death by Rubber Duck:" What We Don't See Can Hurt Us

By Miranda Spencer on March 17, 2010 - 7:00am | 4 comments

Want to know about the effects on human health of environmental toxins? A new book provides the perfect primer.

"We're Not Dolls! Don't Play With Women's Lives"

By Tatiana Mckinney on March 17, 2010 - 7:00am | 0 comments

A demonstration on the steps of Brooklyn's Borough Hall on March 10 raised awareness of the effects of HIV and AIDS on women and girls.

3 Midwives Barred From California Hospital

By Amie Newman on March 16, 2010 - 7:07pm | 5 comments

Midwives in California are fighting for their right to be reinstated at a hospital where administrators have so far provided no proof for their abrupt dismissal, saying only it was for "patient safety."

Is Hormone Replacement Therapy Worth the Risks?

By Pamela Merritt on March 16, 2010 - 7:00am | 0 comments

News that there may be a link between hormone replacement therapy and lung cancer has renewed questions about the use of hormones to treat the symptoms of menopause.

Adulthood and the Right to Make Our Own Choices

By Anat Shenker-Osorio on March 16, 2010 - 7:00am | 6 comments

What does it mean when a group is systematically denied the right to marry? Or when another group is denied the right to determine what happens to their bodies? At some level, even if only unconsciously, it means we think they aren’t adults.

4 The Ethical, Spiritual, and Moral Foundation of the Abortion-Provider Community

By TrustingWomen on March 16, 2010 - 7:00am | 89 comments

Those who provide access to abortions have ethical, spiritual, and religious wisdom that this world needs, and this community needs to claim and celebrate its power, goodness, morality, and justice.

Analysis of Fetal Homicide Bills Suggests Ulterior Motives

By Wendy Norris on March 15, 2010 - 7:00am | 5 comments

A slew of state bills to establish precedents for "fetal homicide" have at least one thing in common—little mention of the women actually involved in the incidents.

The Vanishing Anti-Choice Democrat: Rethinking the Party's Strategy

By Amanda Marcotte on March 15, 2010 - 7:00am | 14 comments

The share of people who are "liberal" but also anti-choice grows tinier by the day. Investments by the Democratic Party to recruit that vanishing population would be far better spent elsewhere.

5 Have You Thanked an Abortion Provider Today?

By Robin Marty on March 15, 2010 - 7:00am | 50 comments

March 10th was "National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers," a day to remember the people who make the right to choose "real." But we need to be mindful every day of what providers do and what they sacrifice.

West Virginians For Life Skirts Lobbying Laws, But Courts Publicity

By Megan Carpentier on March 12, 2010 - 9:00am | 2 comments

Lobbyists for West Virginians for Life have failed to register in the state as required by a law intended to foster transparency. Is it ok to violate "man's laws" in the interest of "God's work?"

Get Real! He Said He'd Wait, But He Won't Stop Asking

By Heather Corinna on March 12, 2010 - 9:00am | 0 comments

What do you call it when someone asks the same question over and over again hoping to get a different answer? Pressure.

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Bart Stupak: "I Don't Listen To Nuns"

Jodi Jacobson, Editor, RH Reality Check
Mar 18 2010 - 9:22am | comments (0)

In two interviews yesterday, Bart Stupak revealed a great deal about himself, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, politics and the internal workings of our "pro-choice" Democratic party. First, in what shouldn't be surprising to anyone, Stupak told Fox News that he "doesn't listen to nuns."

Roundup: More Debate Over Public Employees' Health Insurance Coverage of Abortions

Rachel Larris, RH Reality Check
Mar 17 2010 - 12:01pm | comments (2)

It seems like every day there’s more news about the sudden wave of thought that public employees’ health insurance plans that include coverage of abortion services are equivalent to “taxpayer-funded abortions.”

Illinois Court Reviews Parental Notification Law

Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
Mar 16 2010 - 12:11pm | comments (0)

An Illinois court reviews a long unenforced parental notification act.

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