Human Rights
They've Told Us "No" Before: Fight for the Health Care Law
For generations, women have overcome obstacles, exceeded expectations and fought for equality. We fought discrimination in the health insurance market, where women have been considered a pre-existing condition and denied health coverage due to a previous Caesarean section or a history of domestic violence or rape. We fought to end the discriminatory practice of insurance companies charging women more than men for health coverage, simply because we are women. And we won: the health care law finally ends these odious practices.
American Airlines Rejects Female Passenger Because Political Pro-Choice T-Shirt is "Inappropriate"
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
May 22, 2012 - 10:29pm (Print)
In a country where anti-choice protestors are given free rein to harass and threaten women and doctors and parade gruesome doctored photos in every public square, a woman is asked to leave a plane because of a political pro-choice t-shirt.
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Here We Go Again: House Proposes Slashing International Family Planning Programs and Reinstating Global Gag Rule
by Chloë Cooney, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
May 22, 2012 - 8:52pm (Print)
Last week, the House Appropriations Committee proposed to cut funding for international family planning programs and impose harmful restrictions on women’s access to essential health care — including the global gag rule and prohibiting U.S. contributions to UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.
Bei Bei Shuai: Out on Bail, But Far From Free
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
May 22, 2012 - 2:23pm (Print)
Bei Bei Shuai was released on bail today after more than a year in an Indianapolis jail for being so depressed during pregnancy that she attempted suicide. She survived the suicide attempt but lost her baby — and her ordeal is not over yet.
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Is 2012 the Year of the Young Woman?
Melissa Harris-Perry and her panel of young women are joined by University of Pennsylvania professor Salamishah Tillet, as they continue their conversation on how feminism is taking different forms in 2012.
Why the Women’s Rights Movement Must Listen to Sex Workers
by Chi Mgbako
May 22, 2012 - 8:49am (Print)
To label and disregard sex workers as “victims” who cannot comprehend their true “enslavement” is condescending, disempowering, and untrue.
Video Restrictions in India and the Growing Effort by Governments to Restrict Our Rights to Freedom of Information
by Marianne Møllmann, Amnesty International
May 22, 2012 - 8:31am (Print)
This week, several video-sharing websites were blocked by the two main internet service providers in India in response to a court order related to movie piracy. These developments are worrying.
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Plan B One-Step®: Past, Present, Future
From the Champions of Choice luncheon, May 15, 2012: honoring the visionaries behind Plan B.
Criminal Injustice: Arrested and Detained Parents Are Denied Opportunity to Contact and Make Arrangements for Their Children
by Melanie Tom, Forward Together
and Laura Jiménez, California Latinas for Reproductive Justice (CLRJ)
and Strong Families, Strong Families
May 20, 2012 - 12:22pm (Print)
A part of keeping families safe and secure is making sure that in times of misfortune, children and their parents are able to communicate.
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Family Planning Rally in Chattanooga
COA and other organizations and concerned citizens rally in support of family planning after the County Commission vote to deny funding May 4th, 2011.
