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Honduras referred to UN human rights committee over total abortion ban
Petition filed on behalf of woman known as as Fausia, who underwent a forced pregnancy after being raped Honduras is being taken to a global human rights body for the first time over its total abortion ban, which campaigners say violates women’s fundamental rights and the country’s international commitments.The Center for Reproductive Rights and the Honduras-based Centro de Derechos de la Mujer (Center for Women’s Rights, CDM) filed a petition with the UN human rights committee this month on...
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Douglas Emhoff Wants Men to Stand Up for Abortion Rights—He Should Start With Joe Biden!
Men should care about abortion rights. Duh. So, I’m all for Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff—Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband—hosting an Atlanta-based event with Men4Choice on Tuesday to call on more men to stand up for abortion rights. But what I will say is that Emhoff is starting with the wrong men. Has he considered calling on President Joe Biden, the most powerful man in the world, to try standing up for abortion rights, first? Per NBC, Emhoff’s event is timed to the fifth anniversary...
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Reproductive rights advocates close in on abortion ballot measures in Missouri and South Dakota
Reproductive rights organizers in two states with near-total abortion bans, Missouri and South Dakota, submitted roughly double the signatures needed to allow ballot measures that would put abortion before voters. In South Dakota, organizers have submitted 55,000 signatures in support of the ballot measure granting a limited right to abortion—far more than the 35,000 required. […]