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The Kansas Supreme Court Friday issued a sweeping 6-1 ruling that established a broad right to abortion under the state constitution, declaring that the Kansas Bill of Rights “affords protection to the right of personal autonomy, which includes the ability to control one’s own body, to assert bodily integrity and to exercise self-determination.”
The latest battle over words at the UN drew global attention to the Trump administration’s attempts to wrestle full control over women’s bodies and minds—in the U.S. and across the world.
The UN Security Council just adopted its 9th resolution on Women, Peace, and Security. The resolution was intended to address the needs of victims of sexual violence in conflict—but thanks to the Trump administration, the ideology of few were put above the lives of thousands of women and girls.
Is the Trump Administration’s official position that women and girls who have suffered sexual violence do not deserve medical help?
The threat of violence created by the lack of safe sanitation facilities excludes too many girls around the world from equitable opportunities to achieve.
The U.S. Attorney General decided not to appeal the Michigan case against Jumana Nagarwala—a doctor who may have subjected up to 100 girls to Female Genital Mutilation over a 12-year period. It’s now up to Congress to respond.
Anti-abortion lawmakers and organizations are no longer only chipping away at reproductive rights—they’ve launched an all-out assault on abortion rights.
There are two directions that our country can go on health care in the coming years. The first forges ahead with lower costs, better quality coverage and universal coverage for everyone. The second would take us back to a time when insurance companies could charge more for pre-existing conditions, refuse to cover basic services and cap or limit coverage in order to inflate profits at the expense of our health.
Australia’s feminist superheroes won an 18-year battle against a “luxury tax.”
Nayib Bukele ran as an outsider, promising change across El Salvador. Now, he has the opportunity to write a new chapter for his country’s women—one in which they have safe, legal access to abortion.