Weekly Column: WRighteous
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She decided that her life was worth saving, and that she would save it, she alone, and she would help other women save theirs…
Teen Voices
Dear Mr. President: Florida Teens’ Open Letter to Trump
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From protecting reproductive rights to a nuanced understanding of Muslim women, these co-ed students in Fort Lauderdale have strong messages for President Donald Trump.
Colombia
Zika Reignites Debate on Reproductive Rights in Latin America
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Governments are telling women to restrict pregnancies in Latin America. Women’s advocates say that puts reproductive rights at the center of the public health response to the Zika virus.
United Nations
Young People ‘Want In’ on Post-2015 U.N. Goals
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Fourteen years ago when the United Nations met to create a plan to eliminate poverty worldwide, it left out key voices in the discussion: young women. We want to change that in helping to set the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
Contraception
Ruling on Hobby Lobby Draws Strong Outcry
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The hashtag #NotMyBossBusiness is going strong on Twitter as critics decry a dangerous precedent that targets women and gives employers control over healthcare.
Abortion
Spain’s Step Back on Abortion Is Catching Flak
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The government is likely to face difficult questions from the U.N. Human Rights Committee when it convenes in October and women across the country are already enraged. This move puts the country out of step with the majority of EU member states.
Bei Bei Shuai
Bei Bei Shuai Case Exposes Pregnancy-Suicide Risk
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An Indiana case, which ended in a plea agreement, could have set a dangerous precedent of setting a separate legal standing for pregnant women if it had gone to trial, says one legal advocate. Meanwhile, doctors say that depression impacts up to 1-in-5 pregnant women.
Maternal Health
Task Force on Maternal Deaths in Texas Awaits Governor
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Texas has an unusually high maternal mortality rate and if Perry signs this bill the state could get its first statewide investigation into the causes.
Abortion
El Salvadorian Asks Court to OK Life-Saving Abortion
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The critically ill, pregnant woman has asked to be permitted to undergo the procedure, even though abortion is illegal under all circumstances in the country.
Ann Romney
Ann Romney: Contraception IS About the Economy
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The GOP candidate’s wife seems to think that contraception isn’t an economic issue. That’s because she doesn’t have to worry about how another child could make it harder to pay her bills.