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June 12, 2018 News Release

Argentina: Decriminalize Abortion

Landmark Opportunity to End Harmful Policy

Demonstrators hold up green handkerchiefs, which symbolize the abortion rights movement, during a demonstration in favor of legalizing abortion outside the Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 31, 2018.
June 12, 2018 Statement

Testimony at the Argentine Congress on decriminalization of abortion

June 5, 2018 Commentary

Nepali Mothers and an Irish Daughter

Nepal Was Far Ahead of Its Neighbors in Protecting Reproductive Rights

Women activists lie down on the road during a protest demanding women’s rights in the constitution in Kathmandu, Nepal, August 7, 2015.
May 31, 2018 Dispatches

What Ireland’s Abortion Referendum Means for Latin America

Countries in the Region Should Ease Abortion Restrictions

Women’s rights demonstrators take part in a protest in front of National Congress while an abortion bill is debated in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 10.
May 26, 2018 Dispatches

Ireland Votes Overwhelmingly to Repeal Abortion Ban

‘Yes’ Vote Ends 35 Years of Shame and Secrecy for Irish Women and Girls

Women celebrate the result of yesterday's referendum on liberalizing abortion law, in Dublin, Ireland, May 26, 2018.
May 22, 2018 Dispatches

US to Strip Funding from Women’s Health Providers

Trump’s New Rule Will Hit Poor Women, Women of Color Hardest

A sign in support of Planned Parenthood is seen outside a town hall meeting for Republican U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy in Metairie, Louisiana, U.S. February 22, 2017.
May 4, 2018 Dispatches

Ireland’s Cervical Cancer Crisis Began in the US

Women Were Incorrectly Cleared as Cancer-Free

Vicky Phelan speaks on the Ray D'Arcy Show. Phelan was first diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2014, although a screening test from 2011 should have found strong indications of the presence of cancer.
April 16, 2018 Commentary

A Backward Step for Reproductive Rights in Chile

April 13, 2018 Dispatches

Valuing Black Women’s and Infants’ Lives in the US

US Maternal Death Rates Are Rising, With Black Women at Greatest Risk

The maternity ward is show at the newly constructed Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center hospital in San Diego, California , U.S., April 17, 2017.
April 11, 2018 Letter

Coalition Letter to ICE Deputy Director Homan Regarding the Detention of Pregnant Individuals

April 3, 2018 News Release

Abortion and Human Rights in El Salvador

El Salvador protest abortion laws
March 22, 2018 Letter

Letter to US Senate Opposing Michael Pompeo's Nomination for Secretary of State

Then-Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 13, 2018. © 2018 Reuters
March 22, 2018 News Release

US Senate: Reject Pompeo for Secretary of State

Trump Nominee Supported Torture, Demeaned Muslims, Women, LGBT People

March 22, 2018 News Release

Poland: Reject Bill to Further Limit Abortion Rights

Proposed Bill Continues Roll Back on Reproductive Rights

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March 16, 2018 Dispatches

US Blocks Funds to UN Population Fund – Again

Baseless Claims Made That Fund Supports Coercive Abortion, Sterilization

Syrian women sit in the waiting area to see a female doctor at a maternity clinic run by United Nations Population Fund inside Jordan's Al Zaatari refugee camp, which houses nearly 80,000 Syrian refugees, in Mafraq, Jordan November 22, 2016.

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