January 21, 2022 | Post
A new report by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) reveals just how broad the impact of the Helms Amendment really is. Since it became law as part of the Foreign Assistance Act nearly 50 years ago, the Helms Amendment has prohibited American foreign aid funds from being used for “abortion…...
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December 2, 2021 | Post
So it really feels like the Supreme Court is going to overturn Roe v. Wade, and before I do anything else, I need to get something off my chest. There. I can’t say I really feel all that much better, but we all have to take our comforts where we…...
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November 16, 2021 | Post
With so much happening in the U.S. and around the globe, it can be hard to take a minute for yourself to regroup. As the holidays approach, it can become even harder, running around doing a million chores and errands and possibly having to share meals with people whose views…...
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October 22, 2021 | Post
Early Friday, the Biden administration’s Gender Policy Council released a draft of a broad gender policy intended to guide its work throughout President Biden’s term in office. The strategy document (available in full here) is wide-ranging, highlighting how the administration plans to incorporate gender into every aspect of its work,…...
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October 7, 2021 | Post
Late yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pitman issued an order temporarily blocking enforcement of Texas’s new abortion “bounty” law. The law, which the United States Supreme Court allowed to go into effect on September 1, bans abortion after the point at which cardiac activity can be detected—typically about six…...
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September 28, 2021 | Post
On Friday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3755, the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA). Sponsored by Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA), the bill would overrule most of the state-level abortion restrictions that have passed over the last few years and would prevent new ones from being imposed. The bill passed…...
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September 15, 2021 | Post
Last week, Mexico’s Supreme Court issued a historic ruling: having an abortion is not a crime. This ruling is a dramatic shift for the majority-Catholic country. While abortion through the first 12 weeks of pregnancy was already legal and widely available in Mexico City, as well as in the states…...
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September 13, 2021 | Post
Our volunteers and activists have been working hard to #Fight4HER all summer. The fight to ensure reproductive health and rights for everyone, everywhere, is as crucial as ever, especially now that we have a supportive White House and majority in Congress. The Biden-Harris administration marks a distinct shift in the…...
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August 25, 2021 | Post
The 7.2 magnitude earthquake to most recently wreak havoc on Haiti sent the island nation into further distress after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse left the country reeling in a state of political instability. With aftershocks from the earthquake still pulsing through the island, Tropical Storm Grace brought Haiti…...
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August 12, 2021 | Post
Monday’s report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) laid out evidence that humans have been unequivocally driving forward catastrophic climate change. Written by the IPCC’s Working Group I, which assesses the “physical scientific basis of the climate system and climate change,” the report states that the once debatable topic of climate change…...
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