Advocates in countries that have achieved legalization of abortion in recent years are making it clear that they stand with Americans in efforts to restore reproductive rights and access.
Our country is supposedly the “land of the free” and yet women’s choices about their reproductive health and autonomy are being forced by a government that is in turn influenced by certain religions.
What happens now? Advocates and organizations have been preparing for the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
On June 1, Illinois officially repealed its Parental Notice of Abortion Act (PNA), which required the guardians of patients under 18 to be notified at least 48 hours before the patient received an abortion.
The worst part is that when the next school year comes around, I know more casualties and more pain and more headlines will arise, because our system allows virtually anyone to own a gun, and despite public sympathy and outrage for the unthinkable choices of the gunman and innocent lives of the students, nothing has changed.
The proliferation of attacks on LGBTQ rights, abortion access, voting rights, and immigration have prompted activists to intensify coalition-building work.
The competition for the presidency, between the only son of a “strongman” and a widow, resonates with the enduring friction between a woman-centered native culture and the infrastructure of patriarchal political dynasties bred by colonialism in the Philippines.
Despite an undeniable record, she was still subjected to transparent provocation.
Putin promotes traditional masculine tropes but fails to realize that performative masculinity is not a strength but a vulnerability.
On March 9, the Mississippi House of Representatives killed a bill that would have allowed mothers to keep Medicaid coverage for a year after giving birth.
Her confirmation hearings showed an extraordinary contrast between Jackson’s worthiness and judicial temperament, and Republican senators’ tirades and temper tantrums.
South Korean politics took a right-wing, anti-feminist turn during the presidential election in early March.
On March 8, while many celebrated International Women’s Day, Guatemala’s Congress approved the “Ley para la Protección de la Vida y la Familia” (Law for the Protection of Life and Family), which would punish abortion with up to 10 years in prison.
The confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown-Jackson are drawing both ugly and inspiring memories for Latinos
Topolansky’s resignation is meaningful to many Uruguayans, especially Uruguayan women in politics, because Topolansky was a pioneer in this sphere in the country.
The Colombian Constitucional Court made history on February 21 by decriminalizing abortion until the 24th week of pregnancy.
On January 27, Xiomara Castro was sworn into office, becoming the first woman president in Honduran history.
In January, the new president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, named a majority-female cabinet.
During Black History Month, at a time when Black history is being banned in schools, we remember the mothers of the reparations movement.
The Texas abortion bill SB8, which passed on September 1, 2021, prohibits and criminalizes abortion after a fetus’ heartbeat is detected.
Texas State Representative Donna Howard has watched the political tides shift firsthand.
As federal funding for struggling renters runs low, 12 million people are at risk of losing their housing.
Know Your IX, a project of Advocates for Youth — a group that educates and empowers youth to fight against sexual violence in schools — created a guide to Title IX.
On December 1, after hearing close to two hours of debate on a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks, the Supreme Court appeared open to upholding the state law.