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The state passed the Reproductive Health Equity Act into law in April 2022, which protects abortion rights, and assures "every individual has a fundamental right to make decisions about the individual's reproductive health care, including the fundamental right to use or refuse contraception; a pregnant individual has a fundamental right to ...
[1] [2] [3] The rate of abortion in Israel has steadily declined since 1988, [1] and compared to the rest of the world, abortion rates in Israel are moderate. According to government data, in Israel, abortion rates in 2016 dropped steadily to 9 per 1,000 women of childbearing age, lower than England (16.2) and the United States (13.2). 99% of ...
Wade in 2022 and gutted our constitutional right to abortion, all eyes have been on the states. And what a time it’s been: 22 states have passed more restrictive abortion laws and 14 have banned ...
On 19 February 2024, a group of United Nations special rapporteurs released a report stating "rights experts call for probe into violations against Palestinian women and girls." According to the report, there is evidence that during the Gaza war, Palestinian women and girls were subjected to wartime sexual violence. [15]
Seven of the 10 states that sought to enshrine reproductive freedoms in the 2024 elections prevailed, and in some cases, the new constitutional amendments will overrule existing abortion bans
Thousands of activists are expected to converge on Chicago this week for the Democratic National Convention, hoping to call attention to abortion rights, economic injustice and the war in Gaza.
Many women's rights and women's health advocates press for the repeal of the law. Approximately 47,000 women perish annually due to unsafe or illegal abortions, mostly in foreign countries. [ 1 ] Many reported abortions in foreign countries are being performed in unsafe ways by people without proper qualifications and in places that are not fit ...
Now voters in Nebraska will vote on whether abortion rights will be enshrined in the constitution or whether the state’s current 12-week ban will be preserved.