Advancing the Human Rights of Women & Girls
Thousands of women have undergone invasive surgery to remove contraceptive implants that were designed to be permanent, according to research for the implant files. The Essure implant, made by Bayer,… Read more »
More than two decades ago, Congress adopted a sweeping law that outlawed female genital mutilation, an ancient practice that 200 million women and girls around the world have undergone. But… Read more »
In the years after the Second World War, hundreds of thousands of unmarried mothers from North America, Australia, and the UK were systemically and often violently separated from their babies… Read more »
Made in India is a film about the human experiences behind the phenomenon of “outsourcing” surrogacy to India. It follows the journey of an infertile American couple, an Indian surrogate… Read more »
Sarah Boseley for The Guardian writes: Women are giving birth in prison cells without access to proper medical care, according to a startling report shared with the Guardian. Concerns for… Read more »
The Advertiser reports: November 15, 2018. Activists opposing a controversial bill making it a crime to kill or harm an unborn child protest outside NSW Parliament. The bill, which was… Read more »
Melbourne mum Brooke King got the surprise of her life recently when she gave birth to twins at home. However, after being transferred to hospital her home birth midwife has… Read more »
Sarah Young for the Independent writes: Trans women could get pregnant as soon as “tomorrow” thanks to developments in womb transplantation, according to one of the world’s leading fertility professors…. Read more »
Dear Pope Francis, We are writing to express our disappointment at two recent pronouncements you made related to abortion, which seemed to contradict statements you had made earlier in your… Read more »
Sarah Stillman for The New Yorker writes: Beginning in the nineteen-seventies, as the war on drugs took off, incarceration rates in the U.S. grew explosively. Only in the past eight… Read more »