Arkansas adopted what is by far the country’s most restrictive ban on abortion on Wednesday — at 12 weeks of pregnancy, when a fetal heartbeat can typically be detected by abdominal ultrasound.
Coerced Mass Sterilization in India – 103 Women Dumped into Fields Post-Op
March 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Early last month more than a hundred women were processed at a “sterilization camp” at the Manikchak Rural Hospital by two doctors. All the guidelines for this kind of event were broken. After the operation, the women, still under the effects of anaesthesia, were dumped in an open field without sanitation. There were no tents. According to the local media, “such frenzied sterilisation camps are routine”.
Reproductive Rights in 2012: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
January 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Here’s the good news: anti-choice legislators enacted fewer abortion restrictions in 2012 than in 2011. The bad news? They still managed to devise a shitton of ways to restrict abortion access, particularly for low-income women, and no laws were enacted to actually improve access to abortion, family planning, or sex ed. Better luck next year?
Pregnancy from Rape Is Intended by Whom? God? Do Say.
October 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
WASHINGTON — Indiana GOP U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock declared Tuesday night he opposes aborting pregnancies conceived in rape because “it is something that God intended to happen.”
Education on Menstrual Cycle Will Help Women Conceive
September 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Most couples who seek reproductive assistance are sub-fertile, rather than sterile, and may conceive naturally. But for this to to be optimised, they need to [womb statue] accurately time intercourse on the fertile days of the menstrual cycle.
Seeking Contraceptive Care Delivered with Dignity & Privacy
August 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
According to Theroux, women seeking contraceptive care delivered with dignity, privacy, and in accordance with their own choices, will become increasingly problematic when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act takes full effect in 2014.
Namibia Court Upholds Reproductive Rights of HIV+ Women Sterilized While Giving Birth
August 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Holy Hormones Honey! Finally a landmark court ruling defending reproductive rights and informed consent for women. Forced sterilization has been going on for too many years. If women were in control of their fertility, and if men respected women instead of using our bodies this would be a non-issue. For now every victory in this Continue Reading …
Doctors in India Scamming Women into having Hysterectomies for Insurance
July 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Link between Growing Population, Poverty Levels, and Women’s Inequality
July 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
There is a definite link between growing population, poverty levels, and women’s inequality. If all women could use their right of choice and only have children when they wanted to, the population rate would stabilise.
Global Leaders Unite to Provide World’s Poorest Countries with Access to Contraceptives
July 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
More than 200 million women and girls in developing countries who want to delay, space or avoid becoming pregnant are not using effective methods of contraception, resulting in over 75 million unintended pregnancies every year. This puts women and girls at serious risk of death or disability during pregnancy and childbirth.
