Alabama Ruling And U.S. Women’s Panic
In view of the Alabama’s Supreme Court’s recent decision on frozen embryos (in-vitro fertilization or IVF), the women in the U.S. are in panic. A fortune.com report (After Alabama’s IVF…
Abortion Rights
Tens Of Thousands Of Rape Victims Became Pregnant In States With Abortion Bans In The U.S., Finds Study
Researchers estimated there may have been more than 64,500 pregnancies resulting from rape in the 14 states that have enacted near-total abortion bans since Roe v. Wade was overturned in…
Women Promise Reversal of Roe v Wade
In the wake of the Roe v Wade reversal, women across the nation today demonstrated on the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision by marching in support of…
US Abortion Rights: Who Would Kill the Gander that Goosed a Golden Egg?
The suffering of US women under the iron heel of abortion is intensifying, especially for women of color. This makes it imperative to closely examine possible paths forward. As a…
Protests in Italy against stripping of rights to Abortion
Italians thronged through Rome, Milan, Palermo and other cities Wednesday to defend right to abortion, which faces impending threat by a far-right party expected to form the next government after…
Right to Bodily Autonomy v/s Right to Life: Is there a just half-way?
The US Supreme Court’s overturning of the Roe vs. Wade judgment which provided a constitutional right to abortion on June 24, 2022, triggered a spark of debates all over the…
Kansas Trusted Women
The “Vote Yes” side screamed at us that we wanted to kill babies. Their skillfully branded mother-and-child logo and cynical three-word slogan “Value Them Both” were everywhere here in Salina,…
Right-Wing Extremists Are Making Fiction Come True
Ever since the early morning hours of November 9, 2016, standing in a ballroom with red-hatted Trump election celebrants in the New York Hilton, I’ve been waiting for this moment.…
The U.S. Is a World Outlier on Abortion Restrictions
The recent overturning of Roe v. Wade is part of a pattern of American exceptionalism that harms people in both the U.S. and the rest of the world. We know the United…
Controlling Bodies and Subverting Democracy
When I was the age that my daughter is now, my favorite sweatshirt had the words “Choice, Choice, Choice, Choice” in rainbow letters across its front. My mom got me…
Pro-Choice Activists Call Upon Biden to Act Boldly
In demonstrations across the nation today activist rallied under the call of Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights and in support of their actions, participants were asked to wear green, the…
Overruling Roe v Wade: The International Dimension
American exceptionalism can be a dreary thing, and no more so than each time a US president promotes the country’s imperial credentials and continued prowess. But in matters of literacy,…
Activists Tell the Supreme Court to “Shove it”
In the wake of the highly expected overturning of Roe v. Wade, activists demonstrated their contempt in towns and cities across the country for the Supreme Court and its highly…
US Supreme Court abolishes constitutional right to abortion
On Friday, at the stroke of a pen, six unelected judges ended the right to abortion, dramatically altering the country’s legal and social landscape. For the first time in American…
Abortion Rights Activists Nationwide Solidarity Protest
WASHINGTON (05-14) – Today in over 450 towns and cities across the USA, abortion rights activists rallied under the theme of “Rise up 4 Abortion Rights.” This follows a week…
Roe vs Wade and Echoes in India
I first came across the concept of abortion at the age of 17 when I watched the film “ Julie” where an Anglo Indian girl falls in love with a…
Leaking for Roe v Wade
The US Supreme Court Chief Justice was furious. For the first time in history, the raw judicial process of one of the most powerful, and opaque arms of government, had…
Near-total abortion ban goes into effect in Texas
Legislation banning abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy took effect in Texas at midnight after the US Supreme Court did not act on an emergency appeal by Texas…
Abortion Rights and Abortion Laws In The Present Times
The term abortion has varied connotations and can lead to dissent many a times. It is a controversial issue which has been debated, protested and has political ramifications as well.…
Analysis Of Backlashes Against Medical Termination Of Pregnancy Act 1971 – Can It Help Us Better Our MTP Act 2020?
Abstract- As we come closer to new Termination Of Pregnancy Act (MTP Act) 2020, a look at the MTP act 1971 can help us understand the importance of abortion laws…
I Had an Abortion and Now I’m Not Ashamed
The Personal Is Still Political - And It’s Planetary, Too I have never said this publicly before, but in December 1974 I had an abortion. I was 22 years old,…
Feminist Theological View on Abortion and Catholic Church
The word abortion has been abominable to Catholic Church for centuries and the theological views…
Texas, Abortion And The US Supreme Court
The abortion right in the United States, given full force in Roe v Wade, has never been a plain sailing affair.[1] The language of rights is ever a prickly matter,…
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