Abortion and trans rights advocates see parallel in struggle
WASHINGTON — Bans on treatment. New laws threatening doctors with malpractice suits and criminal charges. Praise from lawmakers who say their legislation is meant to protect…
Haiti vigilante push ‘symptomatic’ of state’s failures: Advocates | Armed Groups News
Gedeon Jean describes it as a “collective awakening”. Over the past several weeks, groups of Haitian citizens armed with machetes, sticks and other makeshift weapons…
Indigenous advocates decry Cartier’s use of Amazon tribe images | Business and Economy News
Until two months ago, Cartier’s website showed Yanomami children playing in a green field. The French luxury jewelry brand said it was working to promote…
Compton Rappers Versus the Letter of the Law : FBI Claims Song by N.W.A. Advocates Violence on Police
First Amendment activists and a member of Congress said this week that the FBI may have stepped out of line with a letter accusing a…
House Dems plan abortion 'shadow' hearing with advocates, medical experts
The Democratic Women’s Caucus is encouraging members both to ask the panelists questions and “share abortion stories from their state/districts.” Source link
Abortion advocates speak out across US about mifepristone case
Abortion rights groups, funds and providers have been left to grapple with the uncertain future of medication abortion after a pair of competing federal court…
Biden sports plan angers transgender advocates and opponents
A Biden administration proposal to forbid outright bans on transgender athletes sparked outrage from conservative leaders while also angering trans rights activists who note schools…
Amsterdam sex work advocates rip city’s plan to move famed red light district
1/2 Amsterdam sex work advocates are condemning a plan to move the city’s famed red-light district from the historic neighborhood of De Wallen to an…
Palestine advocates see opportunity in Biden-Netanyahu discord | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Washington, DC – Tensions between American and Israeli leaders do not often play out in public. But this week, United States President Joe Biden and…
US bears ‘moral weight’ of Mexico migrant tragedy: Advocates | Migration News
Washington, DC – The deaths of at least 39 people in a fire at an immigrant detention facility in northern Mexico has renewed criticism of…
Nikki Haley’s Israel advocacy defined her tenure at UN: Advocates | Elections News
Washington, DC – When Nikki Haley was Washington’s ambassador to the United Nations, she blocked the appointment of former Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad as the…
Pro-abortion rights advocates sue over state pill restrictions | Women’s Rights News
Supporters of abortion rights in the United States have filed separate lawsuits on Wednesday challenging two states’ abortion pill restrictions, the opening salvo in what…