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The number of clandestine abortions taking place in Brazil is a controversial subject which divides anti-abortion and abortion rights activists. [13] A study published by the International Journal of Women's Health in 2014, estimated that in Brazil about 48 thousand clandestine abortions occurs annually. [14]
The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC) is an abortion rights organization founded in 1973 [1] by clergy and lay leaders from mainline denominations and faith traditions to create an interfaith organization following Roe v.
Since most existing legally binding international human rights instruments do not explicitly mention sexual and reproductive rights, a broad coalition of NGOs, civil servants, and experts working in international organizations have been promoting a reinterpretation of those instruments to link the realization of the already internationally ...
As the largest Roman Catholic nation in the world, religion has also had a significant impact on the perception of women in Brazil, though over the past century the Brazilian government has increasingly broken with the Catholic Church in regard to issues related to reproductive rights. Brazil is considered to possess the most organized and ...
Despite Trump signing an executive order to make IVF more accessible and affordable, the overall state of affairs for women’s health and reproductive rights in America is dismal at best.
The HRC resolution “Human rights in the context of HIV and AIDS," calls for member states to develop "sexual and reproductive health services, as well as education programmes on sexual and reproductive health and rights". This is in contrast to previous documents and resolutions by the UN that exclude language around sexual rights. [24]
This upcoming Election Day, a multiracial and cross-class group of organizers may see the fruit of years of organizing for reproductive rights. In Ohio, a Grassroots Coalition Is Poised to Restore ...
Brazil's Congress on Thursday overturned a veto by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva so it can reinstate legislation that undoes protections of Indigenous peoples’ land rights. Both federal ...