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7/29/2011 - House Bill Would Slash Foreign Family Planning, Reimpose Gag Rule
The House State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee voted to cut IFP funding by $154 million for FY2010 and expand the Global Gag Rule, banning funding for family planning programs in developing countries that counsel or provide information to women or advocate on a full range of options, including abortion....
6/15/2011 - Report Examines Gender-Based Sex Selection
The UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women, WHO, and OHCHR issued a statement examining causes and consequences of gender-based sex selection....
5/24/2011 - Thousands of Irish Women Traveling to Britain for Legal Abortions
The United Kingdom Department of Health released a report today revealing that everyday 12 women travel from Ireland, where abortion is not legal, to Great Britain to obtain abortion services....
5/23/2011 - 16 Countries Commit to Reducing Maternal Mortality
Late last week, 16 countries (see list here), 9 of which are from the African continent, pledged their commitments to reducing maternal, newborn, and child mortality, as part of the Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health....
11/8/2010 - Pope Benedict Denounces Abortion, Gay Marriage, and Secularization
Pope Benedict XVI ardently expressed his anti-abortion stance and defended the traditional family structure during his visit to the Spanish pilgrimage site, Santiago de Compostela late last week....
10/26/2010 - Anti-Choice Protesters Demonstrate at Abortion Conference in Spain
On Saturday, the ninth congress of the Netherlands-based International Federation of Professional Abortion and Contraception Associates (FIAPAC) a pro-choice group, was held in Seville, Spain....
10/15/2010 - Australian Couple Found Not Guilty in Abortion Trial
Late this week, a couple accused of obtaining an illegal abortion in Queensland, Australia, was found not guilty by a District Court jury....
10/12/2010 - European Council Passes Watered Down Conscientious Objection Resolution
Last week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe passed a watered down version of a resolution that originally called for restrictions on European doctors' right to withhold referral information from patients seeking abortions....
9/16/2010 - WHO Report Shows Maternal Mortality Rates Will Not Meet Millennium Development Goals
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced in a report yesterday that although maternal mortality rates have decreased by 34 percent since 1990, the decline in the rate of pregnancy-related deaths is not on track to meet the Millennium Development Goal target for 2015....
9/8/2010 - Women Imprisoned for Miscarriages Freed In Mexico
Seven women who had been imprisoned in Guanajuato state in Mexico after alleged abortions were freed yesterday....
8/27/2010 - Polish Parliament Hearing Held Regarding Women Traveling for Abortions
Leading Polish activists held a civil hearing at the Polish parliament yesterday on the rising number of Polish women who are traveling abroad to obtain access to abortion....
8/11/2010 - Argentina's Reproductive Policies Failing Women
Human Rights Watch released a report yesterday indicating that Argentina is failing to provide adequate reproductive health care for women....
8/5/2010 - UK Watchdog Rejects Complaints About Abortion Services Ad
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), a media regulator in the United Kingdom, announced yesterday that it has rejected 1,054 complaints about the UK's first television commercial for family planning services including abortion....
8/3/2010 - African Women's Day Celebrated Worldwide
African Women's Day Celebrated Worldwide
This weekend, July 31st, was Africa Women's Day, as mandated by the African Union 48 years ago....
7/30/2010 - Senate Votes to Permanently Repeal Global Gag Rule
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted in favor of an amendment to permanently repeal the Global Gag Rule yesterday....
7/6/2010 - Spain's Abortion Law Faces Opposition
A law liberalizing Spain's abortion restrictions took effect yesterday, but remains under review in the country's Constitutional Court....
6/29/2010 - Abortion Hotline in Pakistan Sparks Controversy
In Pakistan, a new hotline that educates women about abortion options was launched yesterday, but has already sparked controversy....
6/17/2010 - Canadian Women Protest Lack of Funding for Family Planning and Abortion in Global Health Initiative
Demonstrators gathered in downtown Montreal on Sunday to protest Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decision not to fund family planning and abortion services in Canada's G8 Health Initiative for women and children in the developing world....
5/27/2010 - Marie Stopes Abortion Ad Airs on British Television
The United Kingdom's first television ad for abortion services ran earlier this week....
4/28/2010 - Bill Introduced to Promote Sexual and Reproductive Health in Developing Nations
Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY) introduced the Global Sexual and Reproductive Health Act of 2010 late last week....
4/8/2010 - Vatican Claims Pope Wrongfully Accused in Sex Abuse Scandal
Numerous Vatican cardinals have spoken out in defense of Pope Benedict XVI, claiming he was wrongfully accused for the sex abuse allegations made against the Catholic Church in recent months and is the target of an anti-Catholic "hate" campaign due to his anti-abortion and anti-gay marriage positions....
3/29/2010 - Groups Respond to Lack of Family Planning Funding in Canadian Foreign Aid Initiative
A report compiled by the US-based Guttmacher Institute and endorsed by a coalition of Canadian groups stated that the funding of family planning, which has been left out of Canada's foreign aid plan, would save the lives of millions of women and children in developing nations....
3/18/2010 - Canada's Foreign Aid Plan Will Not Include Birth Control
Canadian government officials stated this week that their initiative to save the lives of women and children in developing nations will not include family planning supplies or services of any sort....
2/8/2010 - Laura Chinchilla Elected First Woman President of Costa Rica
In a landmark victory on Sunday, Laura Chinchilla was elected as the first woman president of Costa Rica....
1/27/2010 - Bangladesh High Court Orders Protection for Flogged Rape Victim
Bangladesh's high court ordered local authorities to find and protect a 16-year-old girl who received 101 lashes last month as punishment for becoming pregnant after she was raped last year....
