Electing Iran to UN Women’s Rights Post an Insult
Electing Iran to UN Women’s Rights Post an Insult to Human Rights FILE — In this Jan. 16, 2017 file photo, Richard Ratcliffe husband of imprisoned British-Iranian dual national Nazanin…
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Harris says ‘everything is at stake’ for reproductive rights in 2024, as Biden-Trump debate nears
Vice President Kamala Harris says “everything is at stake” with reproductive health rights in November’s election as the Biden campaign steps up its focus on contrasting the positions taken by…
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Senate holds a test vote on access to contraception in an election year push on reproductive rights
In an election year effort to put Republicans on record on reproductive rights issues, Senate Democrats are holding a vote Wednesday to move forward with legislation designed to protect women’s…
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Melinda French Gates to donate $1B over next 2 years in support of women’s rights
Melinda French Gates says she will be donating $1 billion over the next two years to individuals and organizations working on behalf of women and families globally, including on reproductive…
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Jill Biden: ‘Trump mocks women’s bodies, and brags about assault’
First lady Jill Biden warned that returning Donald Trump to the White House would threaten women who already have watched the former president’s Supreme Court picks nix a federal right…
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Virginia voters will decide legislature’s political control, abortion rights hotly contested
Virginia’s closely watched legislative campaign cycle closes out Tuesday, as voters decide whether to empower Republicans with full state government control or let Democrats keep serving as a bulwark against…
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Ohio vote: Abortion rights power at ballot, Dems’ path in 2024
For months, it had been apparent that Ohio’s Issue 1, advertised as a measure to safeguard the State Constitution from wealthy out-of-state interests, was primarily about blocking an abortion-rights amendment…
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3 abortion rights groups endorsed Biden ’24 bid
President Joe Biden is banking on reproductive rights to be a galvanizing issue for voters in the 2024 election as he collects three top-level endorsements, hosts a rally Friday to…
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House GOP sets vote on ‘parents’ rights’ bill
Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has made the bill — labeled the Parents’ Bill of Rights Act — a top priority during the early weeks of his tenure atop the…
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Jill Biden: Men must step up for women’s rights
The first lady, Jill Biden speaking at Women’s History Month event at the White House ahead of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, didn’t mince words as she…
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US sanctions Iranians over women’s rights
The Biden administration took action Wednesday against several Iranian officials and entities for committing human rights abuses against women and girls in the latest round of sanctions against Tehran over…
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World Women’s Day rallies seek Equal Rights
Rallies marking International Women’s Day took place around the world on Wednesday after a year in which girls in Afghanistan were banned from education, mass women’s rights protests erupted in…
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Afghan Rights Leader heartbroken after year of Taliban rule
Afghan rights leader heartbroken after year of Taliban rule Newslooks- UNITED NATIONS (AP) A year after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, prominent Afghan rights activist Sima Samar is still heartbroken…
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Biden doesn’t often use the word abortion in rights debate
Of course, President Joe Biden, and in fact most of his administration avoids the big “A” word, because the narrative must stay on women’s rights, and not slip down into…
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