Tag: reproductive justice

While RH Reality Check writer Rev. Debra Haffner criticizes anti-abortion activist Rev. Jim Wallis' ineffective and insulting `abortion reduction' strategy, saying that a more effective way to lower the abortion rate is to reduce the instance of unplanned pregnancies and increase economic opportunities for women.  

The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health will ask the G8 summit to commit an additional $10.2 billion annually to support family planning and maternal and child health programs in developing nations (via Women's eNews).

President Bush has threatened to veto the Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act, passed by the House last week, which gives federal and congressional employees four weeks of paid parental leave after birth, adoption, or placement of a foster child (via The Washington Post).

The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution declaring rape and sexual violence as a war tactic (via The Daily Nation).

A new Gallup poll shows that Barack Obama has pulled ahead of John McCain in the last week, thanks largely to women who have turned to Obama since Hillary Clinton ended her campaign last week (via The New York Times).

8th District congressional challenger Darcy Burner calls for passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act, cosponsored by six members of Washington State's Congressional delegation but not Burner's anti-choice opponent, Dave Reichert (via The Stranger).  

RH Reality Check reports on the global lack of investment in developing drugs known to be safe for use by pregnant women, which places at risk the millions of women living with chronic conditions requiring ongoing medication.

Pope Benedict XVI restates the Catholic Church's opposition to contraception (via The International Herald Tribune).  

RH Reality Check says the discovery of a newborn baby abandoned in St. Louis illustrates the inefficacy of Safe Haven laws and highlights the ramifications of a lack of reproductive justice, social support systems and options.  

The ninth annual National Women's Health Week, organized by the US Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health kicked off on Mother's Day, aimed at encouraging women, who are often caregivers for other members of their families, to prioritize their own health.