Sentences with phrase «reproductive health rights»

Currently residing in his hometown of Birmingham, AL, his work includes a focus on violence against women, sexual assault prevention, and reproductive health rights through advocacy, provision of contraceptive and abortion services, and men's reproductive health.

As a judge on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Gorsuch ruled on numerous cases related to reproductive health rights.

Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights A network building and strengthening movements towards sexual and reproductive health rights and justice.

Certainly not Andrew Mitchell, the International Development Secretary, who made the improvement of «sexual and reproductive health rights, including access to modern family planning methods and promoting women's choice, in the developing world» one of the government's «top priorities».

It's sad and troubling that today's Republican conference does not have the same courage and continues to reaffirm that they're against women's reproductive health rights.»

«This legislation would simply codify current federal law into New York State law to ensure women's reproductive health rights are protected.

«I'm proud that my record of fighting for women's reproductive health rights has earned me the support of NARAL,» said Mayer.

We must not allow New York to go backwards and I will continue to be a strong advocate for reproductive health rights in the State Senate.»

Not exact matches

With the uncertainty in terms of reproductive rights, and with health insurance uncertainty, the birth control pill might get taken away from you.

Maven's first goal is to provide women the kind of affordable but definitive support we feel is most lacking right now, in fields like reproductive health, maternity care, mental health, and children's health.

There have been attempts to create an international right to «reproductive health services» and family planning, starting with the Cairo population and development conference of 1994.

These contortions distort the way the UN addresses reproductive health services and the efforts of the reproductive rights community, and have resulted in a column that is a disservice to the readers of First Things.

That our laws permit the killing of unborn children is already a sign of the barbarity which arises from radical individualism, albeit it dressed as virtue in the claim to be ensuring the «right to reproductive health».

In sum, there was to be no area of life - home, workplace, gym, ballpark - into which state - sponsored propaganda on «reproductive rights and reproductive health» did not intrude.

Among the UN entities playing a special role in the current global «gender revolution», it is worth mentioning UNFPA (population, «reproductive health and rights»), UNDP (development), WHO («reproductive health and rights») and UNESCO (education, gender training).

The «gender equality» UN norm is inclusive of and inseparable from the other UN norm of «reproductive health and rights», which is itself inclusive, inter alia, of «safe abortion» and of universal access to contraceptive information and services by 2015.

Obaid's remark gives us a window into the tight collaboration between U.N. development, health, and human rights officials in promoting reproductive rights.

One of the most commonly used terms at the United Nations is «SRHR,» for «sexual and reproductive health and rights,» a shortening of «sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights.»

The danger behind CEDAW is that terms like «sexual and reproductive health services,» while not really implying any «right» to abortion, wind up doing just that when understood in the bizarro - world of the Committee.

Ashley at Let Me Entertain You is concerned about women's rights and wrote yesterday about a proposed regulation by the Department of Health and Human Services «that could seriously undermine access to basic reproductive health services, including birth control and abortion.&Health and Human Services «that could seriously undermine access to basic reproductive health services, including birth control and abortion.&health services, including birth control and abortion.»

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I truly believe that women have a fundamental right to evidence - based information surrounding reproductive health, pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period and I feel a deep passion for helping women to find and digest this information, feel empowered and emotionally supported, and assert their agency in these and all areas in life.

But this is not what is happening in reality — where families are being restricted from the simplest of requests when it comes to their rights and autonomy in childbirth and reproductive health.

Avital Norman Nathman is a freelance writer whose work places a feminist lens on a variety of topics, including motherhood, maternal health, gender, and reproductive rights.

«When I go to meetings now and I have to bring my pump, I know that there's going to be a room there for me, and that I will actually be able to attend the meeting and continue to work even though I'm breastfeeding,» says Gretchen Borchelt, vice president for reproductive rights and health at the National Women's Law Center.

It's YOUR privilege and RIGHT to be able to take an active role in your own reproductive and hormonal health.

What if you could truly understand your hormonal and reproductive health, and know the right steps to take in order to keep yourself in a state of optimal health in those areas?

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You have a passion for reproductive rights and health issues, and you're ready to move beyond contemplation into hands - on action.

«There is a lot of confusion,» said Judy Waxman, vice president for health and reproductive rights at the National Women's Law Center, which is urging the federal Department of Health and Human Services to issue more detailed recommendahealth and reproductive rights at the National Women's Law Center, which is urging the federal Department of Health and Human Services to issue more detailed recommendaHealth and Human Services to issue more detailed recommendations.

The agenda must address universal health - care coverage, access and affordability; end preventable maternal, new - born and child deaths and malnutrition ensure the protection, promotion and support of exclusive breastfeeding for six months and continued breastfeeding with adequate complementary feeding for 2 years and beyond ensure the availability of essential medicines; realize women's reproductive health and rights; ensure immunization coverage; eradicate malaria and realize the vision of a future free of AIDS and tuberculosis; reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases, including mental illness, nervous system injuries and road accidents; and promote healthy behaviours, including those related to breastfeeding, water, sanitation and hygiene.

The initiative is based on an approach that respects women's and children's human rights; promotes measures to help mothers and their infants experience optimal breastfeeding and health and takes a holistic approach to women's sexual and reproductive rights.

Sex Positions The MSI Partnership, in collaboration with Interact Worldwide, has launched a campaign to put pressure on the UK government to take the lead in ensuring that the international donor community fulfils promises made a decade ago to support global efforts to achieve sexual and reproductive health and rights for all by 2015; and to lead opposition to those political and ideological forces in the USA, Europe and elsewhere that are actively seeking to undermine and even reverse progress made in the last decade.

This is achieved by working with key decision - makers and through the international development community, emphasising the integral role sexual and reproductive health plays in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), ensuring gender rights and reducing poverty.

The Partnership will fight to keep reproductive health high on the health, development and human rights agenda.

Supporters of abortion and reproductive rights expect to renew an effort to approved measures like the Reproductive Health Act and expand access to contraceptives as Donald Trump's presidency looms next year.

«Trump has pledged to take actions to round up and deport millions of Americans, decimate unions, take health care coverage away from millions, threaten women's reproductive rights, and allow runaway climate change to continue — all while deregulating the economy and cutting taxes for the wealthy.

Schneiderman said provisions in both the Senate and House plans to defund Planned Parenthood services «would create an undue burden» on women's constitutional right to reproductive health care, including the right to choose abortion.

Doran also said that she knows that everyone from children to the newly retired should have access to a doctor when they need it and that's why she supports a single - payer health care system, as well as guaranteeing women's reproductive rights.

• Protect Reproductive Rights: To protect a woman's right to choose options in the face of an unplanned or problematic pregnancy, Governor Cuomo will fight for passage of reproductive rights legislation to protect the fundamental right of reproductive freedom and a woman's right to make private health care deciRights: To protect a woman's right to choose options in the face of an unplanned or problematic pregnancy, Governor Cuomo will fight for passage of reproductive rights legislation to protect the fundamental right of reproductive freedom and a woman's right to make private health care decirights legislation to protect the fundamental right of reproductive freedom and a woman's right to make private health care decisions.

Protect Reproductive Rights: To protect a woman's right to choose options in the face of an unplanned or problem pregnancy, Governor Cuomo will fight for passage of reproductive rights legislation to protect the fundamental right of reproductive freedom and a woman's right to make private health care deciRights: To protect a woman's right to choose options in the face of an unplanned or problem pregnancy, Governor Cuomo will fight for passage of reproductive rights legislation to protect the fundamental right of reproductive freedom and a woman's right to make private health care decirights legislation to protect the fundamental right of reproductive freedom and a woman's right to make private health care decisions.

Schneiderman's update has support from such politicians as Sen. Liz Krueger, a Democrat representing the East Side of Manhattan, and Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas, a Democrat representing parts of Western Queens, as well as reproductive rights advocates like Andrea Miller, president of National Institute for Reproductive Health.

NWLC's «My Health is Not Up for Debate» reproductive rights campaign has just come out with a new video, and guess who has a «starring» role!

As part of the campaign, they have released a minute long video that features excerpts from several of Gillibrand's senate floor speeches where she advocates for changes in the Health Care reform bill to provide more protections for women's reproductive rights, more coverage for pregnant women, and funding for women's health clHealth Care reform bill to provide more protections for women's reproductive rights, more coverage for pregnant women, and funding for women's health clhealth clinics.

Early Saturday morning, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced New York health insurers will be required to cover medically necessary abortions and most forms of contraception — a move that expands and protects reproductive rights for New York women as a direct refusal of President Donald Trump's agenda.

But supporters are pushing other measures related to women's rights and reproductive health.

«Jeff Klein is standing in the way of all this legislation I care about,» said Ms. Shuminova, pointing to issues like women's reproductive health and voting rights.

«These women are leading the fight to protect middle class families by raising the minimum wage, ensuring equal pay for equal work, protecting funding for Planned Parenthood, women's health care access, and reproductive rights,» Matthews said of the endorsements in a statement.

«We're in the midst of a watershed moment in the struggle for women's rights across this country and one of the key motivators in my decision to do this is our state's need for a champion on issues ranging from pay equity to health care and reproductive rights to freedom from sexual harassment and workplace discrimination,» Berman said in a press release.

«This bill is a targeted assault against our values, punishing New Yorkers because we support women's reproductive rights and including the Collins / Faso amendment which would devastate the state's health care industry, put millions of New Yorkers at risk, and increase the total cost of this bill on New York to $ 6.9 billion,» Cuomo said.