Demonstrations against the war in gaza are continuing at dozens of universities across the united states, with arrests taking place on multiple campuses. I spoke to robert cohen, a professor of Social Studies and history at New York University who has studied Student Activism about how these protests compare to others in us history. The protests, initially, going on now were much more moderate in their tactics, whether its 1960. Actually, the greatest upsurges in active American History occurred in may 1970 after nixon authorised the invasion of cambodia. He had promised to end the war, and he was expanding it into cambodia. So that created a lot of fury that was compounded by the massacre at kent state, where four students were shot by, were killed by the National Guard and nine were wounded. So that was much more confrontational. The war been dragging on forfive years. So, i mean, compared to that, the protests, for example, that started at columbia and then spread initially at nyu w
abortion a crime was unconstitional because it violated the rights of those who can have children. the ruling opens the door for mexico s health care system to start providing abortions and is a major victory for abortion rights advocates in the mostly catholic country. mexico is the latest in a wave of latin american nations to loosen abortion restrictions. live now to mimi swaby, who s monitoring this story for the bbc world service. as we mentioned, a sweeping ruling, practically speaking, what will this mean for the country and for women in mexico? country and for women in mexico? , ., ., , . , ., mexico? this unanimous decision by mexic0 s mexico? this unanimous decision by mexico s highest mexico? this unanimous decision by mexico s highest court - by mexico s highest court obliges all public health institutions to provide abortion services for anybody who requests it. this means women across mexico can access these procedures without fear of any legal repercussion
abortion a crime was unconstitutional because it violated the rights of those who can have children. the ruling opens the door for mexico s health care system to start providing abortions and is a major victory for abortion rights advocates in the mostly catholic country. mexico is the latest in a wave of latin american nations to loosen abortion restrictions. i spoke with bbc news reporter mimi swaby for more on the impact of the ruling. just practically speaking, what will this really mean for women in mexico? this unanimous decision by the supreme court has been a cause for celebration for many people across mexico. it means that public health institutions now must offer abortion services to any individual who requests them. so women across mexico can now access these procedures without facing any legal repercussions or prosecution. it also means that medical personnel who are conducting these terminations will not be criminalised. before this ruling, they could have faced
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