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ASSISTANT SPEAKER CLARK, MENENDEZ INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO REPORT ON THE STATUS OF REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD
ASSISTANT SPEAKER CLARK, MENENDEZ INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO REPORT ON THE STATUS OF REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD
The Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act would permanently require the State Department to report on the status of reproductive rights in its annual human rights reports.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (D-MA-5) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) introduced the Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act to direct the State Department to permanently include reviews on the status of reproductive rights in its annual human rights reports. Clark was joined by 122 House Members in reintroducing this legislation, and the Senate legislation has 22 cosponsors.
Goal: Rescind ban on international aid involving all cases of abortion.
As more states pass archaic abortion laws and the Supreme Court prepares to take on a Mississippi ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, advocates for reproductive rights are warning about the widespread repercussions of this trend. An equally archaic interpretation of a global U.S. policy has further undermined choice and autonomy over a woman’s own body in the rest of the world. This damaging dictate inflicts harm on victims of sexual violence and may contribute to the deaths of as many as 17,000 women annually.
In 1973, the United States became the only major global charitable donor to put caveats on its humanitarian global health outreach solely because of reproductive rights. The Helms amendment, as introduced, was intended to prevent American international aid from funding abortions as a method of family planning. In the decades since, the rule has been used to restrict aid funding for abortions
Jennifer Venis, IBA Multimedia JournalistMonday 22 March 2021
As the first 100 days of the Biden presidency draw to a close,
Global Insight assesses whether the administration looks set to ‘build back better’, or simply reset the United States to the pre-Trump era.
Header pic: US President Joe Biden signs executive orders on immigration reform inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US, 2 February 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner The first 100 days of a US president’s term usually give a strong sense of what’s to come, as the new administration identifies its key priorities and signals how far it will go to achieve them. When President Biden’s first 100 days come to an end on 20 April, he will have spent much of them tackling the Covid-19 pandemic and working to undo the destructive force of the Trump presidency.