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By WGAL On March 27, 2024 On Tuesday, the Supreme Court justices will hear arguments on Mifepristone, a medication most used to end pregnancy. Monday night, the Democratic candidates for the 10th House District are talking about their stances on reproductive rights.Sign up for our Newsletters There was an engaged and attentive crowd at the HACC…

By Ashley Winters On April 5, 2024 Women’s History Month has passed, however, the discussion about women’s health rights is an ongoing conversation, especially in politics. Women leaders at the annual FOCUS St. Louis Women’s History Month Breakfast on March 13, 2024, spoke candidly about women in leadership and how to protect women’s rights. Sandra…

By Jo Ingles On March 30, 2024 An old cigarette ad from the 1960s that said, “you’ve come a long way, baby” might still ring true in some ways. But Democratic women who serve in the Ohio House say when it comes to women living in the state, they still have a long way to…

Exclusive: ‘It is not lost on us that an individual who has been critical of the judicial treatment of women is being bullied by the very institution publicly claiming to end it,’ letter says By Maya Oppenheim On April 6, 2024 More than 60 lawyers, campaigners, politicians and academics are backing a women’s rights lawyer who…

The internationally acclaimed bestselling author spoke about book bans, women’s rights, Latin America and the fate of the erotic novel she didn’t dare write when her mom was alive. By By Albinson Linares and Noticias Telemundo On April 3, 2024 Isabel Allende likes to start the day very early. She says that in the early…

By Farkhunda Paimani and Meena Barek On April 6, 1024 WASHINGTON —  The past 2½ years have been “very tough” for 28-year-old Maryam Maroof Arvin, as she has been “deprived of all her rights” under the Taliban in Afghanistan. Arvin was a master’s degree student in a private university in Kabul in December 2022 when…

By Joshua Berlinger and Xiaofei Xu On March 4, 2024 ParisCNN —  France became the world’s first country to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution on Monday, the culmination of an effort that began in direct response to the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Lawmakers from both houses of the French Parliament voted 780…

Thousands of Turkish women defy ban to protest for equal rights By Somayeh Malekian, Maggie Rulli, and Engin Bas On March 9, 2024 ISTANBUL — Thousands of women took to the streets of Istanbul, Turkey, to mark International Women’s Day Friday despite a ban by the government, demanding equality and change of laws to protect women and…

By James Cook On April 1, 2024 Scotland’s new hate crime law has come into force, with JK Rowling and Elon Musk among its critics. The Harry Potter author and the owner of social media platform X both claim the legislation could harm free speech. Senior police officers say they expect a flood of complaints…