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The III Brazilian Human Rights Program: a last chapter?

Brazil: On May 13th, 2010, President Lula finally signed a new decree altering the text of III National Program for Human Rights (PNDH3), in which the Catholic Church and other conservative voices’ prevailed. Read “The III Brazilian Human Rights Program: a last chapter?”, an analisis by Jandira Queiroz and Sonia Corrêa, members of the SPW team.

Report based on a panel held at the 54th UN Commission on the Status of Women

During the 54th UN Commission on the Status of Women, held in New York, in March, 2010, Ipas, IPPF and the Government of The Netherlands co-sponsored a panel entitled: Unwanted pregnancy, abortion and young women: Are we achieving the mandates of the Bejing Platform for Action?. Read the report on this panel.

Health Reform

USA: On March 21, 2010 the President Barack Obama announced that he will be issuing an executive order after the passage of the health insurance reform law that will reaffirm its consistency with longstanding restrictions on the use of federal funds for abortion. See a series of opinions regarding this issue.

The abortion front lines

2.8 The abortion front lines In the struggle for legal abortion, as well, good news is often accompanied by bad news. As we were finalizing this issue, the abortion law reform in Spain was approved, despite ongoing protests on the part of the Catholic Church and even when the economic downturn of 2008-2009 could have […]

Nicaragua abortion law puts pregnant cancer victim at risk

Nicaragua: On 2 February, 2010 a 27-year-old woman was admitted to a hospital in Leon, the second largest city in Nicaragua. She was diagnosed with an advanced case of cancer, which had metastasised and may have spread to her breasts, brain and lungs. She was told she couldn’t be prescribed an aggressive chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment because she was pregnant and, under Nicaraguan law, any medical procedure to save the life of a mother is banned if it jeopardises the life of the foetus.

Abortion and Human Rights: the current Brazilian controversy

Read the article “Abortion and Human Rights: the current Brazilian controversy”, by Sonia Corrêa, on the important setbacks in regard to abortion that Brazil has been experiencing in recent years.

New Spanish Abortion Law

Spain: The Spanish Senate voted to ease the country’s restrictions on abortion, rejecting the opposition of the Catholic bishops and the Vatican over access to safe and legal abortion in that country.

Abortion amendment in USA

USA: A restriction on abortion coverage was added in November 7th, 2009 to the health care bill. The provision would block the use of federal subsidies for insurance that covers elective abortions. The Obama White House is refusing to weigh in on an amendment that represents perhaps the most restrictive anti-abortion measure introduced in a generation. Read more.

The abortion front lines – Newsletter n.7

In the last few months one main legal and policy regression has been registered in relation to legal abortion. Read more about it in the section “Around the world – The abortion front lines” of the Newsletter n.7.

Fourth panel – Religion and Sexual Politics

Fourth panel – Religion and Sexual Politics Afternoon – August 25, 2009 After the presentation and debate of the conference overview paper on religion and sexual politics, a panel was given by the following scholars: Jaris Mujica, professor of the Universidade Católica do Peru (Catholic University of Peru) of the Universidade Cayetano Heredia (Cayetano Heredia […]

First panel – Sexuality, States and Political Processes

First panel – Sexuality, States and Political Processes Morning—August 24 , 2009 The panel that followed was coordinated by Sérgio Carrara, co-director of the Latin American Center on Sexuality and Human Rights (CLAM) and counted with Franklin Gil, associate researchers of the Escuela de Estudios de Género de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Elsa Muniz, […]

The abortion front lines – Newsletter n.6

The abortion front lines: Recently in Brazil a scandal came out when a 9 years-old girl was impregnated by his stepfather and then excommunicated by the Olinda’s bishop. Meanwhile, in Nepal the Court orders the State to improve women’s access to abortion. Read more in the SPW’s newsletter n.6.