Reading Time: 2 minutes The US Supreme court’s ruling sets the rights of women back centuries Roe v. Wade established that a woman’s right to abortion is a woman’s right to privacy. It held that the Texas Penal Code’s restriction of a woman’s right to abortion violates the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes After almost 50 years, women’s rights are changed, but this time as a step back. January 22, 1973, a woman’s right to have an abortion was legalized in the case of Roe vs. Wade. The United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of denying the proposed illegalization of abortion in Texas with a 7-2 vote. Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Fourteen countries issued a joint statement on human rights restrictions for Afghan women, and Canadian businesses continue to provide jobs for Afghan immigrants By: Charlotte Hui Human rights restrictions on women and girls have increased since the Taliban re-established the Islamic United Emirates of Afghanistan. Today, fourteen foreign ministries, including Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Read More…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Government is to prepare work on further regulations to ensure abortion services are made available. Today the UK Government announced its intention to prepare work on further regulations to ensure abortion services are available in Northern Ireland. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Brandon Lewis, has today set out the legislative options being explored Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Her Body, Her Choice For centuries, men have been making life-changing decisions about what women can and can not do with their bodies. And when it comes to the issue of abortion, no other has been more contentious and controversial since the historic Supreme Court decision in 1973 in ROE Vs Wade. A decision that Read More…
Reading Time: 8 minutes Moving Out Of Your Community Is Painful: Injured Firefighter’s 20yr Fight with WCB “I remember it was before my guts exploded – after being on fentanyl for 7 months – was around the time I received the . . . letter.” Anne Thompson “I got your six,” I’d like to say to all volunteer emergency Read More…
