Herminia Palacio | abortion-news.info

Guttmacher Institute compiled data on the impact of lessening abortion rights.

By Alexandra Svokos
28 October 2021

The Supreme Court has a real opportunity this year to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that made abortion a federally protected right, or otherwise lessen the right to abortion.

The court will be hearing a case out of Mississippi, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, that asks the justices to directly reconsider the landmark precedent in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which many court watchers believe is closer to a possibility than ever with the current makeup of the court.

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Challenges abound for women’s sexual and reproductive rights

BMJ 2019;367:l7000
doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l7000
Published 23 December 2019

Rojita Adhikari, freelance journalist

Health leaders gathered at the second International Conference on Population and Development in Nairobi last month to discuss how to improve women’s sexual and reproductive health. At the meeting Rojita Adhikari talked to Herminia Palacio, newly appointed president of the Guttmacher Institute, about the challenges and possibilities

Q: It’s been 25 years since the first ICPD conference was held. How far has the world come towards meeting the goals?

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