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Make no mistake: this Trump presidency will continue to attack abortion rights

Just because Trump is publicly distancing himself from abortion does not mean Republicans won’t enact a national ban

Moira Donegan
Tue 12 Nov 2024

Abortion rights initiatives were on the ballot in 10 states on Tuesday, and won in seven of them. One of the losers was prop 4, Florida’s abortion rights measure, which received a whopping 57% of the vote but failed to meet the state’s unusually high 60% threshold, meaning that the state’s six-week ban will remain in place. Asked about the Florida abortion rights proposition ahead of the election, Trump said that when he went to cast his ballot near Palm Beach, he would vote against it.

It has always been a little hard to believe that Donald Trump personally hates abortion, even if it is abundantly clear how little he thinks of women. Trump, after all, has claimed to have numerous conflicting positions on abortion rights throughout his life. And his brand of masculinity is boorish, vulgar, and above all, sexually entitled – far from the priggish, repressed moralism of more classical anti-abortion figures like Mike Pence.

Continued: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/12/trump-presidency-abortion-restrictions


Canada – Singh proposes a motion to strengthen reproductive rights

November 11, 2024
Mikayla Keniry

Reproductive rights have become the New Democratic Party’s (NDP) priority in Parliament, with Jagmeet Singh saying that his party will use their next opposition day to propose a motion that will provide increased access to abortion services.

On Oct. 24, Singh announced the NDP’s new action toward strengthening reproductive rights in Canada while speaking to reporters in Montreal.  Alongside the NDP’s critic for women and gender equality, Leah Gazan, Singh addressed the importance of having “the right to choose” when it comes to reproductive health services and having adequate access to ensure this right can be fulfilled.

Continued: https://brockpress.com/singh-proposes-a-motion-to-strengthen-reproductive-rights/


Nigerian military, Reuters at odds over reports on alleged mass abortion program

November 11, 2024
By Timothy Obiezu, VOA News

The Nigerian military welcomed a report by a human rights group that found “no evidence” the military secretly carried out thousands of illegal abortions as part of its fight against Islamist insurgency. The Reuters news agency says it stands by its three reports in 2022 which lodged the allegations.

In a statement over the weekend, Nigerian Defense Chief General Christopher Musa praised the report by the seven-member investigative panel set up by the National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria.

Continued; https://www.voanews.com/a/nigerian-military-reuters-at-odds-over-reports-on-alleged-mass-abortion-program/7860239.html


Medical Abortion is Safe Even at the Very Early Stages of Pregnancy

Nov 11, 2024
HUS

Obtaining a medical abortion only after pregnancy is confirmed by ultrasound can extend waiting times and increase the psychological and physical burden on the person seeking an abortion. A large international study confirmed that medical abortion is an effective and safe method to terminate a pregnancy even before it is visible on an ultrasound.

Medical abortion is performed using medication without surgical intervention. In 2023, as many as 99 percent of all terminations were done with medication. Traditionally, medical termination has been performed only after pregnancy is confirmed by ultrasound. Medical termination uses two different medications: the first, mifepristone, blocks the effects of the corpus luteum hormone on the uterus, and the second, misoprostol, causes uterine contractions and empties the contents of the uterus. Medical abortion can often be done at home using instructions that the patient can follow.

Continued: https://www.hus.fi/en/newsroom/medical-abortion-safe-even-very-early-stages-pregnancy


March in Costa Rica as [Anti-choice] Protesters Oppose Abortion Ruling in Latin America

Tico Times
November 10, 2024

Hundreds of Costa Ricans marched this Sunday in opposition to abortion and headed to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR), where a case against El Salvador is being heard regarding a woman who was denied the right to terminate her pregnancy despite her life being at risk.

The protesters, mostly dressed in light blue and singing Christian hymns, marched a kilometer from a park to the Court’s headquarters in San José, which has been handling the “Beatriz vs. El Salvador” case since March of last year—the first case it has examined on abortion in Latin America.

Continued: https://ticotimes.net/2024/11/10/historic-march-in-costa-rica-as-protesters-oppose-abortion-ruling-in-latin-america


Malaysia – KPWKM highlights growing concerns over teen pregnancies, underage marriage

November 10, 2024

KUCHING, Nov 10 — Women, Family, and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri today emphasised growing concerns over rising cases of teen pregnancies, underage marriage, baby abandonment, and unsafe abortion.

Citing data from the Health Ministry, she noted that 44,263 teen pregnancies were recorded over the past five years, 17,646 involving unmarried teens. “From 2019 to 2023, Sarawak alone registered 9,258 teen pregnancies, of which 5,627 were among unmarried teens.

Continued: https://selangorjournal.my/2024/11/kpwkm-highlights-growing-concerns-over-teen-pregnancies-underage-marriage/


Nigeria rights body finds ‘no evidence’ military conducted secret mass abortions

By Camillus Eboh and Ope Adetayo
November 8, 2024

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's human rights commission said on Friday an investigation had found "no evidence" that the Nigerian military deliberately attacked women and children or carried out secret abortions in its fight against an Islamist insurgency in the northeast.

The Nigeria Human Rights Commission, which is appointed by the government, had been investigating three Reuters reports published in December 2022 which found the Nigerian military ran a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme and massacred children in the northeast, where the insurgency has been going on for 15 years.

Continued: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigeria-rights-body-says-no-evidence-military-carried-out-secret-mass-abortions-2024-11-08/


African women and girls will die from unsafe abortions thanks to Trump win

Trump has emboldened anti-rights groups globally. African women will suffer as a result

Joy Asasira
8 November 2024

Trump’s presidency already looks set to have a catastrophic effect on sexual reproductive health and rights on the African continent. I work as a reproductive and gender health specialist in Uganda and we’re still feeling the impacts of Trump’s last presidency. No doubt, African women and girls across the continent are worried about how Trump’s second presidency will impact their health and lives.

In his last term, we saw an emboldening of anti-rights, anti-gender and anti-democratic forces, while Christian right values were weaponised against minorities. And this spread well beyond its borders. With his latest election win, the groups that backed his bid to power will likely feel even more emboldened.

Continued: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/trump-win-us-global-africa-women-girls-abortion/


Canada – ‘History in the making,’ says New Brunswick abortion provider on repeal of restrictive abortion regulation

Holt repeals ban on Medicare-funded abortions outside hospitals

by Tracy Glynn 
November 7, 2024

In front of an audience of abortion providers and advocates, Premier Susan Holt announced the end of a regulation that for decades restricted access to abortions in New Brunswick.

Until today, New Brunswick was unique in Canada for having a regulation that restricted procedural abortion services to hospital settings.

Continued: https://nbmediacoop.org/2024/11/07/history-in-the-making-says-new-brunswick-abortion-provider-on-repeal-of-restrictive-abortion-regulation/


Australia – Orange Hospital directs staff to no longer provide abortions to patients without ‘early pregnancy complications’

Exclusive by national regional affairs reporter Lucy Barbour
Thursday 7 November

An explicit ban on abortions for non-medical reasons has been laid down by the executive of a regional New South Wales public hospital, the ABC can reveal.

A leaked document shows that staff at Orange Health Service in Central West NSW can no longer provide abortions for patients with "no identified pregnancy complications".

Continued: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-08/orange-hospital-directs-staff-to-stop-providing-some-abortions/104537862