Protest – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

18 Jun

Brazilian women protest bill that would equate late abortions with homicide

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"Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of São Paulo on Saturday as protests sweep across Brazil in opposition to a bill that would further criminalize abortions. If passed, the law would equate the termination of a pregnancy after 22 weeks with homicide. The bill, proposed by conservative lawmakers and heading for a vote in the lower house, would also apply in cases of rape. Critics say those who seek an abortion so late are mostly child rape victims, as their pregnancies tend to be detected later...."

30 Sep

Thousands of women march in Latin American cities calling for abortion rights

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"The streets of cities across Latin America were bathed in green Thursday as tens of thousands of women marched to commemorate International Safe Abortion Day. Latin American feminists have spent decades fighting to roll back strict prohibitions, although there are still few countries with a total ban, like El Salvador and Dominican Republic..."

14 Jun

Poles hold protests demanding liberalized abortion law after death of pregnant woman

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"Poles demanding a liberalization of the abortion law protested in Warsaw and other Polish cities on Wednesday after a woman who was five months pregnant died of sepsis, the latest such death since a tightening of Poland’s abortion law. The protesters vented their fury against the ruling party, Law and Justice, or PiS, over several deaths in maternity wards in the past couple of years. The cases involved hospitals that refused to terminate pregnancies due to the presence of a fetal heartbeat even when the women were in grave danger...."

14 Jun

A Controversial Court Ruling Has Britain’s Abortion Rights Groups Up in Arms

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"U.K. abortion rights groups are planning large demonstrations on Saturday outside London’s Royal Courts of Justice, after a woman was controversially jailed on Monday under an 1861 law for using drugs to induce a medical abortion past legal term limits...."

31 May

Anti-abortion rights demonstrators assaulted outside Baltimore Planned Parenthood, police say

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"Anti-abortion rights demonstrators were attacked Friday, one brutally, after an ideological argument outside a Planned Parenthood in Baltimore, police said. The attack involved the suspect tackling an 80-year-old man and pummeling a 73-year-old man before kicking him "with extreme force" in the face, police said...."

27 May

About 100 in Raleigh protest new NC abortion law

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"Around 100 people marched through Downtown Raleigh Friday evening in protest of the state’s new abortion law. The gathering comes just over a week since the General Assembly voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper on a 12-week abortion ban...."

21 May

Protesters opposed to Florida abortion ban march to Fort Lauderdale City Hall

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"Protesters came together in downtown Fort Lauderdale to take part in a rally for reproductive rights. Demonstrators representing several nonprofit organizations marched to City Hall along North Andrews Avenue on Saturday afternoon with their message against abortion restrictions. Protesters said they want the issue on the 2024 ballot...."

15 May

U.S. MARSHALS SPIED ON ABORTION PROTESTERS USING DATAMINR

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"DATAMINR, AN “OFFICIAL PARTNER” of Twitter, alerted a federal law enforcement agency to pro-abortion protests and rallies in the wake of the reversal of Roe v. Wade, according to documents obtained by The Intercept through a Freedom of Information Act request...."

14 May

Kelowna march to defend reproductive rights planned on Sunday [BC]

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"The organizer of an upcoming march in Kelowna says the walk is intended to defend reproductive rights and honour people in the United States who have struggled to access healthcare after Roe v. Wade was overturned last year...."