Reproductive rights

Updated WHO data reveal persistence of violence against women and girls across the Western Pacific

As the world marks the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, updated data from the World Health Organization (WHO) indicate that violence against women and girls remains alarmingly widespread. Globally, nearly one in three girls and women have experienced intimate partner or sexual violence during their lifetime − a figure that has barely changed since 2000. These latest findings underscore an indisputable reality: despite efforts made in ending gender-based violence, it continues to be a persistent − yet preventable − social and public health emergency, as well as a grave human rights violation.  
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US cancer registries, constrained by Trump policies, to recognize only ‘male’ or ‘female’ patients

The top authorities of U.S. cancer statistics will soon have to classify the sex of patients strictly as male, female, or unknown, a change scientists and advocates say will harm the health of transgender people, one of the nation’s most marginalized populations.
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New Orleans, LA: New clinic opens to increase access to reproductive health care in wake of Planned Parenthood’s closing

Nurse practitioner Kelly Baquet says she is tired of diagnosing patients with HIV. “We have so many tools to prevent HIV now,” she said. “I want to be a part of ending the epidemic.”https://www.wwno.org/public-health/2025-11-17/new-clinic-opens-to-increase-access-to-reproductive-health-care-in-wake-of-planned-parenthoods-closing
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South Carolina looks at most restrictive abortion bill in the US as opponents keep pushing limits

Sending women who get abortions to prison for decades. Outlawing IUDs. Sharply restricting in-vitro fertilization. These are the strictest abortion prohibitions and punishments in the nation being considered by South Carolina lawmakers, even as opponents of the procedure are divided over how far to go.
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