July 30, 2024 | Post
On Thursday, July 25, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved its version of the FY 2025 State Department and Foreign Operations (SFOPS) funding bill. In marked contrast to the House version of the bill, it is free of right-wing culture war provisions. The Senate bill, as originally drafted, called for keeping…...
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July 2, 2024 | Post
It’s been 30 years since United Nations member states and representatives from civil society met in Cairo at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and agreed to its groundbreaking Programme of Action. It's a cornerstone document which recognizes that investments in family planning are central to sustainable development.…...
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June 4, 2024 | Post
Update: On June 5, the Senate failed to pass the cloture motion to advance the bill to the Senate floor. The bill fell short of the 60 votes needed, with 51 voting in favor, 39 voting against, and 10 not voting at all. Only two Republicans voted in favor: Susan…...
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May 28, 2024 | Post
In a letter to Chairman Diaz-Balart and Ranking Member Lee of the U.S. House Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, 138 representatives called for the allocation of crucial funding for international family planning and reproductive health care for the Fiscal Year 2025 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs…...
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December 17, 2023 | Post
Fifty years ago today, Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC) reacted to the Roe v. Wade decision that affirmed the national right to abortion by making sure women in developing countries couldn’t have their safe and legal abortions paid for with U.S. foreign assistance. He did this during his very first year…...
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September 28, 2023 | Post
The past couple of years have been pretty traumatic for people in the United States who believe they should have a say over whether to continue their own pregnancies. Since the Supreme Court agreed in May 2021 to hear the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Americans have had to…...
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June 23, 2023 | Post
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning the constitutional right to abortion. The ruling came only seven months before the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that legalized abortion nationwide. Before Roe,…...
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April 21, 2023 | Post
After a year that’s seen endless assaults on reproductive rights here in the United States, we gathered (online) for our annual Capitol Hill Days advocacy event from April 5–7 to learn about what’s happening with reproductive health and rights around the world. We were joined for a trivia-game-style opening session…...
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June 24, 2022 | Post
We knew this day would come. The Republican Party has been laying the groundwork for years to reverse Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that guaranteed abortion rights (if not actual access) to all Americans. That six Supreme Court justices—three of whom were nominated by a twice-impeached, two-time-popular-vote…...
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