A draft law would allow women to stay home if they are diagnosed by a doctor. It would also extend abortion access, but it faces an arduous path through Parliament.
Tag: Women’s Rights
Ireland Abortion Rights Activists Oppose Hospital Deal
The government delayed a decision on the proposal, amid concerns that a private charity might follow Catholic doctrine and limit abortions at a state-funded maternity hospital.
Roe Inspired Activists Worldwide, Who May Be Rethinking Strategy
Feminist movements in some countries similarly sought abortion protections in their courts, but for others, the goal was legislative change.
Roe Inspired Activists Worldwide, Who May Be Rethinking Strategy
Feminist movements in some countries similarly sought abortion protections in their courts, but for others, the goal was legislative change.
She Promised to Empower Women. Will Honduras’s President Succeed?
The country’s first female leader, Xiomara Castro, is struggling to advance her feminist agenda 14 years after a coup ended the presidency of her husband, who pursued similar causes.
U.K. Tabloid Accuses Lawmaker of ‘Basic Instinct’ Move
Citing an unnamed Conservative lawmaker, the paper claimed that Angela Rayner, a Labour leader, tried to distract Boris Johnson with her body. Fury has ensued.
U.K. Tabloid Accuses Lawmaker of ‘Basic Instinct’ Move
Citing an unnamed Conservative lawmaker, the paper claimed that Angela Rayner, a Labour leader, tried to distract Boris Johnson with her body. Fury has ensued.
Costa Rica’s Close Election Tests Women’s Rights
In Costa Rica’s runoff on Sunday, voters will decide between a candidate found to have sexually harassed junior employees at the World Bank and a former president once accused of corruption.
Harassment Case Tests Women’s Rights in Costa Rica’s Close Election
In Sunday’s runoff, voters will decide between a candidate found to have sexually harassed junior employees at the World Bank and a former president once accused of corruption.
Taliban Renege on Promise to Open Afghan Girls’ Schools
The schools were supposed to reopen this week, and the reversal could threaten aid because international officials had made girls’ education a condition for greater assistance.