From Ipas press release:
Mexican Supreme Court upholds Mexico City abortion law by overwhelming majority
In what is being hailed as a landmark decision for women’s rights, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) upheld a law legalizing abortion in Mexico City through 12 weeks of pregnancy, rejecting a constitutional challenge.
Eight justices voted against the [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Supreme Court upholds Mexico City abortion law
Posted in Abortion, Latin America on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Join us on Friday, 9/5: Reproductive Rights are Human Rights
Posted in Reproductive Justice on August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, the Center for Reproductive Rights, the Urban Justice Center, the Women of Color Policy Network and the Guttmacher Institute would like to invite you to:
Reproductive Rights Are Human Rights: The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and Reproductive Justice
Friday, September 5, 2008, 9am – [...]
Get out the vote!
Posted in civic engagement on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
CALL. EMAIL. TEXT. For Women’s Equality Day. 08.26.08.
MI-LOLA presents CALL, the first of three brief clips about the Florida Primary Election and Women’s Equality Day – both of which fall on Tuesday, August 26th.
MI-LOLA urges you to CALL your friend, your mom, or a colleague and remind them to vote in [...]
Denying Immigrants Access to Higher Education Seems Ironic
Posted in Immigration on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As reported in this USA Today article from July, it is becoming increasingly difficult for undocumented students to attend college. Since 2006, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, and Oklahoma have denied in-state tuition to undocumented students, even if they have attended the middle and high school public education systems. Then there is South Carolina, which has banned [...]
NLIRH decries the State Department’s discriminatory practices toward Latino US citizens
Posted in Immigration on August 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that some Latino citizens in the Rio Grande Valley on the US/Mexico border are being denied access to their citizenship rights based on documentation issues. Their citizenship is being called into question (despite years of residence and employment in the United States, and even successful background checks) due [...]
Blaming the Iowa Immigration Raid on Unsophistication
Posted in Immigration on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As the months go by, more is being uncovered about the Postville, Iowa meatpacking plant that was raided by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in May. Even though two of the plant’s managers were arrested in July on criminal immigration and fraudulent-identity charges, some are still questioning why no top level executives have been charged [...]
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is a Women’s Issue
Posted in LGBTQ on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Army and the Air Force discharged more women than men in 2007 under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which prohibits gay and lesbian people from serving in the military if they are open about their sexuality. November marks the 14th anniversary of this legislation. Today more than 12,000 service members have lost their [...]
Immigration raids continue in large numbers
Posted in Immigration on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided 8 Mexican restaurants in Ohio on Wednesday July 23rd making 58 arrests. The raids are part of a criminal operation intended to hunt, arrest, and deport undocumented immigrants across the United States. According to a member organization of the National Coalition for Immigrant Women’s Rights, Hispanas Organizadas [...]
PEPFAR to be reauthorization pending
Posted in HIV/AIDs on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Wednesday, President Bush reauthorized the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). It will distribute $48 billion in funds to provide treatment and care globally through 2013. Many are praising this reauthorization as an important step in alleviating the pandemic but some have criticized the Bush administration for not focusing efforts on domestic HIV/AIDS.
In [...]
