09.01.2007
Don’t Fight the Phony Wars: The US Exportation of Gender Inequality
Abortion
Helms Amendment
Human Rights Treaties
International Human Rights Law
United States
US Abortion Laws
This fact sheet provides information on the Gonzales v. Carhart decision, and how it “opens the door to more criminal laws regulation reproductive rights on theological, ideological and/or moral grounds.” The fact sheet also lists the four pillars of Roe, and four phony wars: The Federal Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), the US Ratification of CEDAW, how Roe v. Wade as it stands today is no right to fight for, and the Global Gag Rule.
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Coalition Letter to the White House and State Department on the US Periodic Report to the UN Human Rights Committee Under The ICCPR
The undersigned organizations call on the Biden administration to update the United States’ fifth periodic report to the UN Human Rights Committee under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The Committee will be basing its review on this report, which was submitted by the Trump administration on January 15, 2021. This report version lacks updates on existing U.S. policies, as well as a commitment to expand protections for marginalized communities, especially non-citizens, in the context of reproductive health and access to medical care. It is critical — and consistent with the Biden administration’s policy commitments — to address the gaps between current U.S. policies and the ICCPR.
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04.18.2023
Human Rights Crisis: Abortion in the United States After Dobbs
UN/Government Submissions
03.02.2023