Women's Voices

 

23 September 2020

 

Women's Voices

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A Salvadoran woman accused of homicide after suffering a stillbirth has been freed from prison. Cindy Erazo was initially sentenced to 30 years after an obstetric emergency during her eighth month of pregnancy resulted in a stillbirth. #SexNotGender ...

September 23rd @ 10:31 pm |

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Abortion has been banned in El Salvador since 1998, and more than 140 women accused of terminating their pregnancy have been jailed — with sentences of up to 35 years. Many say they were wrongfully convicted after suffering a miscarriage. ...

September 23rd @ 9:33 pm |

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Contact your state representatives and demand that they pass #BreonnasLaw, a ban on no-knock warrants in your state legislature. Right now, every other state allows no-knock warrants except Florida and Oregon. #JusticeForBreonnaT... #BlackWomenMatter ...

September 23rd @ 8:30 pm |

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The officers who forcibly entered Breonna Taylor's home and shot her multiple times have not been charged in her death. The law allowed "no-knock" arrests; it was considered legal for police to enter her home and kill her. #JusticeForBreonnaT...

September 23rd @ 8:09 pm |

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In Barcelona, on the International Day Against Sex Trafficking, a pro sex industry gang tore up feminist posters and danced on them. Liberal feminism is anti-feminism, a men's rights movement. https://t.co/NRSfk2...

September 23rd @ 7:34 pm |

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The following list highlights new environmental books, both fiction and nonfiction, written by women in recent years. These books explore the urgency of the climate crisis and the complex relationship between environment, place, and self. #ReadWomen ...

September 23rd @ 4:00 pm |

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To say that men rape women is not an extreme position. It is a fact that men use rape as a form of sexual terrorism against women, and some 98% of rapes are committed by men. Gender ideologues are intent on erasing male violence against women; but ...

September 23rd @ 2:21 pm |

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"#JudithButler's hip quietism is a comprehensible response to the difficulty of realizing justice in America. But it is a bad response. It collaborates with evil. Feminism demands more and women deserve better. " #SexNotGender https://t.co/huMFXO...

September 23rd @ 1:59 pm |

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A prominent member of Japan’s ruling party has described the country’s politics as “democracy without women”, days after the new prime minister appointed just two female MPs to his cabinet. #SexNotGender https://t.co/96bh8s...

September 23rd @ 11:52 am |

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Afghan women's rights campaigner Laleh Osmany, who started #WhereIsMyName, was condemned by a Taliban spokesperson: "Mentioning the names of mothers, wives, sisters and daughters is not culturally tolerable in our society." #SexNotGender ...

September 23rd @ 11:07 am |

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Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said allegations that some immigrant women detained in the United States may have been subjected to hysterectomies and improper medical procedures were "unacceptable" and that an investigation is underway. ...

September 23rd @ 9:41 am |

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US Native women are twice as likely to be sexually assaulted as women of other races - 84% of Native women experience violence in their lifetime. And in some tribal communities, Native women are murdered at 10 times the national average. ...

September 23rd @ 7:54 am |

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ART is a nightmare, and when we finally wake up, it may be too big to stop. This article refers to mitochondrial genome editing as "egg rejuvenation." Mitochondrial genome edits are inheritable, but only when passed through girls. #SexNotGender ...

September 23rd @ 6:31 am |

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The BJP women's wing West Bengal president, Agnimitra Paul, claimed that incidents of rape have assumed more alarming proportions in the state than the COVID-19 pandemic. #SexNotGender #MVAW https://t.co/syKuqH...

September 23rd @ 5:40 am |

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If ART were truly about helping infertile women, it would be legally restricted to use by women with reproductive issues only. The fact that it isn't reveals the 'infertility treatment' angle to be a cover-up for male exploitation. #Surrogacy ...

September 23rd @ 5:36 am |

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RT @WitchCould: This is why left-wing men and pro-surrogacy liberals —some gay men are among those woke activists— are as misogynistic as right-wing men. The Right views women as private property: forced marriages, traditional gender roles. The Left ...

September 23rd @ 3:56 am |

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RT @MatthewGreenf11: https://t.co/E6oK7U... "The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2016 bans all foreign applicants, bringing to an end a period during which India became the world’s “fertility tourism” hotspot, with an estimated $400m (£317m) per year ...

September 23rd @ 3:28 am |

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Reminder that "breeder" is a derogatory term for heterosexual people used primarily by gay men. When gay men allege that they have a "right" to use women's bodies to reproduce their DNA, remember the insult "breeder;" it's indicative of how they see ...

September 23rd @ 2:39 am |

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The review will examine the recent rise in the number of children seeking treatment. The NHS service at Tavistock has seen a surge in demand from 77 in 2009 to 2,590 in 2018-19. #SexNotGender https://t.co/sHM6qk...

September 23rd @ 1:52 am |

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China banned all forms of #surrogacy in 2001 due to concerns poor women were being exploited. The pandemic has revived the black market inside China. "Baby dens” with dozens of newborns in orphanages or apartments have been found. #SexNotGender ...

September 23rd @ 1:37 am |