Unlikely allies from both sides of the traditional “abortion” debate have come together in opposition to Prop 26, Mississippi's egg-as-person initiative.
It will take our collective knowledge, experience, energy and expertise to hold governments accountable for their roles in violating women’s and girls’ rights to health.
In Nicaragua, after a total ban on abortion was passed, a woman with an ectopic pregnancy was allowed to languis in a hospital, waiting for her fallopian tube to rupture before a doctor agreed to operate even though there was no doubt regarding the outcome of her pregnancy. This is the world that Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA) would like to bring to America with the passage of H.R. 358, the Let Women Die Act of 2011.
The human rights community understands that criminal and other restrictions on abortion are unacceptable and reflect a radical disregard for women's lives.
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