Giving Tuesday 2023

This Giving Tuesday, please support our mission to deliver pioneering solutions in reproductive health. In addition to the Human Right to Family Planning news briefing, we are leading research trials to guarantee access to over-the-counter birth control and medication abortion. Our programs will roll out new models in Washington state and then across the country. Every individual has a right to decide if and when to be pregnant, no matter where they live. Become a [...]

2024-01-10T17:01:55-08:00November 27th, 2023|

Uplift International’s HR2FP Initiative Statement on Overturning Roe v Wade

A new era has begun for reproductive rights in America.  The radical right political movement to take away abortion rights has been successful and the constitutional right to abortion is no longer protected. Millions of women in states that have banned abortion or severely restricted this medical procedure are at risk of forced pregnancy, which has severe health, economic and social consequences. The recent SCOTUS decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization will impact [...]

2023-06-26T12:22:47-07:00June 27th, 2022|

RBG – An exceptional role model for equal justice under law

We are mourning the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She was a monumental figure in law and, more recently, became a pop-culture celebrity star outside the court. She will always be remembered as the pioneer jurist who fought for women’s rights and gender equality as an essential part of the human rights agenda and the U.S. Constitution. What a remarkable woman, jurist and exceptional role model. She showed us that it takes [...]

2021-10-06T14:51:16-07:00September 21st, 2020|

Racism is a Health and Human Rights Issue

We are living through a defining moment in history.  The dual crises of the viral pandemic and civil unrest are causing all of us to be sad, angry and exhausted.  In the middle of a deadly and disabling viral epidemic in America caused by COVID-19, we are experiencing historic civil disorder around the U.S. in response to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.  Let’s be clear, the violent police killing of George Floyd [...]

2020-07-01T13:43:38-07:00June 2nd, 2020|

Sexual Health Month Means Fighting For Women’s Rights

September is Sexual Health Month, and in the United States, we have an administration that doesn’t respect a woman’s right to sexual and reproductive health. We also have a Supreme Court Justice nominee that doesn’t respect, nor understand, sexual and reproductive health (SRH). With so many countries making advances to women’s reproductive rights, the United States seems to stand alone in their efforts to regress on women’s health and rights. The Trump administration has been [...]

2018-09-27T18:40:24-07:00September 27th, 2018|

Don’t allow cuts to women’s health services

by Judy Kimelman and Sarah Prager Originally published in the Seattle times July 27, 2018 The Trump administration has proposed changes to the Title X program, which will effectively put access to family planning and preventive health services out of reach for thousands of women in Washington state. As ob/gyns practicing collectively for almost 40 years, we know the essential role contraception plays in the lives of our patients. Contraception is cost-effective, reduces unintended [...]

2018-08-04T18:31:39-07:00August 4th, 2018|

The Fourth of July and Trump

There is a fundamental link between the current political environment created by President Trump, his cronies and July 4.  I started to think about this relationship when a friend said that I should celebrate July 4 and be happy because Trump has nothing to do with it.  Wrong! July 4 is the anniversary of our nation’s independence.  We fought and won a battle to free ourselves from the British monarchy that was oppressing our freedoms.  [...]

2018-07-09T22:11:35-07:00July 9th, 2018|

Success is Linked to Women’s Access to Family Planning Services

Women in their 20s are just starting out in their careers and adult life. To help these women become successful, they need access to family planning services—and they have a right to these services. I am a 22 year old woman. I graduated from the University of Washington in 3 years with 2 degrees. Upon graduating, I started working for the Human Right to Family Planning Initiative and still do. A couple of months later, [...]

2018-02-19T11:34:10-08:00February 19th, 2018|

Reflections on the 2018 New York City Women’s March

There were crowds of people on the subway going to the rally and march on the Upper West Side of New York City on Saturday, January 20. Some were carrying signs claiming women’s rights and women power, while some focused on the Trump policies that discriminate against women, LGBT, immigrants. The 2017 pussy hats were everywhere, presumably worn by so many of the same people who dusted them off and put them on again, not [...]

2018-01-24T20:57:55-08:00January 24th, 2018|
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