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Pro-choice Leader Laphonza Butler Appointed to Feinstein’s Senate Seat
(ANGELUS, Oct. 2, 2023, a Catholic news service)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his appointment of Laphonza Butler, president of the pro-choice group Emily’s List, to […]
In Argentina, Election Fight Brews Over Women’s Rights and Abortion
(Reuters, Oct. 4, 2023)
Argentina’s presidential election race is putting abortion access and women’s rights in the spotlight, sparking fierce debate in a country that has […]
The Surprising Places Where Abortion Rights Are on the Ballot, and Winning
(New York Times Magazine, Sept. 12, 2023)
Popular support for abortion rights is stronger than expected in some red and purple states.
In Kansas, Kentucky and Montana, […]
Billboards tell I-55 drivers ‘Abortion is OK, you are loved’
(Washington Post, Sept. 20, 2023)
Activist group Shout Your Abortion posted billboards about abortion rights along Interstate 55, directed at drivers heading north to Illinois.
Louisiana, Mississippi, […]
Alabama AG Says He Has Right to Prosecute People Who Facilitate Travel for Out-of-State Abortions
(CNN, Sept. 8, 2023)
In a court filing Aug. 28, attorneys for Attorney General Steve Marshall wrote that providing transportation for women in Alabama to leave […]
One of Our Team Members in the News
Q&A: UW pharmacy professor Donald Downing on the over-the-counter birth control pill
Alden Woods, UW News
On July 13, the Food and Drug […]
Joint web statement by UN Human rights experts on Supreme Court decision to strike down Roe v. Wade
UN human rights experts* today denounced a shocking and dangerous decision by […]
Uplift International’s HR2FP Initiative has a new project!
The HR2FP Initiative has a new project. We were awarded a grant to begin working with […]
Uplift International is a signatory to the Blueprint for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice.Women in ICE Custody Are Being Coerced Into Hysterectomies, Whistleblower Claims
A former nurse from the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia has come forward with information that hysterectomies were being performed without consent on women […]
Supreme Court strikes down restrictive Louisiana abortion law that would have closed clinics
The Supreme Court on Monday provided a victory for abortion rights activists, striking down a restrictive Louisiana law that would have left the state with […]
Racism is a Health and Human Rights Issue
Dear friends,
We are living through a defining moment in history. The dual crises of the viral pandemic and civil unrest are causing all of us […]
ICPD25 Summit News
Uplift International’s President, Dr. Beth Rivin, and Board Directors, Dr. Marleen Temmerman and Monica Kerrigan, participated in the […]
Supreme Court abortion case poses major test for Trump picks
The Supreme Court has decided to take up the Louisiana abortion case which would require abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at hospitals. This is […]
Supreme Court abortion case poses major test for Trump picks
A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction on an abortion law in Georgia which would ban abortions at six weeks of pregnancy, and the […]