In Yemen, female activist strives for an Egypt-like revolution

Sudarsan Raghavan writes for The Washington Post: “In a nation where women are considered second-class citizens, [Tawakkol] Karman is determined to produce a nonviolent Egypt-style revolution. . . . As the nation’s most vocal and well-known activist, the…

House Republicans Targets Family Planning Programs

Watch NOW Action Vice President Erin Matson as she discusses Title X and the Republican’s assault on abortion on C-Span’s Washington Journal.

UN Women Head Unveils Empowerment Agenda

Kanya D’Almeida writes for IPS: “Despite birthing 100 percent of the world’s children, growing 70 percent of the world’s food and performing 60 percent of the world’s labour, women only receive a fraction – a mere 10 percent – of the world’s income.”

LOIS HENRY: This Abortion Bill Needs Fixin’ — Now

Columnist Lois Henry of the Bakersfied Californian writes about HR 3, the dangerous bill introduced in Congress that would not allow federal dollars to be spent on abortion, but as Henry writes, this bill goes much further: “Federal rules have always ma…

Why Did They Seek Abortions There? How Abortion Bans Threaten Women’s Lives

Patty Skuster and Susan Schewel write on RH Reality Check: “It became tragically clear this week that hurdles to safe, legal abortion can prove life threatening. In West Philadelphia, Karnamaya Mongar lost her life in the horrific facility where Dr. Kerm…