Women's Health Journal articles from October 2008

Women's Health Journal archives from October 2008

You can be a feminist and be against abortion ... but you are wrong! Frances Kissling.(Interview)
October 1, 2008... Frances Kissling, the founder of the United States organization Catholics for a Free Choice, has long been a committed champion of women's right to access safe, legal abortion. Her prodigious efforts have drawn special attention to the fact...

To promote the decriminalization of abortion, we must draw on our skills and expertise: Marta Lamas.(Interview)
October 1, 2008... GIRE, the Grupo de Informacion en Reproduccion Elegida (Reproductive Choice Information Group) is a touchstone in Mexico and throughout the region on issues of sexual and reproductive rights and above all on abortion. The active participation...

Abortion in Chile: contributions to the debate from women's perspective.
October 1, 2008... This article was originally presented at the debate forum, Legalizacion del Aborto en Chile, No Abortemos el Debate (On the Legalization of Abortion in Chile, Let's Not Abort the Debate), organized by Corporacion Humanas and the Foro Red de...

Catholic by baptism, feminist by choice.
October 1, 2008... The author is the president of Catolicas por el Derecho a Decidir-Chile (Catholics for the Right to Decide, Chile), a member organization of the Red Latinoamericana de Catolicas por el Derecho a Decidir (Latin American Network of Catholics for...

Abortion for health-related reasons: an urgently needed debate.
October 1, 2008... The authors belong to the PROGENERO research team at the Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano, which undertook the 2007 study on reinstating abortion in Chile for reasons related to the woman's health. The research was carried out with a...

Recent publications and promotional materials.
October 1, 2008... Alejandra Lopez Gomez and Elina Carril Berro Entre el alivio y el dolor. Mujeres, aborto voluntario y subjetividad Montevideo: Trilce, 2008. 133 p. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Between Relief and Grief: Women, Voluntary Abortion and...

Human rights for women, now!(FROM THE COORDINATING OFFICE)
October 1, 2008... The commemoration on December 10, 2008, of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the perfect opportunity to once again demand respect for women's rights in equal conditions with men. Despite the official...

Approved by the majority, rejected in hypocrisy: Uruguay's law to defend sexual and reproductive health.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... On Tuesday, November 11, 2008, the Uruguayan Senate finally approved the bill for the Law to Defend Sexual and Reproductive Health, with 17 out of 30 senators voting in favor of the bill. Just a few days later, President Tabare Vazquez vetoed...

President's veto an insult to democracy.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)
October 1, 2008... The president of Uruguay, socialist physician Tabare Vazquez, vetoed the Law to Defend Sexual and Reproductive Health, ignoring the widespread support for the law among the citizenry and overriding the decision of both chambers of Parliament,...

Free and safe abortion: a demand for social justice, human rights and democracy: a public declaration of women's networks, coalitions, campaigns and organizations in the region.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)
October 1, 2008... In commemoration of September 28, Day for the Decriminalization of Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean, women's networks, coalitions, campaigns and organizations from the region issued a public declaration calling for abortion as...

Triumphs and challenges for sexual rights and reproductive rights in the United States.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)
October 1, 2008... With President-elect Barack Obama already making more progress to take the helm of the nation than any U.S. president in history, the movement for sexual and reproductive rights in this country is taking stock of several gains and some sobering...

World AIDS Day: women are demanding!(NEWS AND MEETINGS)
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In commemoration of World AIDS Day, December 1, the movements and international campaigns concerned with the epidemic's impact on women and girls joined to denounce governments' and international agencies' failure to...

LACWHN: new itinerant university courses.(NEWS AND MEETINGS)(Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network)
October 1, 2008... Since 1998, the Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network has offered the International Courses on "Gender Perspectives in Health" as part of the Itinerant University (IU) project in the region with the following general objectives:...