Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Wed, 06/05/2009 - 09:55
Publisher:
IPS
Publisher / Organization Main page URL:
http://www.ipsnews.net/
Author:
Pilirani Semu-Banda
Published Date:
2009
Abstract:
An influential women rights organisation in Malawi, Women in Law in Southern Africa-Malawi (WILSA-Malawi), is suing the government of Malawi for preventing women from accessing safe abortion.
"Look to your right, and look to your left," Karen Shablin, a deeply pro-life activist from Feminist For Life, instructed her audience. "These people [may not] be here if their mother had exercised her choice."
Family Planning International welcomes US President Barack Obama's landmark decision to repeal the Mexico City Policy. The ending of this policy will help save the lives of millions of women, as well as promote development and economic growth around the world, including in our own Pacific region.
Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez vetoed a law decriminalizing abortions in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, arguing it violated the right to life, the office of the presidency said on Saturday.
In May 2008, a group of civil society activists launched a campaign to reform Kenya's archaic abortion laws, sparking a countrywide debate. Now, as a new draft bill on women's reproductive health and rights seeking to decriminalise abortions is set to be tabled in parliament, the battle lines between opponents and advocates of abortion are clearly drawn.
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