Abortion rights activists heckle Italy's family minister at conference
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Sunday Sofa Activism 🛋

My Voice My Choice are collecting 1 million signatures from EU Citizens to demand action from the EU Parliament to make abortion safe and accessible for all.

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'Abortion rights and LGBTQ+ rights are connected through the broader framework of reproductive justice and the fight for bodily autonomy. Both issues involve the fundamental right to make decisions about one’s own body and personal identity'
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“Provision of abortion care in the UK is patchy, insufficient and a postcode lottery,” explains Sonia Adesara, an NHS doctor and campaigner for Doctors for Choice UK.
“We would not accept this with any other form of healthcare.”

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Denmark relaxes abortion law
New rules will raise the abortion limit from 12 to 18 weeks, allow 15- to 17-year-olds to have an abortion without parental consent and create a new national abortion board to avoid regional variations.
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' Despite the heteronormative narrative that abortion is specifically a “women’s health” issue, trans men, nonbinary, bisexual, pansexual, lesbian, and queer people have abortions, too.'
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'Several major fertility clinics in the state have stopped providing IVF (in vitro fertilisation) treatment, leaving LGBTQ+ couples, those with fertility issues, and hopeful single parents with little options for reproductive assistance.'
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A line-up of anti-abortion MPs, including George Galloway, Miriam Cates, IDS, JRM & Lee Anderson have tabled an amendment to reverse telemedicine and impose in-person consultations for women needing an abortion bills.parliament.uk/bills/3511/sta…

For LGBTQIA+ Awareness Week we hosted a lovely queer quilting session with the brilliant Siobhan Barbour at The Mac. We have our very first patch for our Big Reproductive Justice Quilt. We’ve loads more patches to make so look out for our next quilting workshop coming soon.

Just after 10am the Aircoach bus to Dublin was raided by Gardai in Co. Louth. A passenger reported two male Guards 'spent more time questioning racialised people on bus'. Guards didn't cite powers or rights meaning Irish passengers offered their Irish passports in fear too. [1/2]

As part of LGBTQIA+ Awareness week we attended 'An Assembly for All' where we heard from a panel on Advancing LGBTQIA + Rights in NI at Stormont. Very important to reflect on the changes that have been achieved. ‘More bold action is needed’ however and we must progress & persist.

Today is the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia #IDAHOBIT and the 2024 theme is “No one left behind: equality, freedom and justice for all”.
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Main maternity hospital in Rafah stops admitting patients
'The UNFPA told Reuters that the hospital, Al Helal Al Emirati Maternity Hospital, had been handling some 85 out of a daily total of 180 births in Gaza'
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Women's Aid Statement on the murder of Kathryn 'Kat' Parton in Belfast.

For information on support available please visit: womensaidni.org

We'll be speaking at this later on today reflecting on using CEDAW inquiry recommendations to advance abortion law reform and RSE, incorporated into domestic legislation championed by stellacreasy Cara.

If you are a provider please share with your clients - we are really trying to build a rounded picture of what services are in the few years since decrim but we really need more participants!

We attended the launch of important research today looking at the harms & danger in all types of 'conversion practices’ which stigmatize, shame & resultant trauma is the outcome for many survivors. A ban on this type of practice is urgent & necessary. rainbow-project.org/news/conversio…

An inquiry into traumatic births has called for an overhaul of UK maternity & postnatal care. Deirbhile from the Mas project at Falls Womens Centre talked to BBC radio about her experiences & how the Mas project supports women. Listen to Deirbhile 40 minutes in

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Sofa Activism Sunday 🛋

My Voice My Choice are collecting 1 million signatures from EU Citizens to demand action from the EU Parliament to make abortion safe and accessible for all.

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A Texas man wants to depose his ex who had an abortion in Colorado, claiming it's crucial to determine if Texas law on wrongful death was violated. He cites law defining individuals as 'an unborn child at every stage from fertilization until birth.'

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