'No platform for abortion rights is complete without a confrontation with the Helms Amendment.'

Read akila radhakrishnan and Anu Kumar on why every politician claiming support for abortion rights must commit to #RepealHelms . thehill.com/opinion/congre…

MONDAY: Join sianushka, @akilaGJC, Anu Kumar, J-Claude MULUNDA, and Payal Shah for a conversation on the United States and how its abortion policies impact its human rights record.

Register now! bit.ly/AbortionHumanR…

Access to sexual and reproductive health, rights, & justice ( #SRHRJ ) is foundational to economic, mental & physical well-being. Ipas joins 100+ orgs in calling on the Biden-Harris admin to implement policies that support sexual & reproductive autonomy. ReproBlueprint.org

Australia has championed #reprorights and has a role to play on the international stage. Read more in this piece I wrote with Bettina Baldeschi and Daile Kelleher at devpolicy.org. bit.ly/3PR3qUB

Excited about 'Building a Just Future for Global Health', a conversation w/ Anu Kumar, moderated by #IHSD graduate students. This is part of the 'Shifting Power' seminar series on #globalhealth #decolonization .

Thanks Madhu Pai, MD, PhD for the suggestion!

Tulane SPHTM

Today the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is holding a hearing about the FDA’s approval of mifepristone.

Banning mifepristone for abortion care is senseless, especially considering its conclusively established safety and efficacy.

Here’s what you need to know [ 🧵]

Our Policy and Advocacy manager, Jina Dhillon, explains to NC Newline that the NC bill runs counter to trends around the globe that generally favor an expansion of reproductive freedom. Listen here 🔽
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Dr Brahmi to NC GA: 'As a doctor who has worked in Africa, Europe, and Asia, I can tell you that abortion bans are only “mainstream” in countries where people die from them': ncnewsline.com/2023/05/16/phy… NC Policy Watch Rep. Julie von Haefen Sen. Graig Meyer #AbortionIsHealthcare #AbortionBans

Once again, abortion is health care. No matter where you live. We'll fight for reproductive freedom in NC, and around the world.

The marriage of gerrymandering & extremist ideology has resulted in this bill. RIP democracy. A sad day for #NC #bansoffourbodies #abortionishealthcare wral.com/story/new-nort…

Welcome to #Gilead

Better late than never, though serious barriers to #abortion access remain in Japan: cnn.com/2023/04/24/asi…
#abortion ishealthcare

Phew for now. @SCOTUS ensures that mifepristone remains on the market, allowing appeals to move forward. But we shouldn’t even be riding this #reprorights roller coaster. Let’s stop playing politics w/ people’s bodies b/c @AbortionIsEssential

Phew

.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus World Health Organization (WHO) 'Restricting access to abortion does not reduce the number of procedures and only drives women and girls towards unsafe ones and also death. Ultimately, access to safe abortion is healthcare that saves lives.” #AbortionIsHealthcare
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For 50 years Ipas has made #MVA available to millions of people in over 100 countries, including the US, who need abortions, post-abortion care, miscarriage management, endometrial biopsy. It's still here. We're still here. DKT WomanCare Global
theguardian.com/world/2023/apr…

So much for this being an issue for states to decide. They want a national ban. They want fetal personhood. They want Gilead. nytimes.com/2023/04/14/us/…

#Mifepristone is an exceptionally safe, important medication. ACOG and leading medical societies urge the U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to set aside the District Court opinion in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA. Read our amicus brief: bit.ly/410XBs5

Mifepristone & misoprostol are safe & effective ....8 countries (Bangladesh, Liberia, Malawi, Nepal, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and South Africa) asssed how to make them more acessible World Health Organization (WHO) HRP

Read more at bit.ly/3KuZ0jH

#SRHR #mifepristone