<div dir="ltr"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px auto;max-width:600px;width:568.96875px"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-m_-2016910585235009732main-kicker" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(199,33,32);font-size:17px;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0.4px;line-height:25px"><p style="margin:0px">BREAKING NEWS</p></td></tr><tr><td class="gmail-m_-2016910585235009732main-header" style="padding-bottom:7px"><h2 style="margin:0px"><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/qlNn_DE1StBVnxrT44-i7A~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkXqJ8P0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbGl2ZS8yMDIyLzA1LzExL3VzL2Fib3J0aW9uLXJvZS12LXdhZGUtc2VuYXRlLXZvdGU_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NjAmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmFfMjAyMjA1MTEmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MCZubD1icmVha2luZy1uZXdzJnJlZj1oZWFkbGluZSZyZWdpX2lkPTE0MDMzNTY2NSZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkxOTc4JnVzZXJfaWQ9NmZhMTk4NDgzYTVmMDRiYjA0YTk2NDFhZTgyMGNmOTRXA255dEIKYnB8HXxiD6AODVIabmFyZW5kcmFAcHJheWFzY2hpdHRvci5vcmdYBAAAAAA~" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:25px;line-height:30px;text-decoration:none">Senate Republicans blocked a bill to safeguard abortion rights, thwarting Democrats’ effort to enshrine Roe v. Wade in federal law.</a></h2></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><h1 style="font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:21px;margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Georgia,serif"><i><font color="#0b5394">“Go
to the people. Live with them. Learn from them. Love them. Start<br>
with what they know. Build with what they have. when the work is </font></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Georgia,serif"><i><font color="#0b5394">done, the task accomplished, the people will say 'We have done this ourselves.”</font></i><font color="#181818"><span></span></font></span></p></h1></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 12:27 AM Claudio Schuftan <<a href="mailto:cschuftan@phmovement.org">cschuftan@phmovement.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Sarojini N</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:sarojini_n@phmovement.org" target="_blank">sarojini_n@phmovement.org</a>></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Optima;color:black"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Optima"></span></div><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Optima;color:black">I would like to draw your attention to the recent abortion debate in the US that has shaken the women’s rights movements and their struggle for sexual and reproductive health rights, particularly access to  safe and legal abortion.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Optima"></span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Optima;color:black">A leaked Supreme Court draft ruling, published by Politico, is poised to strike down the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade judgement that guaranteed abortion rights to women for decades. It provided women with an absolute abortion right in the first three months and limited rights in the second trimester. It ruled that the constitution of the US protects pregnant women’s liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restrictions.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Optima"></span></p><p style="vertical-align:baseline;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Optima;color:black" lang="EN-US">Stringent anti-abortion legal reforms have been seen in Oklahoma, Texas, Kentucky and others. Many republican states enact “heartbeat” abortion bans that prohibit abortions once fetal heartbeat is detected i.e. six weeks, when women are generally unaware of pregnancy, with no exemptions for rape or incest. </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Optima"></span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Optima;color:black">Striking down Roe's judgement will have a detrimental impact, globally, on women and young girls sexual and reproductive health and rights. With this </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Optima;font-size:14.6667px">millions of women and young girls particularly the marginalized, racialized, poor, immigrant women will lose access to safe and legal abortions.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Optima;font-size:14.6667px"> </span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Optima"></span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Optima;color:black">As we are aware, abortion continues to be criminalized in many countries feminists are fighting against extreme anti-abortion policies for many decades. There is a global movement of feminists demanding for safe and legal abortion services. The legalization of abortion in Argentina, Mexico and Colombia, is an inspiring illustration of the long struggle and victory of feminists and health activists in Latin America. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Optima"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Optima;font-size:14.6667px">With that inspiration we </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Optima;font-size:14.6667px">join other feminist movements, abortion rights groups, SRH networks, health movements to demand for safe, legal, affordable and quality abortions services for All. </span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Optima;color:black">Roe v Wade has been instrumental in influencing several courts across the world on the aspects of individual rights and freedoms. Any attempt to strike down this jurisprudence has the potential to shake up the successes in recognition of individual rights be it bodily autonomy, privacy or reproductive rights.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Optima"></span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Optima;color:black">(on behalf of <span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">PHM's </span>Gender Justice and Health Thematic Group)</span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm"></p><br>
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