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Published in:50.50: OpinionThe US anti-abortion crisis can only end if Democrats restore our rights
The Supreme Court’s imposition of white Christian patriarchal authoritarian rule is out of step with the people
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Published in:50.50: NewsPartner of US citizen ‘left to die’ in Malta condemns Roe v Wade decision
EXCLUSIVE: Andrea Prudente’s partner spoke to oD from her bedside in Spain, where she awaits a life-saving abortion
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Published in:50.50: AnalysisWhat might the US be like post-Roe v Wade? Look at present-day Nigeria
In Nigeria, which has the world's second-highest maternal death rate, abortions carry jail terms of up to 14 years
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Published in:50.50: InterviewRacism in UK maternal care: ‘Why aren’t we being listened to?’
Sandra Igwe on the trauma she and many other women of colour are left with after being disregarded during pregnancy
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Published in:50.50: NewsUK LGBT Awards urged to drop headline sponsor over ‘blatant pinkwashing’
Tonight’s awards show has come under fire, with sponsor Macquarie Group accused of ‘profiting from climate crisis’
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Published in:50.50: NewsWhat overturning Roe v Wade could mean for abortion in the UK
UK Christian Right groups with strong US links look set to step up activity if Roe v Wade is overturned this week
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Published in: 50.50: NewsCommittee that banned babies from Commons was 75% male
'There are very few mothers who are making the big decisions about our laws'
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionThree clear reasons to boycott the upcoming Hogwarts Legacy video game
As well as its link to JK Rowling, the game is accused of antisemitism and was developed by a Gamergate defender
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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisThe Right hate feminists because we want freedom. Here’s how to fight back
Bolsonaro is attacking women’s rights. But Francia Márquez’s election in Colombia shows us victory is possible
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionAnti-trans haters couldn’t dim the joy of my first shirtless Pride
The sun on my chest in Oxford Street felt like a recognition of how hard I had fought to get where I was
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureArmenian activist won’t stop fight for trans rights – despite the threats
Lilit Martirosyan continues to campaign for a hate crime law, legal gender recognition and transgender health care
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Published in: 50.50: NewsUS anti-abortion group targets Ukrainian refugees
Heartbeat International is appealing for money to fund its anti-abortion network in Ukraine and eastern Europe
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionThis could be one of the most dangerous Pride months ever
Daily mass shootings, Christofascist mobs and attacks on LGBTIQ rights make Pride risky – but it’s still uplifting
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Published in: 50.50: NewsGovernment ignores calls for evidence behind ‘conversion therapy’ U-turn
Shadow equalities minister Anneliese Dodds calls out ministers’ failure to protect trans people
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Published in: 50.50: News‘We were tortured by smugglers. Now the government is torturing us’
The UK’s first deportation flight to Rwanda leaves on Tuesday. Refugees and activists are trying to stop it
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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisMPs will debate a ban on trans ‘conversion therapy’. Here’s what to expect
‘They’re playing on people’s fear, and spreading untruths’ – LGBT advocates dispel the myths that could come up on Monday
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionThe US Right knows more guns won’t solve violence. It just doesn’t care
25 people have died in mass shootings since Uvalde. Even NRA members know we’re safer without deadly weapons
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionThe UN’s high-level social justice events are exclusive and hypocritical
The UN gathers elite speakers in visa-restrictive places to speak on behalf of those actually affected
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Published in: 50.50How the Christian Right used the ‘culture war’ to cancel a UK theatre show
Anti-abortion CitizenGo won backing from so-called ‘gender critical’ activists to shut down the ‘Family Sex Show’
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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisHas Liberia’s ‘feminist’ president forgotten his promise to tackle rape?
Despite declaring rape a national emergency two years ago, George Weah has delivered little for victims
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureThe volunteers risking their lives to secretly educate Afghanistan’s girls
Nine months on from the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, teenage girls remain deprived of their right to education
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionBoris broke COVID rules. Why are Sarah’s mourners the ones in court?
COVID rules didn’t apply to powerful men. Those at Sarah Everard’s vigil should have been so lucky
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Published in: 50.50: NewsNicaraguan government outlaws feminist groups serving vulnerable people
Women’s rights groups supporting marginalised and impoverished people are banned by Ortega’s authoritarian regime
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Published in: 50.50: NewsLGB Alliance ‘insults’ gay men with call to shut venues over monkeypox
Tweet called for closure of strip clubs, saunas and other LGBT spaces ahead of Pride
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureKashmir’s tribal women suffer very poor menstrual health. What’s to blame?
Gujjar and Bakarwal women in India experience period poverty – as do 500 million girls and women globallyThis story...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionThe Christian Right won’t let us solve our mass shooting epidemic
The Republican party has a white Christian nationalist vision for the US, and is stopping solutions to gun violence
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