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Published in:50.50: OpinionThe US anti-abortion crisis can only end if Democrats restore our rightsThe 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 decisionEXCLUSIVE: 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 NigeriaIn 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 UKUK 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 gameAs 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 backBolsonaro 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 PrideThe 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 threatsLilit 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 refugeesHeartbeat 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 everDaily 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-turnShadow 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 care25 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 hypocriticalThe 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 showAnti-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 girlsNine 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 peopleWomen’s rights groups supporting marginalised and impoverished people are banned by Ortega’s authoritarian regime
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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 epidemicThe Republican party has a white Christian nationalist vision for the US, and is stopping solutions to gun violence
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