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Month: March 2024

Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Lo más destacado de los argumentos en la Corte Suprema sobre la prohibición del medicamento para el aborto mifepristona

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La mayoría de los jueces de la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos parecían escépticos este martes sobre la idea de una prohibición nacional o nuevos límites a la mifepristona, el medicamento principal utilizado para los abortos medicados. El caso fue la primera audiencia relacionada con el aborto desde que la

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50 years after the former Yugoslavia protected abortion rights, that legacy is under threat

By DARKO BANDIC and JOVANA GEC Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — With vigils outside clinics, marches drawing thousands and groups of men kneeling to pray in public squares, religious and neo-conservative groups have been ramping up pressure to ban abortions in staunchly Catholic Croatia. The fierce debate has fueled divisions in the European Union

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‘Women farmers are invisible’: A West African project helps them claim their rights — and land

By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal (AP) — Mariama Sonko’s voice resounded through the circle of 40 women farmers sitting in the shade of a cashew tree. They scribbled notes, brows furrowed in concentration as her lecture was punctuated by the thud of falling fruit. This quiet village in Senegal is the headquarters of

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Indonesia’s top court begins hearing election appeals of 2 losing candidates alleging fraud

By NINIEK KARMINI and FADLAN SYAM Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s top court began hearing appeals Wednesday against the presidential election results lodged by two losing candidates who allege widespread irregularities and fraud at the polls, demanding a revote. The Feb. 14 presidential election results were announced March 20. The winner, Defense Minister

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