Fighting the Global Gag Rule
This year, the Trump administration drastically expanded what is known as the “global gag rule.” Across the world, people’s access to fundamental human rights will be imperiled by this decision. The global gag rule, initiated by Ronald Reagan in the…
Call for Input: Violence Against Mothers
The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR)[1], the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World)[2], Just Futures Collaborative, Pregnancy Justice, Global Alliance against Traffic in Women (GAATW),[3] Gender Centre Geneva Graduate Institute, Woodhull Freedom Foundation[4], and the Global…
Last Year Was Brutal for LGBTQ+ Communities, But We Fought Back
2025 was brutal for LGBTQ+ communities. We covered an array of attacks on queer and trans rights, from President Trump’s January 28, 2025, Executive Order, to the destruction of gender-affirming healthcare for NYC trans youth, to Texas’s Senate Bill 8…
Accessing Sex Ed
Accessing your fundamental human right to comprehensive sexual education should not depend on where you live. And yet, it absolutely does. As Nadra Nittle reports, recent research from the national nonprofit organization SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change is driving…
The Child Care Funding Crisis
Across the U.S., states are quietly cutting child care funding, including by slashing the rates they pay providers on behalf of low-income families. To Ruth Friedman, the child care crisis, put simply, “disrupts parents’ employment, reduces earnings and savings, and…
Michigan’s “Pregnancy Exclusion” Law
Under the Michigan Estates and Protected Individuals Code, a person can designate a patient advocate to determine their medical care, should they be unable to make or communicate their own decisions. Michigan thus offers a critical protection of our rights…
ICE’s Harm to Pregnant Immigrants and their Children
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues its reign of terror across the U.S. Families are being torn apart; communities are on edge as person after person is abducted in violent, racist raids. The fear of being deported or…
Our Human Rights are Under Attack, but What Does That Actually Mean?
Once again, President Trump’s administration is making history for all the wrong reasons. On August 28, the United States withdrew from the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. This marks the first time in UPR history that a United Nations Member…