Opinion | It's Time to End My Grandfather's Harmful Legacy — the Helms Amendment
Biden already has the authority to roll back draconian abortion restrictions.
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Biden already has the authority to roll back draconian abortion restrictions.
The Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act seeks to repeal the Helms Amendment, which prohibits the use of U.S. aid funds for abortion care.
This submission under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) discusses three sites of systemic racism and intersectional discrimination that oppress women of color, particularly Black women, in the United States (US): abortion restrictions, the shackling of pregnant prisoners, and racial inequalities in cervical cancer mortality.
After Dobbs, Secretary of State Antony Blinken doubled down on the Biden administration’s commitment to exporting and promoting abortion.
Nations in Latin America have historically had some of the most stringent abortion laws in the world but in some those restrictions have eased in the past few years. The U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe could hinder those efforts, say activists.