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Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden's administration announced a new rule Monday to protect the privacy of women who go out of their home state to have legal abortions, amid fears they could be prosecuted upon their return. The move comes as reproductive rights take center stage in the November presidential election, following a pivotal court decision that abolished or severely curtailed legal abortion in 21 states. "No one should have to live in fear that their conversations with their doctor or that their medical claims data might be used to target or track them," Melanie Fontes Rainer of...
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Phoenix (AFP) - When two volunteers from the Biden-Harris presidential campaign knocked on Davine Cortez's door in Arizona, the businesswoman -- who is not usually interested in politics -- was hesitant to talk to them. But when she realized they were collecting signatures to protect the right to abortion in the southwestern US state, Cortez opened the front door wide. "I'll sign, of course!" she said. The 50-year-old from Phoenix even grabbed a handful of pens to give to the volunteers: "Take these, take these, so that more people can sign," she said. The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday r...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - A woman who says she was threatened with being kicked off a US Delta Air Lines flight because she was not wearing a bra demanded a meeting with the company's top boss on Thursday over what she says is a discriminatory policy. Lisa Archbold said she had on baggy jeans and a loose white t-shirt -- with no bra -- and claimed she was temporarily escorted off a flight by a female gate agent who demanded she cover up, even though her breasts were not visible. "It felt like a scarlet letter was being attached to me," Archbold, 38, told reporters in Los Angeles about the January ...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Strippers in the US state of Washington have won workplace protections after the governor signed a bill of rights putting them on the same legal footing as people in any other job. The legislation, signed into law on Monday by Governor Jay Inslee, is some of the most far-reaching in the country, and sets standards for safety and pay. "Strippers are workers, and they should be given the same rights and protections as any other labor force," said Washington state Senator Rebecca Saldana, who sponsored the bill. "If they are employed at a legal establishment in Washington, the...
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Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden on Monday signed an order to bolster women's health research as he took aim at Republicans "bragging" about overturning the national right to abortion and vowed to make them pay at the ballot box this November. The initiative, aimed at closing gender gaps in clinical trials and care, comes as Democrats seek to channel voter anger over the rollback of reproductive rights in nearly half the country, following a landmark Supreme Court decision in 2022. Flanked by First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and women's health advocate Maria Shriver, B...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden fiercely defended reproductive rights Thursday in his annual address to Congress, warning Republican antiabortion lawmakers of the "power of women" and insisting the issue will be at the fore in November's election. Biden is making reproductive freedoms a defining theme of the campaign. The White House has highlighted the erosion of such rights since the conservative-dominated US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling which had protected abortion access nationwide, nearly two years ago. His fellow Democrats have been keen to spo...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - The share of Hollywood films with women in the lead role fell last year, new research showed Thursday, despite standout successes like "Barbie." In the year that the feminist blockbuster starring Margot Robbie blew its competitors away at the box office, just a third of movies had a woman at the top of the bill, according to the Hollywood Diversity Report. Greta Gerwig's fun-packed feminist satire, which took more than $1.4 billion at the global box office, also garnered eight nominations for this weekend's Oscars, including best picture. "Even as 'Barbie' broke box office ...
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Washington (AFP) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday criticized Cuba for barring a prominent activist, Martha Beatriz Roque, from visiting the White House to receive an award. The State Department named Roque, who has been outspoken in her criticism of the communist-run island's repression of dissent, one of its "International Women of Courage" in an annual award presentation. Presenting the awards at the White House, Blinken called Roque an "unyielding defender of human rights in Cuba." "Cuban authorities have subjected Martha to a long campaign of detention and abuse, including ...
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Valladolid (Spain) (AFP) - The #MeToo movement "made a big difference" since women now feel more empowered to say no to unwanted sexual advanced, US actor Sigourney Weaver said on Friday in Spain. "We knew the Me Too movement wasn't going to change things overnight," she told journalists in the northwestern city of Valladolid. "It's a problem that women have in every field," the 74-year-old star of the Aliens film franchise added. "I think it has made a big difference to how women feel and how empowered we feel to say no, to say stop." Weaver, a three-time Oscar nominee, will be honoured on Sa...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Musicians and critics alike have long accused Grammy voters of ignoring the work of female artists -- but this year, it's highly probable that women will take home the night's top prizes. At Sunday's gala, seven of eight of nominees in the Album and Record of the Year categories are women or gender fluid, among them Taylor Swift, SZA and Olivia Rodrigo -- a sea change many industry watchers see as long overdue. "Women pop stars have gone from owning the red carpet discussion to owning the entire Grammys discussion," said Kristin Lieb, a professor at Emerson University whose...
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