AJWS Ally Rabbi Eve Posen Urges Action on Reproductive Rights
AJWS ally Rabbi Eve Posen Urges Congress to act on the Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act
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After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Egregious Roe vs. Wade Ruling, Congress Must Repeal the Helms Amendment
In response to the introduction of the Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2022 in the U.S. Senate, led by Senator Cory Booker, along with Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Tina Smith (D-MN), American Jewish World Service Director of U.S. Advocacy Rori Kramer released the following statement: “American …Read More
Read MoreBy criminalizing abortion, The United States states joins the ranks of countries hostile to human rights and gender equality — and puts countless lives at risk both home and abroad
American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading global Jewish human rights organization, decries the United States Supreme Court’s Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade, the nation’s landmark abortion rights law AJWS Executive Vice President Venus Devnani McClelland released the following statement: Though we had anticipated – with incredulity and disbelief – that the U.S. Supreme …Read More
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Reproductive rights are human rights
This Mother’s Day feels like the time for action rather than celebration. On Monday, Politico published a leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision that would eviscerate Roe v. Wade, the seminal decision that gave women control over whether or not to end a pregnancy. As a human rights organization rooted in Jewish values that …Read More
Read MoreAJWS President and CEO Robert Bank on the Leaked SCOTUS Roe v. Wade Draft Decision
Leader of global Jewish human rights organization decries the draft decision which signals that the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn the landmark abortion rights law “Though the leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade is not final, we are deeply disturbed by the national and global implications of this potential Supreme Court ruling. …Read More
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