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“We are seeing increasingly people in public life and people in positions of responsibility, particularly women, racialized Canadians, people of minority or different community groups, being targeted almost because of the increasing strength of your voices. … We are seeing a backlash. … We have to ask ourselves what kind of country we are, what kind of country we want to be.”the harassment of deputy PM Chrystia Freeland, who was verbally attacked and called a “traitor” and “fucking bitch.
“Many people are shocked at the outcome in Kansas, but we at the Black Women’s Health Imperative are not surprised. As reproductive justice organizers, we know that smart, consistent and insistent organizing means we can and will win. This win simply affirms what we’ve known for a long time: people support a woman’s right to make the most important decisions for her body. … Black women, girls, and gender non-conforming people in conservative states like Kansas deserved this win.
. … This action by the Biden Administration will make a real difference to veterans and their families—it’s a common-sense policy that will quite literally save lives.”, including within the Veteran Health Administration .passed by 205 members of Spain’s Congress defines consent as an affirmative “yes,” and says it cannot be assumed by silence.
The decision came following a 2016 case in which a woman was gang raped, but the perpetrators were only convicted of sexual abuse.Before, survivors had to prove violence/intimidation. In 2016, 5 men who gang raped a woman avoided rape charges over claims the victim consented by being silent, sparking mass protests.
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