The rule would function not only as a shield for people asserting objections on religious or moral grounds but also as a sword that permits them to withhold care from women; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people; and others.
Conservative organizations in these countries have leveraged both political pressure and public sentiment—in the form of protests—to combat ratification.
The Ethiopian House of Representatives voted on January 9, 2018, to adopt legislation amending the Federal Revised Family Code of 2000 to ban intercountry adoption.
100,000 people have signed a petition calling on Commonwealth countries to roll back their anti-gay laws. More than one billion people live in Commonwealth countries with colonial-era gay sex laws.
The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) of Mexico condemned Friday the murder of LGBT activist Maria Guadalupe Hernandez Flores and asked justice authorities in the central state of Guanajuato to investigate whether the motive of the crime was related to her work as a defender of LGBT rights.
Kimi Avalos is a young transgender woman who lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Because of stigma and discrimination, she couldn’t continue with her studies and complete high school.
n tiny, peaceful Costa Rica, a country that lives on its reputation as a laid-back vacation spot, the political ascent of a conservative evangelical pastor has caught many by surprise.
