Puerto Ricans fight against women's rights setbacks on International Women's Day

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For Alexandra-Marie Figueroa Miranda, InternationalWomensDay is not just about celebrating women’s accomplishments. It’s about speaking out against what she sees as a series of women’s rights setbacks that have taken place in Puerto Rico.

. It requires that women under 18 obtain their parents’ consent to get an abortion. If they don’t receive parental consent, “the minor can go to court if she insists on having an abortion to present their claims to getting an abortion,” the legislation reads.authored by Sen. Nayda Venegas Brown, a pro-statehood lawmaker and evangelical minister, required women younger than 21 to have parental consent in order to terminate a pregnancy.

“As long as the government continues to ignore our demands, our sense of urgency is just going to keep growing because we keep being ignored.

While she has previously attended Puerto Rico’s “Paro de Mujeres” demonstration, and this year is no different, the singer is also using her music to shine a light on the issue.

 

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Trump s racial bias showing thru & through!

Woman's Day? Sounds Racist, bigoted and sexist to me but I'm just a priveleged white male so what do I know?

Ya, if it were up to Trump, no one would be alive. Thank god for international relief efforts. Too bad the richest nation on earth led by Trump couldn’t afford to save over 3k lives in Puerto Rico. Cruelty at its worst and this is our potus but he hates Hispanics terribly

Speaking out..

Leftist:women are equal to men Also Leftist : women need their own special rights

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