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Obama Pressed to Act on Post-Rape Abortion Aid | Women's eNews →

Added on June 4, 2015 by Alana Chloe Esposito.

Religious leaders and human rights advocates are convening across the street from the White House today, June 4, to call on President Barack Obama to take executive action to ensure access to abortion for women and girls raped in conflict.

For Victims of Wartime Rape, Abortion Out of Reach | Womens eNews →

Added on April 28, 2015 by Alana Chloe Esposito.

Here's what one Kenyan woman says about being forced to carry through a pregnancy that resulted from a rape during a conflict period. Obama could end such suffering by clarifying that U.S. law actually does allow abortion funding in such circumstances, a health activist says.