Rights

not only harm the baby, but it will also lead to physical and psychological issues in the future for that woman. After having an abortion it increases the risk of depression, anxiety, and suicide. Carmen Gomez-Lavin, a psychiatrist and member of the Right to Life Committee, says that “Sixty five percent of women who abort suffer symptoms of post-traumatic stress syndrome after undergoing the procedure.” Mothers many years later will feel a sense of loss and will often need to speak to a…

Introduction Reproductive rights are not now, or have ever been considered a human rights issue, although the mainstream reproductive rights agenda has neglected and continues to neglect this key issue. Reproductive rights include the access to information regarding reproductive health, as well as autonomy in sexual and reproductive decision-making. In addition, one has the right to not be subjected to ill-treatment, and has the right to determine the number, spacing, and timing of one’s…

The idea of animal rights has been an important topic around the world for a while, but it wasn’t until 1822 when the Ill-Treatment of Cattle Act got passed that the United States recognized it. The passed Cattle Act protected dogs from harsh care. Since that day, the idea of animal rights has evolved and has became a more complex system: there's now different classifications that fall under animal rights. Farm animal rights is one of those sub-categories. 98% of all animals being abused and…

numbers for 2016 look just as bad or worse (Human Rights Watch, 2016). If you account for the high levels of violence against trans people, including physical and sexual assault, the numbers become staggering. There is history of systemic violence and human rights violations against trans people in the US that is continuing to grow despite meager gains by the trans community. This paper will argue that broad gender education combined with strong human rights laws is desperately needed in the US…

One of many battles in the war for women’s rights and equality is that of body and reproductive rights. The struggle continues as women are threatened more and more by bills and laws that will restrict their choices and rights regarding what they can and can’t do with their own bodies. Limiting a woman’s choices and freedoms by enacting laws that prohibit abortion is wrong and can harm a woman mentally, physically and emotionally. One case that does not always come to mind when people think of…

It all began on the year of 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York when 68 women and 32 men signed the “Declaration of Sentiments” which started the women’s rights movement. The first big step was when Susan B. Anthoy won the fight for women’s suffrage in 1919. Later on Congress allowed women to have more jobs, get a better education, and join the military, but are they treated just as equal as men? Even now in the 21st century men and women have totally different standards. Women are not treated…

1. A right is the sovereignty to act without the permission of others. An individual’s entitlement to something; a person right’s is when that person acts in a certain way toward him or her. A right is morally good, justified or acceptable. Legal rights are rights that are attained from a legal system that allows a person to act ways toward that person. Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings. The basic rights and freedom to which all humans are considered to be entitled,…

Women’s Rights For years women have not been given the right to, educate, vote for election, fight, work and represent. Women’s rights is the fight for the idea that women should have equal rights to men. Until 1935, married women in Australia did not have the full rights to own property.The effort to equal rights for women to remove gender from laws, and behavioral patterns. Nineteenth century The women rights movement began in the nineteenth century, by some women reformers for the…

human rights before issues of violation of human right are brought to the court. One of the principal roles of the Australian Parliament is human rights protection. The Racial discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), Sex discrimination Act 1984 (Cth), disability discrimination Act 1992 (Cth), and Age discrimination Act 2004 (Cth), are statues enacted to enforce human right. In 2004 and 2006, two state jurisdictions in Australia, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria have adopted Human rights acts…

global freedom has been decreasing, U.S human rights activists remain hopeful that the Obama administration’s efforts will continue to and prioritize its human rights foreign policy agenda (Jost, 2009). With official tactics being quiet diplomacy, skeptics have doubts over the effectiveness of U.S human rights policies, yet with the implementation of the freedom of expression resolution, there is no doubt the U.S is taking the right steps in curbing human rights violations worldwide (Jost,…