02.05.2013
Women’s Link Worldwide Letter to President Obama
Abortion
Helms Amendment
International Humanitarian Law
Reproductive Rights
Sexual Violence
United States
US Abortion Laws
US Foreign Aid Restrictions
Letter sent to President Obama by Women’s Link Worldwide as a part of the GJC’s “August 12th Campaign” asking that he issue an Executive Order lifting US abortion restrictions on humanitarian aid.
The letter was also signed by: Asociacion y lideres en Accion, Colombia; Catolicas por el derecho a decidir, Colombia; Rincon Perfetti Abogados y Consultores Internationales, Colombia; Fundacion Orientame, Colombia; International Federation of Women Lawyers, Uganda; Fundacion Colombia Diversa, Colombia; Centro de Estudios Interdisciplinario sobre las Mujeres; Fundacion para la Formacion de Lideres Afrocolombianos Afolider, Colombia; and Conferencia National de Organizaciones Afrocolombianas Cnoa, Colombia.
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