Posted on 04/14/2021 10:39:03 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Almost half of women in 57 countries around the world are denied the freedom to decide on what to do with their own bodies, the United Nations said in a report on Wednesday. This includes issues around sex, contraception and health care.
The My Body is My Own study lists attacks on women, including rape, forced sterilization, virginity tests and genital mutilation.
The head of the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA), Natalia Kanem, said: “In essence, hundreds of millions of women and girls do not own their own bodies. Their lives are governed by others.”
Those other decision-makers may include partners, family members, society and government. […]
Crimes and practices that violate a woman’s bodily autonomy include “honor” killings, forced and early marriage, “virginity” tests and female genital mutilation. Forced pregnancy or abortion also violate a woman’s power to make decisions concerning her body. […]
Despite constitutional guarantees of gender equality in many countries, the report says that on average, women globally enjoy only 75% of the legal rights of men. …
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But the West is evil, colonialist and oppressive.
“Only half of women in developing world have body autonomy”
What percentage of unborn babies have “body autonomy”?
And communism
Do we really want autonomous women?
Hey UN..first address how Muslims treat women then take on the rest of the world.
Tomorrow’s headlines today
Only Half Of Women In The World Have Female Body Anatomy
Well, the Bible does say, “there is nothing new under the sun”(Eccl. 1:9.)
Meaning that they do not have the power to murder the unwanted occupants of their body, despite such being there due to their own actions. After all, the can choose to do murder unwanted occupants of their SUV despite such being there due to their own actions. Not.
ummm.. WTF is THAT?
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