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Amnesty International's Updated Abortion Policy

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nepeta · 28/09/2020 23:16

Amnesty International has updated their abortion policy in order to be more inclusive of those who are not 'cisgender women.'

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/09/amnesty-updated-abortion-policy-faqs/

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SerenityNowwwww · 28/09/2020 23:51

I don’t even bother with them anymore. They are a joke.

testing987654321 · 28/09/2020 23:49

But someone's identity isn't relevant to their need for access to abortion, their sex is and it only applies to women and girls.

Smallsteps88 · 28/09/2020 23:35

Amnesty International has updated their abortion policy in order to be more inclusive of those who are not 'cisgender women.'

That’s most women then. Because most women aren’t cisgender women. There just women. A tiny minority will identify as cisgender women but the rest of us not so much.

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nepeta · 28/09/2020 23:32

I found the language you quote interesting as it is directly from the gender theory underlying the concept of gender identity. A woman is now just a feeling inside one's head and there is no word for biologically female people, the only kind who actually can get pregnant.

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AntiHop · 28/09/2020 23:21

They write "Cisgender women and girls are not the only people who need access to safe abortion services. Intersex people, transgender men and boys, and people with other or no gender identities can also become pregnant. These individuals often face multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination when trying to access health services."

All women don't face multiple layers of discrimination?.This quote implies it is easy to access health services if you're a woman who identifies as a woman.