News roundup week 21 - 27 January 2019. Spoiler; its not a good week for women's rights.

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I couldn't face making separate threads for each of these, so decided to do a roundup thread.

UK
''After he cross-examined me, the courts allowed my abusive ex to see our sons – and he killed them.''

metro.co.uk/2019/01/22/after-he-cross-examined-me-the-courts-allowed-my-abusive-ex-to-see-our-sons-and-he-killed-them-8372846/?fbclid=IwAR2hdoMzJ-bidFMeKyG4MSBaKLb6T7vWb5PLo7-4GAJauvR7j4es1Ftog4M?ito=cbshare

''A high-risk paedophile who sexually assaulted a three-year-old girl in a supermarket has been spared jail for repeatedly breaching a court order – because it would “crush” him''.

uk.news.yahoo.com/4145670-175312184.html?guccounter=1

US;

The Obama administration introduced coercive control and financial control as forms of DV; the Trump administration has reversed this. DV now has a very limited definition in the US.

''The Trump Administration Quietly Changed the Definition of Domestic Violence.''
slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/01/trump-domestic-violence-definition-change.html?fbclid=IwAR0Wt_aMY4CPYS-Nd3TTGPXBFsTVVuLQT0ycqNpYt9gEZUyMtL-nGG3o5ws&via=gdpr-consent

US;

The same administration that removed protection from National Parks quotes damage to preserved sites as a reason not to leave humanitarian aid to stop people dying in the desert.

''Convicted by federal judge, 4 women face prison for leaving water in desert to save dying migrants''.
womenintheworld.com/2019/01/22/4-women-convicted-by-federal-judge-for-leaving-water-in-desert-to-save-dying-migrants/?fbclid=IwAR16MzHx6FfABoKN5fI_cdn6rr4qL3AyVX07wXo7jTWYDC3s3j66hzqCLS4

UK; Its Cervical Screening Awareness Week 2019.
The dates for Cervical Screening Awareness Week 2019 are 10 - 16 June 2019. Smear tests prevent 75% of cervical cancers.

''cervical screening rates among all ages are at their lowest for two decades.''

''Young women put off smear tests due to feelings of embarrassment and concerns about being hurt, a survey suggests.''

''New data from the charity Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust found that those aged 25 to 35 are also put off by the idea of a stranger examining them.''

www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jan/21/cervical-cancer-smear-test-rate-plummets-survey-young-women-smearforsmear-campaign?CMP=share_btn_tw&fbclid=IwAR2ft16AcbL8KHLsZSadPV4nYixuMjfYHzq_B6LL_vn30RR65N1uKWRYc6Y

US;
Nurse who raped a woman in a vegetative state to be prosecuted.

''The arrest came two days after the facility announced, without elaboration, that one doctor who led the woman's care resigned, and another was suspended. The company did not name the doctors, and police did not mention them at their news conference.''

edition.cnn.com/2019/01/23/health/arizona-woman-birth-vegetative-state/index.html?fbclid=IwAR3nFGOd-EuApZMKsashwBMWTV64kOLkElvB1YEiFBF8GapHtA0d-7MyAE0

I’ve just read the first one and it’s chilling.

I would love to know if the judge that granted the ex unsupervised contact had ever sat down to talk through their reasoning for doing so to the mother, to understand from her how difficult it was for her to come across well as she explains and to apologise. Not that those words could do anything to help the heartbreak for her - but maybe knowing that they understand what went wrong and how they would change if they could do it again, how they will spread the message amongst their colleagues and hopefully significantly reduce the likelihood of it happening again would provide a tiny grain of solace...

Kind of assuming that they won’t have done though or even have seen the need to!

And:
www.newsweek.com/birth-control-pill-7-day-break-introduced-please-pope-deemed-unnecessary-1299728

Let's not forget the woman taken to court for defaming her ex husband after accusing him of strangling her after he put his hands around her throat and squeezed hard enough to cause difficulty breathing and bruising.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/23/woman-found-have-defamed-ex-husband-facebook-takes-fight-supreme/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

An autistic woman raped ‘by night shift worker’ in care has contracted HIV.
metro.co.uk/2019/01/28/autistic-woman-raped-night-shift-worker-contracted-hiv-8401301/

''MP who blocked FGM bill is warned not to put girls in danger''

Girls will be put in real danger if a law against FGM is rejected again this week, a rebel MP has been warned.

Ahead of fresh attempts to close a legal loophole, activists have said that if Sir Christopher Chope objects again he should ‘examine his conscience.’

Last summer, the Tory politician blocked plans that would allow girls at imminent risk of being cut to be removed from their homes.

Just weeks later, he shouted down legislation that would have made ‘upskirting’ a crime.

metro.co.uk/2019/01/29/mp-blocked-fgm-bill-warned-not-put-girls-danger-8392267/amp/?fbclid=IwAR2uY8f-ZtAHvhz2kZwi3I4OAfBSh2UmOxukRsdLJFQKtu2Lj_YAnyes2Hw

Eurgh, Christopher Chope again. I understand that he disagrees with private members bills because he thinks that they lead to bad legislation; rather than him necessarily disagreeing with the members bill itself.