Hillary Clinton Slams State Department Drawback on Women's Rights

Women’s rights are human rights. That was a radical idea back in 1995. It shouldn’t still be two decades later.https://t.co/BYZR7nI8Qh

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 22, 2018

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politico.com

 

State Department report will trim language on women's rights, discrimination

By Bill Scher

7-9 minutes

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The move — believed to be ordered by a top aide to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson — reflects the Trump administration’s rightward turn from the Obama administration on family planning issues. | Hussein Malla/AP Photo

State Department officials have been ordered to pare back passages in a soon-to-be-released annual report on global human rights that traditionally discuss women’s reproductive rights and discrimination, according to five former and current department officials.
The directive calls for stripping passages that describe societal views on family planning, including how much access women have to contraceptives and abortion.
A broader section that chronicles racial, ethnic and sexual discrimination has also been ordered pared down, the current and former officials said.
The move, believed to have been ordered by a top aide to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, reflects the Trump administration’s rightward turn from the Obama administration on family planning issues. It also appears to highlight the stated desire of Tillerson and President Donald Trump to make human rights a lower priority in U.S. foreign policy.

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