Report on Human Rights Practices Country of Dominica

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    Human Rights Watch interviewed people for this report. Included were 50 women and girls who'd experienced unplanned or unwanted pregnancies and dozens of others -- such as health providers, social service professionals and other officials. Pregnant teen dies after abortion ban delays her chemo treatment for leukemia.

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    Women with resources who want to terminate their pregnancies may be able to travel outside the country or, with the help of their connections, arrange for abortions through safe clandestine providers. But those who are poor or living in rural parts of the country don't have these options, Wurth said.

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    They are left with two choices: Adolescent girls, who often lack access to contraception and information, she said, are especially vulnerable. Add to this Article in the Dominican Republic's penal code , which threatens prison sentences when it comes to abortion.

    Women and girls who self-induce or consent to abortions, and medical providers who provide illegal abortions, face the risk of serving time behind bars. In practice, while abortions are against the law even to save the life of a woman or girl, the United Nations reports that "general principles of criminal legislation allow abortions to be performed for this reason on the grounds of necessity.

    But this exception doesn't help every woman or girl who feels she needs an abortion.

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    We the Caribbean need to stop putting America on a pedestal. The Trump administration has drawn fire from human rights groups and lawmakers for backing the Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen, which the United Nations says accounts for 61 percent of total civilian deaths in the the conflict. Adolescent girls, who often lack access to contraception and information, she said, are especially vulnerable. July 5, Violence, including gender-based violence, and crime within the remaining internally displaced persons IDP camps remained a problem, the report said.

    Prosecutions and arrests are rare, but fear of both persists -- often preventing people from seeking or offering help, Wurth explained. Even women who have had miscarriages, she said, admit being afraid to enter hospitals because they might be falsely accused of having induced an abortion.

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    Ireland repeals amendment banning abortion following landmark referendum. It means women and girls believe that "Going to the hospital and saying I had an abortion means I'm going to jail. As a result, complications like heavy bleeding or pain go untended to and, in the worst cases, kill. A perforated uterus and tissue remaining in the uterus that leads to sepsis are two examples of what can go horribly wrong. Even with the fear of arrest, "there are an estimated 25, hospitalizations for abortion and miscarriage in the public health system every year, many of which are women needing care after a clandestine abortion," the report says.

    This information came from Dr. Some of the girls and women who did seek medical help after experiencing complications talked to Human Rights Watch about being mistreated and abused by care providers. They reported name-calling, being denied pain medications and even undergoing surgical procedures without anesthesia.

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    Women in Northern Ireland to get access to abortion services in Republic. But mixed in too are those in the medical community who put their patients first, laws be damned, the report shows.

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    You don't know what to do. You have the law telling you that you can't do it [perform an abortion]," one doctor told Human Rights Watch researchers.

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    • U.S. Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices 1994 - Dominica.

    My job is to preserve the woman's life. If I have to violate the law, I will. In St Vincent and the Grenadines, the State Department said gender-based violence and police impunity were the most serious human rights problems. The department said other human rights problems included official corruption; lack of Government transparency; discrimination; child abuse; and laws that discriminate against LGBTI persons.

    In St Kitts and Nevis, the most serious human rights problems were poor prison conditions and discrimination and violence against women, the State Department said. Other human rights problems, it said, included Government corruption, child abuse, and discrimination against the LGBTI community. The most significant human rights abuses in Dominica, according to the State Department, included domestic and sexual violence against women and children. Other human rights problems included laws that discriminated against LGBTI persons and discrimination against persons with disabilities, the department said.

    It said the Dominica Government took steps to prosecute officials who committed abuses, and that there were no known cases of impunity. On the other hand, the most significant human rights abuses in Grenada included poor prison conditions, violence against women, child abuse, and laws against LGBTI persons, according to the report. I has been seen that whenever these guys go to countries to fix things they leave these countries in a mess. We the Caribbean need to stop putting America on a pedestal.

    We all know this. As someone who lived there for a number of years, believe me the standard of living is MUCH better in the Caribbean. Why should i be arrested for walking down the street with an open beer in my hand?

    Human Rights Groups Bristling at State Department Report

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    1. Positions in the procedures of the UN Human Rights Council.
    2. US decries human rights practices in Caribbean.
    3. ACROSS RUSHING WATERS-a history of the Washougal River and Cape Horn;
    4. U.S. Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices 1996 - Dominica?
    5. Ein Milliardär entdeckt die Liebe (German Edition).
    6. The Law of Entry, Search, and Seizure.

    January 3, April 14, November 27, January 4, July 5, May 29,