The Guardian: Honduras abortion misery a ‘frightening preview’ of America’s future — study “One woman handcuffed by police after suffering a miscarriage, another forced to bear her rapist’s child. A doctor who risks imprisonment to end pregnancies that threaten the lives of patients. … Researchers from the organization spoke of…

U.N. News: Four million have now fled Venezuela, U.N. ramps up aid to children who remain “The number of people who have left Venezuela to escape the country’s ongoing political and economic crisis, has reached some four million, the U.N. announced on Friday. In a joint statement, the International Organization…

New York Times: Where a Miracle Substance Called Breast Milk Saves Lives Mia Armstrong, 2019 graduate of Arizona State University and winner of Nicholas Kristof’s 2019 ‘win-a-trip’ contest “…The lives of 823,000 children younger than five could be saved annually if we scaled up breastfeeding to near universal levels, according…

Associated Press: U.S. emergency aid for Venezuela to be distributed in Colombia “U.S.-supplied humanitarian aid that was earmarked for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó will now be distributed in Colombia, officials said Thursday. Colombia’s government said it had reached the decision with the U.S. and representatives of Guaidó because of…

The Guardian: Latin American rape survivors who were denied abortions turn to U.N. “Four women from Latin America whose lives were put at risk when they were not allowed abortions after being raped as girls are taking their cases to the U.N. human rights committee. The women, from Nicaragua, Ecuador,…

Associated Press: Abortion-rights activists renew battle in Argentina “Argentine activists launched a renewed effort Tuesday seeking to legalize elective abortions in the homeland of Pope Francis after narrowly falling short last year. Lawmakers said they would introduce a bill that would legalize abortion for pregnancies up to 14 weeks. A…

Thomson Reuters Foundation: U.N. declares Algeria and Argentina free of deadly malaria “Algeria — the nation where malaria was discovered — is officially free of malaria, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, making it the third African country to eliminate one of the world’s leading killer diseases. With…

Woodrow Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program’s “New Security Beat”: Healthy Women, Healthy Economies: A Look at Brazil (New Report) “In Healthy Women, Healthy Economies: A Look at Brazil, Sarah B. Barnes, project director of the Maternal Health Initiative [at the Wilson Center], and Elizabeth Wang, Maternal Health Initiative…

Wall Street Journal: U.S. Prepares Charges, Sanctions Over Venezuela’s Food-Aid Program “The U.S. is preparing measures ranging from criminal charges to sanctions against people it believes to be involved in Venezuela’s military-run emergency food program, according to U.S. officials, part of an effort to target what they describe as a…

Devex: U.S. lawmakers move to block White House ‘rescission’ attempts “A battle for control over U.S. foreign aid spending is playing out in between the lines of a budget bill currently making its way through the U.S. House of Representatives. Lawmakers have included new language and policy guidance in their…