The year in patriarchy: Taylor Swift, Trump 2.0 and the Epstein files | Arwa Mahdawi

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : One of Donald Trump’s first acts as president was to reinstate the Global Gag Rule, which restricts aid from going to any groups that provide abortion services or advocate for abortion rights.
48% : In Europe, Liechtenstein’s marriage equality bill (passed in 2024) took effect.7.
46% : the Trump administration brought in new laws that prohibit sending US aid to organizations associated with abortion services, the state department decided to let contraceptives valued at between $10m and $40m expire rather than send them abroad to women in need.
45% : Thailand and Liechtenstein recognized same-sex marriageAfter
42% : Under Georgia’s strict laws, abortion is banned after about six weeks of pregnancy and Smith was kept alive to carry on the pregnancy, without any regard for what her family wanted and despite doctors noting the chances of her delivering a healthy newborn were very small.
41% : The year also saw sustained attacks on access to birth control and abortion pills in the US.
38% : Meta shut down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer contentMeta has denied escalating censorship, but campaigners say the company is taking its do-whatever-Trump wants approach to women’s health issues global.
36% : The civil war in Sudan raged on, with the UN urging the world not to ignore harrowing details of targeted sexual violence, torture, and abductions from the region.

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