
Paula Avila-Guillen
@pauavilg
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Human rights Advocate. Bad(ass) mom. Partner to @Andy_Aujla. Executive Director La WEC #AbortoLibre - Views expressed are my own. She/Her IG: @pauavilg
New York, USA
Joined November 2009
Dominican artists, creators & activists are demanding justice for women & girls whose lives are endangered by the country's total abortion ban. Exceptions for when a woman's life is at risk, non-viable pregnancies, & rape or incest are basic humanity!
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Artists and activists are telling the stories of women who've died from high-risk pregnancies in a push to add exceptions to the ban.
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La baja natalidad es el resultado directo de los altos costos de vida y sistemas inadecuados. Como dice Catalina Calderón, es urgente repensar el cuidado con licencias justas, educación, salud pública y sistemas de apoyo real:
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El año pasado, apenas 445.011 bebés nacieron en Colombia, la cifra más baja desde que se tiene registro.
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The DR’s new penal code condemns women & girls to preventable suffering and death. By keeping the total abortion ban, @luisabinader perpetuates a grave injustice that strips them of their rights & dignity.
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The Dominican Republic's new Penal Code perpetuates the total ban on abortion and other discriminatory laws.
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When women live in fear—of their abuser, of deportation, of losing their kids—they’re easier to silence. ICE isn’t protecting anyone. It’s locking up immigrant women in male facilities, denying care, and criminalizing survival. This is all about control:
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The Trump administration’s deportation machine is detaining immigrant women at record numbers — and they've become invisible targets.
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Immigrant women are being held in male-only ICE facilities, denied medical care, privacy, and dignity. I spoke to @HuffPost about how this system is failing — and endangering — women. Read the piece by @AlannaVagianos:
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The Trump administration’s deportation machine is detaining immigrant women at record numbers — and they've become invisible targets.
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As I told @JessicaMCoggins: ICE is blurring the line between state and vigilante violence—and that’s no accident. It’s not about badges or uniforms, it’s about power. Immigrant women will bear the brunt. We need accountability now https://t.co/Ye2SNKxdWs
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Blurring the line between state and vigilante violence is an intentional choice by ICE
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📚🚨 “ICE enforcement is terrorizing DC school communities.” This powerful piece by a dear friend exposes the fear and trauma immigrant families are facing—right in our classrooms, our neighborhoods, our lives. No child should have to fear that drop-off at school might be the
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Immigration enforcement is being used to silence and control women—especially those undocumented. Just like abortion bans and femicide impunity, it’s not about safety. It’s about power. States like CA and NY are stepping up—and here’s why:
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Trump administration says masks are necessary for agents' security during immigration raids.
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The Dominican Republic is rushing a new Penal Code that reinforces a complete abortion ban, forcing girls to give birth, denying women life-saving care, and punishing doctors for helping—all while shielding the powerful from accountability.
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Dozens of protesters have gathered in front of the Dominican Republic’s congressional building to rally against proposed laws that would uphold an abortion ban, allow discrimination based on sexual...
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Las organizaciones sociales ya están frente al Congreso para exigir #UnMejorCódigo, uno que incluya los derechos de las mujeres. Exigimos #3Causales, para tener la dignidad que le compete a cada mujer y para defender una #democracia que es de todas y todos.
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Las madres mueren sin causales. La mortalidad materna sigue siendo un problema grave nacional. El Colegio Médico Dominicano lo ha dicho claro: Las 3 causales salvan vidas. ¿Quiénes son ustedes para ignorar la voz de quienes salvan vidas todos los días? #LasCausalesVan
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America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home. Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
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Presidente @luisabinader, las mujeres dominicanas merecen #UnMejorCódigo que garantice derechos, no retrocesos. Las 3 causales salvan vidas. #SalvemosALasMujeresDominicanas
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Brazil's restrictive abortion laws have deadly consequences: hundreds of women die annually from unsafe abortions, countless others face lifelong health damage, and families are left to pick up the pieces. Read more about the heartbreaking stories:
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A Brazilian woman who says she became pregnant after being raped in March should have been granted access to a legal abortion.
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Esta es la realidad de las jóvenes hondureñas en uno de los países más restrictivos del mundo: una visita a la sala de urgencias puede llevarte a la cárcel. Ninguna mujer debe de ser criminalizada por buscar atención médica y la anticoncepción de emergencia debe estar garantizada
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The Trump administration's decision to rescind Biden-era guidance on #EMTALA shows a callous disregard for the law and people’s lives. Pregnant people deserve better. More:
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The guidance stated emergency abortion providers are protected under federal law, despite state bans.
The Trump administration rescinded Biden-era guidance telling health providers who perform abortions in emergency cases that they're protected under federal law.
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¡Momento histórico en Chile! El gobierno del Presidente Boric presenta un proyecto de ley para despenalizar el aborto hasta las 14 semanas. Este tipo de liderazgo es un poderoso ejemplo para todos los políticos: estar del lado correcto de la historia, proteger los derechos
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