States' rights

Most people believe that they deserve the rights they are granted by the government. A prime example of this is the right to do what you want with your body, as long as you don’t hurt anybody else. This is considered a basic human right and is provided for in the constitution. One example of where you should be able to do whatever you want with your body is prostitution. The government always has too much power over our health. It can draft us and make us go into internment camps like the Japanese

belittling their personhood and dignity. Nowadays, a new term has taken its place: “Orozco,” more specifically, Caleb Orozco. (Scott, 2015) Caleb Orozco is an openly gay man in Belize who leads the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and queer (LGBTQ) rights group, United Belize Advocacy Movement. In 2010, Orozco started a legal battle with the Supreme Court of Belize to decriminalize sodomy, the case of Section 53. This is a statute in the Belize criminal code that calls for a ten-year prison sentence

that the United States doesn’t fit into the category of unequal rights for women because of the rights women in the United States have compared to the rest of the world, that thinking couldn’t be farther from the truth, since the United States culture and the world culture around women is not favored towards women. To begin, Women do not have the safety they deserve. The United States was ranked 60th all time of the safest country for women. This is unacceptable, since the united states is known for

Loss of Human Rights The dictionary defines the term ‘Human Rights’ as “fundamental rights, especially those believed to belong to an individual and in whose exercise a government may not interfere. (Dictionary)” The Universal Declaration of Human Rights laid out thirty basic human rights that all humans are entitled to. While the United Nations did try to make sure everyone was treated the same, there are still many nation-states that do not allow their citizens basic rights. Or the governments

passionate about. It is appalling to me as both a woman and as a citizen of the United States that women have had their reproductive choices made for them or extremely limited by legislatures, especially when these decisions seem to come from a place of ignorance. It’s been incredibly disheartening to watch the reproductive rights of women within the United States be chipped away and restricted over the past decade by state and federal legislatures. The solutions I would propose lie primarily in education

Equal Rights to Education For Women Education is a basic human right and an instrument of change needed to achieve goals of equality, development and democracy. It is a powerful tool that allows people to lift themselves out of poor economic situations and participate fully as citizens. A significant problem exists in the world today: only 30% of girls are enrolled in secondary education worldwide (The Right to Education). Gender inequality in education occurs because of poverty and cultural attitudes

us into confidence but rather keep those who are different, muted with laws. It’s important that those who see are being muted, or those who see, should take a stand. People are discriminated because of their gender, race, or religion. Fighting for rights, a voice this country is the land of the free. Then why make laws to suppress us? Discrimination against the people is one of many reasons people should take a stand. In an article Susan B. Anthony said, “Are women persons? And I hardly believe

In 1791 were added 10 amendments to the US Constitution, also known as the Bill of Rights. The First amendment is one of the most fundamental and important rights that individuals have. This amendment describes the rights of the citizens of the United States, also the amendment guarantee citizens crucial freedoms, which are freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of press, freedom of assembly and freedom of petition. The First Amendment is very powerful and has the ability to protect us but

A long time ago women had been denied many rights, such as the right to vote, and earn money. They not only had zero rights, but they were also confined by the many stereotypes surrounding women, such as them being the ones who cook, clean, and take care of the children. Some women were sick of their treatment is society, so in order to fight this feminism was born. The feminist fought for the rights which were unjustly denied by the government and society. Feminist believed feminism was the idea

only one that has happened in countries where abortion laws are not as free as those of the United States, which since the Roe vs. Wade has confirmed women’s rights to abortion. Domestically, the United States seems to be progressive compared to other countries such as Nicaragua, Chile, and Haiti who according to Albaladejo “Have complete bans on abortion” (A Witch Hunt Against