Jill Filipovic is a journalist based in Washington and the author of the book"The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness." Follow her on Twitter. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely her own. View more opinion articles on CNN.
The United Nations Security Council this week passed a resolution to combat sexual violence in war and conflict. It should have been a proud moment when leading nations finally took head-on action against an ongoing atrocity. Jill FilipovicInstead it's a shameful episode, because the United States profoundly undermined the resolution after threatening to veto it, over the Trump administration's supposedly"pro-life" fixation on sexual and reproductive health. It should be obvious: Rape as a weapon of war is evil, and needs not just condemnation, but action and support for prevention, treatment and healing.
Yazidis 'killing themselves in ISIS slavery' 03:38 Rape can damage a woman's sex organs. It can result in a sexually transmitted infection. It can result in an unwanted pregnancy -- something that can compound a rape survivor's trauma. Any standard of care for sexual violence survivors includes providing sexual and reproductive health resources.
Rohingya women subjected to sexual violence 03:16 I'm a journalist who often covers this exact issue: access to reproductive health care in conflict and crisis zones. I've met women from the Eastern Congo to Colombia to Myanmar who have survived the unthinkable. Far too often, they didn't have access to the care they needed.
Opinion .ore stupidity from the realDonaldTrump adminstration DerangedDonald
Opinion Shame! Shame! Shame!
Opinion Don't lie!! The original proposal by Germany had clauses that championed abortion and other culturally sensitive issues. Russia and China were ready to veto. After US intervention they abstained and the modified resolution passed.
Opinion Welcome to the US. Where rape is acceptable, especially if you’re a rich white kid & a sports star, guns are for the taking, but kneeling for the flag is bad.
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Opinion Christian Women in America and their patriarch has it good so they can't understand what these victims are going through. Hope the they never have to find out.
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Opinion Was it that time we had Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaigh on the Supreme Court, or all of the other times?
Opinion Hardly surprising because US has a history of using rape as a weapon in war. In Vietnam there is for example, the village of My Lai where soldiers went on the rampage raping and murdering women and children. Yes, they raped children too. DT as a coward evaded Nam so no surprise?
Opinion How about the judge that just got locked up for obstruction by helping an illegal escape? Not gonna report on that
Opinion New metoo app that locates lawyers and famous people you can say molested you 30 years ago and can’t be proven or disproven but you can sue them to try to suck money under false pretenses
Opinion Rape is horrible. Murder is even more horrible.
Opinion Ah, there's the wrong side of history. I was afraid I'd lost track of it