- Ukrainian women acting as “surrogate mothers” for foreign couples face difficult decisions amid Russia’s invasion of the country. Some women are facing a lack of payment from couples being unable to enter the country, while others are left behind in their war-torn country after the couples collect their baby. 4W reports:
“It seems that, according to these contracts, all ties between mother and child must be cut. That means that a mother leaving the country with a baby conceived for surrogacy invalidates the contract, created under Ukrainian law, so parents who hired women to surrogate cannot aid these women to flee the country.”
- Feminist and lesbian activist Peggy Luhrs passed away just before her 77th birthday after fighting pancreatic cancer. Luhrs was at the forefront of lesbian and gay activism in Vermont, running for office as a radical feminist and speaking out against gender identity ideology.
- Several thousand Lithuanian women call on Russian women to “rise up” and resist war with Ukraine during a demonstration outside the Russian Embassy in Lithuania’s capital.
- A trans-identified male activist and communications advisor to a Peruvian congresswoman is arrested following allegations of sexual abuse of minors, local Spanish-language news reports.