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Representative Stupak Points Fingers, but Blame for Injecting Abortion Rests Squarely on his Shoulders

(PRESS RELEASE) Representative Bart Stupak (D-MI) is reportedly resuming talks with House leaders in his effort to include restrictive abortion provisions in the healthcare reform bill. The news comes after Rep…

Tulsa World: State high court affirms ruling on abortion bill

"The Oklahoma Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's decision that a controversial abortion bill violated the one-subject rule of the state constitution…

The Guardian: Abortion laws kill Kenyan schoolgirls

"A truly shocking report crosses my desk. It tells of the death toll and injuries in Kenya from unsafe abortion. It talks of schoolgirls of 13 and 14 who sell themselves for sex to support their families or are raped, who become pregnant and then die…

Kenya’s Criminal Ban on Abortion Hasn’t Stopped Women from Having Abortions, It’s Only Made Them More Dangerous, Says New CRR Report

(PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights released the first comprehensive human rights report on abortion in Anglophone Africa documenting the devastating effects of the criminalization of abortion in Kenya…

Oklahoma Supreme Court Finds Abortion Law Unconstitutional, Upholds State District Court Decision

Today, the Oklahoma Supreme Court affirmed a decision by State District Court Judge Vicki Robertson, which declared unconstitutional a law that would have imposed a host of restrictions on the provision of reproductive healthcare in the State. …

In Depth

Every year, at least 2,600 women die from unsafe abortion in Kenya; 21,000 more women are hospitalized annually with complications from incomplete and unsafe abortion, whether spontaneous or induced. As grim as these numbers are, they do not capture the number of women killed or disabled by unsafe abortions who never visit a health facility or whose cause of death is not recorded…

On March 8, the Center for Reproductive Rights joins women around the world in celebrating International Women's Day. As we honor the tremendous strides women have made in all spheres of life, we exhort governments to immediately and decisively confront the obstacles that remain on the path to gender equality…