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Llamado a la Corte Interamericana para reconocer el cuidado como derecho humano y su relación con la autonomía reproductiva card link

Llamado a la Corte Interamericana para reconocer el cuidado como derecho humano y su relación con la autonomía reproductiva

Organizaciones de la Sociedad civil piden a la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos reconocer el cuidado como un derecho humano y su directa relación con el derecho a la autonomía reproductiva de las mujeres, para [...]

SRHR General,Latin America & Caribbean, Inter-American Human Rights System,News

UN Side Event: The Impacts of Poverty and Criminalization on Abortion Access

Watch online this March 12 event being held at UN Headquarters during the 68th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

Abortion,Global, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,At the United Nations, Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,Events

U.S. Repro Watch, March 8

Major pharmacies to dispense abortion pills, Alabama scrambles to address alarming IVF ruling, and other news on U.S. reproductive rights.

SRHR General,United States,Reporting on Rights,US Repro Watch

Honoring International Women’s Day

On International Women’s Day—and every day—the Center is working to build a world where every person participates with dignity as an equal member of society, regardless of gender.

SRHR General,Global,Story

Joint Statement by CSOs Working on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Challenging Utterances Undermining the Right to Access Education for Pregnant Learners in Kenya

“The right to education… is an essential right for children, which has a long-lasting effect on the well-being of children. Education determines the future of children… The obligation of States to respect the right to [...]

Adolescent SRHR,Africa, Kenya,Statement
Victory in Kenya: Court of Appeal Affirms Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care card link

Victory in Kenya: Court of Appeal Affirms Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care

Court issues sweeping decision in Center’s case of pregnant woman physically and verbally abused by hospital staff and left to deliver on a concrete floor.

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Africa, Kenya,In the Courts,Story

‘Medical colonialism’: midwives sue Hawaii over law regulating Native birth workers

In this piece by the Guardian, Center plaintiff Kiʻi Kahoʻohanohano and Senior Staff Attorney Hillary Schneller discuss a new case seeking to protect midwifery care in Hawaiʻi.

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,United States,Center in the Spotlight

Defending Reproductive Autonomy: Center Sues Hawaiʻi to Protect Midwifery Care 

Lawsuit asks state court to block a midwifery restriction law to restore access to safe, respectful, and culturally informed maternal care in Hawaiʻi communities.

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,United States,In the Courts,News

Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.

Pregnant Woman Forced to Deliver on Hospital Floor Wins Appeal in Landmark Case card link

Pregnant Woman Forced to Deliver on Hospital Floor Wins Appeal in Landmark Case

Affirming the Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care in Kenya 

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Africa, Kenya,In the Courts,Press Releases

About the Plaintiffs: Kahoʻohanohano v. State of Hawaiʻi

More about the Hawai'i midwives, midwifery students and women who are plaintiffs in the case.

Maternal Health,United States,In the Courts,News

The Center’s Nancy Northup Discusses “Patently Absurd” Alabama IVF Ruling

In an interview with Kaitlan Collins on CNN, the Center's President and CEO highlights the damaging implications of the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling recognizing embryos as children.

Assisted Reproduction, IVF,United States,Reporting on Rights,Center in the Spotlight

Refugees from Ukraine Still Cut Off from Reproductive Health Care Two Years into War

Center and partners advocate for the removal of barriers to sexual and reproductive health care for refugees from Ukraine in some parts of the EU.

Humanitarian Settings, SRHR General,Europe, Ukraine,Engaging Policymakers, Reporting on Rights,News

U.S. Repro Watch, February 22

Alabama Supreme Court rules embryos are children, data on patient clinic visits sold to anti-abortion campaign, and other news on U.S. reproductive rights.

SRHR General,United States,Reporting on Rights,US Repro Watch

Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.