In Depth

In Harm’s Way: The Impact of Kenya’s Restrictive Abortion Law

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…

Arizona's Two Trip Law: Fear of Retaliation

Question: "Is there anyone in your life that would threaten you with violence if they knew you were having an abortion?"…

A Right to Contraception in the Philippines

The New York Times ran an eye-opening story about a bill in the Philippines that would require governments down to the local level to provide free or low-cost reproductive health services, including condoms and birth control pills…

Join the Fight on Healthcare Reform and Help the Center Win America's Giving Challenge!

While Congress moves towards a healthcare reform bill that ignores the needs of women, you can voice your opposition by donating to the Center and helping us win $50,000 through America's Giving Challenge on Facebook!…

2008 Annual Report: Seizing Today Transforming Tomorrow

In 2008, the Center for Reproductive Rights deployed its unique legal and human rights expertise to secure access to reproductive healthcare, block assaults on abortion and birth control, and hold governments accountable for maternal deaths…

ICPD+15: Advancing Human Rights Worldwide

This September, the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) celebrated its 15th anniversary. The Center applauds this momentous occasion and is proud that Nancy Northup, President, was selected to participate in the NGO Forum to commemorate the anniversary. Nancy joined advocates from around the world to design strategies to confront challenges to meeting the ICPD objectives in the years ahead. …

Defending Human Rights: Abortion Providers Under Siege

Watch the first installment of the Center’s three part video series, Intimidation & Harassment: Preying on Providers, documenting the real stories of abortion providers, clinic employees and patients…

Protect a Woman’s Right to Choose! Contact President Obama Today

Keep Justice in the Supreme Court

Fifteen years. That's how long it's been since a pro-choice president has had the opportunity to fill a vacant Supreme Court seat. It's an opportunity that none of us can miss to make sure the president appoints a justice who supports affirmed constitutional rights, including a woman's right to choose an abortion…

Maternal Mortality Front and Center

Every year, more than half a million women die in pregnancy or childbirth. That's one woman or girl who dies every minute. For every woman who dies during pregnancy, an estimated 30 more suffer from infections, injuries or disabilities. Most of these deaths and injuries are preventable and government inaction to stop them violates women's most fundamental human rights. …

About 35% of women eligible for Medicaid who want an abortion cannot get one

Take Action Against the Hyde Amendment

A poor woman in Texas, relying on public assistance to make ends meet for her family, decides that she can’t continue an unwanted pregnancy. But a first-trimester abortion costs more than her monthly rent, and she soon finds out that Medicaid, which covers almost all other medically necessary health services, will not pay for it. So she puts off having an abortion until she has saved enough money for it, even though the longer she waits the costlier and riskier the procedure will be…