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Radical Disregard for Life: The Criminalization of Abortion and the Death of a Young Girl in Kenya

Beatrice Wajiku was not a typical 14-year-old.  Like most young girls, she enjoyed playing in the neighborhood and sharing secrets with friends.  But unlike most teenagers she was the primary breadwinner for a family that had been wholly devastated by unbelievable poverty, crime, and…

Mapping Progress—and the Challenges Ahead—in Abortion Law Reform

For nearly 20 years, the Center for Reproductive Rights has stood up for women around the globe, winning landmark victories that secure vital protections of women's inalienable human rights to health, dignity, equality, and full reproductive autonomy.

Launch our new interactive map of the world's abortion laws >