05.24.12 - (PRESS RELEASE) The Senate Armed Forces Committee voted today to ease insurance coverage restrictions for military servicewomen and allow coverage of abortion for servicewomen who are victims of rape or incest, passing with bipartisan support an amendment to the 2013 National Defense…
05.21.12 - (PRESS RELEASE) Nearly 40 international and European human rights organizations have joined together to urge Romanian officials to reject a proposed law that would create significant barriers for women seeking an abortion—including forcing women to endure biased counseling at “pregnancy crisis…
05.17.12 - (PRESS RELEASE) Members of the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee will consider a bill today to ban abortions…
In their efforts to make abortion inaccessible to as many women as possible,
anti-choice forces have focused on burdening minors' access to abortion.
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Biased counseling laws, on the books in many states, require woman seeking an abortion to receive information dictated by the state prior to undergoing the procedure…
Laws that restrict the use of public funds for abortion can create barriers to women’s abortion access that are as difficult for women to overcome as laws that directly restrict the availability of abortion. Funding restrictions endanger women’s health and, as some state courts have held,…
Human Rights defenders are the activists, including journalists, lawyers, judges, and healthcare providers, whose work allows others to exercise their human rights. …
In 1973, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade, that a woman's right to obtain an abortion was protected under the federal constitution…
