Funding for Reproductive Healthcare

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Peace Corps Abortion Coverage Long Overdue

04.29.13 - People who volunteer for the Peace Corps commit two years of their lives to helping expand education, combat hunger, build infrastructure, and, in general, improve the lives of people in developing areas of the world. They do so in the belief that the U.S…

Obama Budget Continues Discriminatory Restrictions on Abortion for Poor Women, But Takes Important Steps to Promote Equal Treatment for Peace Corps Volunteers and Women in D.C.

04.10.13 - (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights has voiced disappointment today with President Barack Obama's proposed FY2014 budget, which retains a ban on coverage for abortion in the Medicaid program except under extremely limited circumstances, a policy also known as the Hyde…

UN Body Slams Abortion Laws

03.22.13 - This month, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (the Committee) condemned Hungary for two types of abortion restrictions that are on the rise both in Europe and in the US—mandatory waiting periods and biased counseling laws…

Our Work in Focus

On Second Anniversary of Affordable Care Act, Center for Reproductive Rights Celebrates A Huge Step Forward for Women’s Health and Individual Rights

Two years ago today, President Barack Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act…

Fact Sheet: Reproductive Rights in Nepal

In 2002, abortion was decriminalized on broad grounds in Nepal…

Center and UNFPA Launch New Briefing Paper on Family Planning and Human Rights

Around the world, the unmet need for safe and effective contraceptive services is staggering: Roughly 215 million women in developing countries rely on traditional contraceptive methods with high failure rates…

Gender Justice in the Americas: A Transnational Dialogue

The Center for Reproductive Rights, University of Miami School of Law, the Human Rights Center of the University of Diego Portales (Chile), and the Human Rights Institute of Columbia Law School hosted the conference,…