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Hearing Held in Baltimore Crisis Pregnancy Center Case

(PRESS RELEASE) This afternoon, a hearing took place in the City of Baltimore's and Center for Reproductive Rights' case defending a first-in-the-nation ordinance that demands truth in advertising from limited service pregnancy centers, also known as …

Demanding Rights for HIV Positive Women

Demanding Rights for HIV Positive Women

Around the world, laws and policies stigmatize and discriminate against people living with HIV/AIDS, violating their human rights. In reaction to this, people living with HIV are increasingly using the law to hold governments accountable for human rights violations and to ensure that others do not face the same discrimination and abuse…

Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Denying Women Accurate Information About Pregnancy Options

Anti-choice groups have set up facilities all over the country with names like "crisis pregnancy centers" (CPCs), "pregnancy resource centers," or "pregnancy help centers." These facilities do not offer abortions, abortion referrals, or unbiased options counseling. Instead they offer free "counseling," pregnancy tests, or ultrasounds in order to use a variety of means to convince women not to have abortions. …