Three years ago, Nepal’s Supreme Court (SC) catapulted the nation to the forefront of the global women’s rights movement by unequivocally ruling that women
have a constitutionally protected right to safe and affordable abortion services…
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In India last month, the Division Bench of Patna with the State High Court of Bihar (High Court) handed down an order holding the state responsible for
failing to protect, respect, and fulfill the rights of pregnant women…
In July 2012, the Center for Reproductive Rights will reach the next milestone in its ongoing South Asia Reproductive Justice and Accountability Initiative when it hosts the first South Asia Reproductive Rights Case Development Workshop.
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Salenta Singh suffered a debilitating injury after she went to a public hospital in Uttar Pradesh, India to give birth—and was left alone while in labor…
In a recent decision in the case of Lakshmi Dhikta v. Nepal, the Supreme Court of Nepal ruled that the country’s government must guarantee access to safe and affordable abortion services. Specifically, it affirmed the need for a comprehensive abortion law and emphasized the government’s obligation to ensure that no woman is denied a legal abortion just because she cannot pay for it. …
As the U.S. Congress launches one of the most vicious attacks against women’s health in recent history, the Supreme Court of Nepal
has officially issued a groundbreaking decision on women's reproductive
rights that turns on its head patriarchal notions of the government’s
right to interfere in women’s decisions about their bodies…
