01.23.12 - A 28-year-old pregnant woman sat in a doctor’s office in Albania with tears streaming down her face. The doctor had just informed her that she was having a girl. While seemingly good news, for this woman it was a personal nightmare…
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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12.21.11 - Noting that current restrictions on foreign aid for abortion services go beyond even those imposed by the highly restrictive Helms Amendment—cutting off access to critical and potentially life-saving services for millions of women in the developing world—the Center for Reproductive Rights and…
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…
