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In The Spotlight

On the Media: Another Delay for EC Access

05.03.13 - The Center’s president and CEO, Nancy Northup, appeared on MSNBC’s NOW with Alex Wagner to protest the Obama administration’s decision to appeal the Center’s landmark victory that would bring emergency contraception out from behind the pharmacy gates and available to all women when they need…

Despite Court Order to Make EC Available for Women of All Ages, FDA Approves Plan B One-Step Only for Women 15 Years Old and Older

04.30.13 - (PRESS RELEASE)Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Plan B One-Step to be sold over-the-counter and without a prescription to women ages 15 and up, lowering the age restriction by two years for only one brand of emergency contraception…

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…

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Our Work in Focus

The Fight for Contraception Rages On
The new federal requirement that private health insurance cover the cost of birth control has generated much heated controversy these last few weeks: Congressional hearings, proposed legislation to unwind it, multiple legal actions…
2011: A Look Back
Every year, anti-choice state legislators propose hundreds of measures intended to erode women’s rights to abortion and reproductive health care…
Peru: The Long March to Justice
Six years ago this week, the Center for Reproductive Rights won a groundbreaking victory for the women of Peru and around the world . For the first time, an international human rights body condemned a country for failing to provide abortion services that were both legal and essential to the health of a woman, violating her fundamental human rights in the process…

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