Reporting on Rights

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Human Rights Committee Calls Out Peru for Highly Restrictive Abortion Law

The UN Human Rights Committee recently criticized Peru for a wide range of reproductive rights violations, including highly restrictive abortion legislation and a high rate of maternal mortality. …

A Ban By Any Other Name

Since the day the United States Supreme Court found in Roe v. Wade constitutional protections for women's right to decide whether to continue or end a pregnancy, opponents of that fundamental right have been focused on chipping those protections away. …

France: Reproductive Health Care Now Free

As of April 1, women in France who need an abortion can get one without worrying about whether they can afford it. The government will pay 100 percent of the cost. The legislation also includes a measure to pay for the total cost of contraception for adolescent girls age 15 to 18…