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New York Times: Laws, Lies and the Abortion Debate

03.10.10 - "It has been three years since the Supreme Court’s conservative majority abruptly departed from precedent to uphold a federal ban on a particular method of abortion…

Representative Stupak Points Fingers, but Blame for Injecting Abortion Rests Squarely on his Shoulders

03.09.10 - (PRESS RELEASE) Representative Bart Stupak (D-MI) is reportedly resuming talks with House leaders in his effort to include restrictive abortion provisions in the healthcare reform bill. The news comes after Rep…

Tulsa World: State high court affirms ruling on abortion bill

03.04.10 - "The Oklahoma Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's decision that a controversial abortion bill violated the one-subject rule of the state constitution…

The Guardian: Abortion laws kill Kenyan schoolgirls

03.04.10 - "A truly shocking report crosses my desk. It tells of the death toll and injuries in Kenya from unsafe abortion. It talks of schoolgirls of 13 and 14 who sell themselves for sex to support their families or are raped, who become pregnant and then die…

Kenya’s Criminal Ban on Abortion Hasn’t Stopped Women from Having Abortions, It’s Only Made Them More Dangerous, Says New CRR Report

03.04.10 - (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights released the first comprehensive human rights report on abortion in Anglophone Africa documenting the devastating effects of the criminalization of abortion in Kenya…

Oklahoma Supreme Court Finds Abortion Law Unconstitutional, Upholds State District Court Decision

03.03.10 - Today, the Oklahoma Supreme Court affirmed a decision by State District Court Judge Vicki Robertson, which declared unconstitutional a law that would have imposed a host of restrictions on the provision of reproductive healthcare in the State. …

UN CEDAW Committee Calls on Egypt to Promote Reproductive Rights

03.03.10 - The Center for Reproductive Rights welcomes the latest concluding observations for Egypt from the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)…

United Nations Committee Calls Upon Egypt to Exert Greater Effort to Promote Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Egyptian Women

03.02.10 - Geneva—Today the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and the Center for Reproductive Rights urged the government of Egypt to take immediate measures to implement the recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against…

New York Times: Neb. Lawmakers to Discuss Fetal Pain Abortion Bill

02.25.10 - "A group of lawmakers is pushing to make Nebraska the first state to outlaw most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy based on the argument that the fetus might feel pain during the procedure…

Reproductive Rights Victory in Spain

02.25.10 - In a major victory for reproductive rights in Europe, the Spanish Senate approved a sweeping new law that liberalizes abortion. Last April, the Center prepared a letter for the Spanish government and Parliament outlining the international standards and comparative law on access to abortion…