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Pro-Choice Hero Dies at 101

05.24.12 - News from The New York Times this week that a pro-choice hero died this past Tuesday.  Dr. Jean Pakter headed New York City's bureau of maternity services and family planning from 1960 to 1982…

Human Rights Defender Fends Off Attack

05.18.12 -  Every day, human rights defenders draw on deep wells of passion and commitment as they stand up for people who have no voice, no power. …

Winner Announced for 2012 New Student Scholarship Prize

05.03.12 - The Center for Reproductive Rights, in collaboration with Law Students for Reproductive Justice, is pleased to announce the winner of the seventh annual Sarah Weddington Writing Prize for New Student Scholarship in Reproductive Rights…

United Nations Adopts Groundbreaking Resolution on Young People’s Reproductive Health

05.01.12 -  Late Friday, the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD) issued a bold resolution supporting young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights…

UN Committee Holds Brazil Accountable

04.23.12 -  Last year, the Center for Reproductive Rights won a groundbreaking victory in our eight-year battle on behalf of Alyne da Silva Pimentel, an impoverished Afro-brazilian woman…

2010-2012 CRR-CLS Fellow Will Be Published

04.09.12 -  Elizabeth Sepper's article "Taking Conscience Seriously" will be published by the Virginia Law Review Volume 98 in November 2012…

Progress on Accountability for Maternal Health Care and Mortality in Bihar, India

04.09.12 -  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…

Argentina Decriminalizes Abortion in All Cases of Rape

03.19.12 -  This week, the Argentine Supreme Court handed down a historic decision, which clarifies that abortion is decriminalized in all cases of rape. Prior to this ruling, the interpretation of the rape exception in Argentina's abortion law was unclear…

Cilla Smith and former CRR Visiting Attorney Genevieve Scott File Supreme Court Amicus on Gene Patents

03.06.12 -  On January 13, 2012, the Information Society Project (ISP) at Yale Law School led by ISP Fellows in the Program for Reproductive Justice, Cilla Smith and Genevieve Scott, filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of the…

Sweden Drops Law Forcing Sterilization of Trans People

02.29.12 -  In a major reversal, this month the Swedish government announced plans to repeal an archaic law forcing transgender people to undergo sterilization before legally changing their gender…