Resources

The Center aims to be the world's foremost source of free, downloadable information on reproductive rights law and policy. Our site contains every Publication and Video the Center has produced since 1997. Our Legal Glossary keeps both lawyers and laypeople up to date on the sometimes confusing terminology of reproductive rights law. Our Human Rights Primer puts centuries-old issues in an exciting new frame.

This page also connects users to our Partners and Other Resources--organizations, publications, and tools beyond the Center--linking together a virtual international community of legal professionals and activists.

In The Spotlight

Center for Reproductive Rights Resources and Materials on Refusal Laws

06.27.12 -  The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and other reproductive right opponents regularly proclaim that respect for religious liberty requires "conscience provisions," also known as refusal clauses, to be built into our nation's laws…

Best Practices for Protecting Women's Reproductive Health: Submission to U.N. Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health

06.04.12 -  The Center for Reproductive Rights submitted information to the Independent Expert Review Group (iERG), a four-year panel that is part of the U.N. Secretary General's Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health, on best practices for protecting and promoting the health of women and…

Whose Right to Life? Women's Rights and Prenatal Protections under Human Rights and Comparative Law

03.20.12 - The right to life is a fundamental human right, central to the enjoyment of all other human rights…

Calculated Injustice: The Slovak Republic's Failure to Ensure Access to Contraceptives

03.16.11 - Women and adolescent girls in Slovakia face numerous barriers to accessing modern contraceptives and contraceptive information. Because contraceptives are not covered by public health insurance, their users must pay the full price out of pocket…

Reproductive Rights Violations as Torture

03.04.11 - Far too often, women suffer violations of their reproductive rights that inflict tremendous physical and psychological pain…