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

In Harm's Way: Download the Report

In Harm's Way: Download the Report

03.31.10 - Unsafe abortion claims the lives of thousands of Kenyan women each year. Their deaths are entirely - and easily - preventable. Yet the Kenyan government has done little to address the problem…

A Ten-Year Retrospective: Reproductive Rights at the Start of the 21st Century

Download: A Ten-Year Retrospective: Reproductive Rights at the Start of the 21st Century

03.30.10 - During the first decade of the 21st century, emerging international legal standards provided broad support for reproductive health as a right essential to the freedom and self-determination of women, recognized maternal mortality as a human rights violation, and…

What’s Wrong with the Executive Order on Abortion Restrictions?

03.23.10 - On Sunday, March 21, 2010, as part of the negotiations over the healthcare reform bill, President Barack Obama promised to issue a new Executive Order on abortion restrictions upon passage of the bill by the House…

Debunking Myths on Funding Firewalls and Healthcare Reform

03.23.10 - Question: Does Healthcare Reform Actually Provide Federal Funding for Abortion?

Answer: No…

A Year In Review: 2009 Legislative Wrap Up (PDF)

02.02.10 - In the United States, state legislatures wield enormous power to control women's access to abortion and other reproductive healthcare services…