Fact Sheets

02.29.12 - Senator Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)…

12.06.11 - Representative Trent Franks (R-AZ) has proposed the Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, H.R…

10.27.11 -  In 2002, abortion was decriminalized on broad grounds in Nepal…

07.18.11 - The House of Representatives-proposed Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 2012 would reinstate a failed Bush-era policy -- the "Global Gag Rule" -- that would silence overseas community groups and health experts, preventing them from discussing access to safe, legal abortion - even when this…

04.26.11 - The Center has authored a new fact sheet on an important decision from the Supreme Court of Nepal in the case of Lakshmi Dhikta v.…

02.07.11 - On January 20, 2011, Representative Joe Pitts (R-PA) introduced an extreme anti-choice bill for consideration by Congress.  Subsequently, on February 3, 2011, Rep. Pitts made public a revised bill.  Key problems with the bill include: …

02.04.11 - Snehelata “Salenta” Singh v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. concerns a case of preventable pregnancy-related injury…

12.01.10 - For the past fifteen years, the United States government has banned almost all abortion services at United States military hospitals and medical facilities overseas.* These facilities are barred from providing any abortion "except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus…

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

Answer: No…

02.23.10 - Alicja Tysiąc, a Polish woman, was suffering from severe myopia. Pregnant for the third time, she consulted three ophthalmologists who concluded that carrying the pregnancy to term constituted a serious risk to her eyesight…

01.28.10 - The Center for Reproductive Rights works nationally and internationally to expand access to reproductive healthcare for women around the world. We have conducted years of investigative research into the status of reproductive rights in the Philippines…

12.02.09 - Parental involvement laws require young women to obtain the consent of or notify one or both parents in order to obtain an abortion, forcing those who are unable to comply with the requirements to delay obtaining appropriate medical care…

12.01.09 - There are three main reasons that the conscience clause contained in section 1303 of the Senate healthcare reform bill — and not the conscience clauses in the House of Representatives' version of the bill — should be included in the final bill:…

09.29.09 - The Center is working with its partners in Slovakia to advocate for the government to provide subsidized access to contraceptives for the most vulnerable populations…

09.29.09 - The Center is working with its partners in Slovakia to advocate for the government to provide subsidized access to contraceptives for the most vulnerable populations…

08.21.09 - The Center for Reproductive Rights commemorates the 15 year anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), celebrating advancements for women's human rights and highlighting the ICPD's role in promoting recognition of reproductive rights as…

07.14.09 - Federal Employees Deserve Comprehensive Reproductive Health Care: Congress Should Remove the Prohibition on Abortion Coverage in the Federal Employees Health Benefit Plan…

07.09.09 - Why Senators Should Ask Supreme Court Nominees About Their Views on Abortion Rights…

1. Griswold v. Connecticut
2. Roe v. Wade
3. Bellotti v. Baird II
4. Harris v. McRae
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12.11.08 - What is FGM? …

12.11.08 - 

Nepal’s punitive approach to abortion has threatened women’s lives and health, reinforced entrenched gender discrimination, and interfered with women’s decision-making on a matter with immense personal implications.

11.01.07 - Emergency contraception ("EC") is a form of birth control that is taken after sexual intercourse…

07.01.07 -  On January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court struck down the State of Texas's criminal abortion laws, finding that the right to decide whether to have a child is a fundamental right guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. The 7-2 decision in Roe v.…

11.01.06 - 

Currently, no state or federal laws require minors to get parental consent in order to get contraception.

08.01.05 - In the United States almost 50% of pregnancies are unintended…

04.01.04 - Some anti-abortion activists rely upon phony medical claims as a way to deter women from choosing abortion. Motivated by their desire to overturn the United State Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v.…

01.01.04 - 

Adolescents in America must continue to have access to affordable and confidential family planning services.

08.01.03 - In 1998, Congress voted to ensure that all Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (FEHBP) participants have access to comprehensive contraceptive coverage in the FY 1999 Treasury, Postal Service and…

07.01.03 - 

On January 22, 2001, on his first business day in office (and the 28th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision establishing a woman's right to an abortion), President George W. Bush re-imposed the Global Gag Rule on the U.S.

06.01.03 - 

International family planning and reproductive health and programs funded by the U.S.

06.01.03 - The Global Gag Rule penalizes non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in 56¹ countries that receive family planning assistance funds from the U.S. These NGOs are prohibited from providing abortion-related services, including counseling and referrals, and/or lobbying on abortion issues…

05.01.02 -  May 2002

Key findings and regional trends from Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting Their Reproductive Lives, Anglophone Africa Progess Report 2001, reveal the continuing gaps in governments’ compliance with international standards on

03.01.01 - Although the U.S. Supreme Court recognized the right to choose abortion in Roe v. Wade in 1973, and reaffirmed that right in June 1992 in Planned Parenthood v.…