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Center for Reproductive Rights-Columbia Law School Fellowship Application

05.11.12 - The Center is excited to announce an exciting academic fellowship opportunity for recent law school graduates who are interested in careers in law teaching. …

Center Issues Oral Statement before U.N. on Adolescents’ Reproductive Rights

04.23.12 - This week, the United Nations Commission on Population and Development holds its 45^th session…

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…

Submission to the Special Rapporteur on Torture regarding human rights abuses of incarcerated women in the U.S.

03.01.12 - The U.S. Legal Program, together with the Rebecca Project for Human Rights and Women on the Rise Telling HerStory (WORTH), submitted a letter to Mr. Manfred Nowak, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, on June 18, 2009…

Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants regarding conditions of detention for immigrant women in the U.S.

03.01.12 - The U.S. Legal Program submitted a letter to Mr…

Documents regarding the Obama Administration’s new women’s preventive health regulations

02.09.12 - The Center for Reproductive Rights stands in support of the Obama
Administration’s new women’s preventive health regulations, including
contraception without co-pays. Thanks to this rule, millions of women
across the country will soon have cost-free access to a range of safe,…

Letter to President Obama RE Review of Helms Amendment

Organizations Respond to U.N. Special Rapporteur's Report

11.06.11 - Human rights, women’s rights and health organizations released a signed letter this week in support of the report by the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Anand Grover, which was presented on October 24, 2011 to the U.N. General Assembly…

The World's Abortion Laws Map 2011

10.12.11 - Since 1998, the Center for Reproductive Rights has produced The World’s Abortion Laws map to visually compare the legal status of induced abortion in different countries—and to advocate for greater progress in ensuring access to safe and legal abortion services for all women…

Progressive groups warn Congress off Policy Riders for 2012 budget vote

09.21.11 -

September 21, 2011

Dear Senator or Representative,

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Call for Applications for the Women’s Human Rights Training Institute, 2011-2013

07.22.11 - The Women’s Human Rights Training Institute (WHRTI) was founded in 2004 as a first-of-its-kind program aimed at building the capacity of young lawyers from Central and Eastern European and the Newly Independent States for litigation on women’s rights issues, including violence against women,…

Center for Reproductive Rights-Columbia Fellowship Application

05.24.11 - The Center is excited to announce an exciting academic fellowship opportunity for recent law school graduates who are interested in careers in law teaching. …

Veto Letter to MT Governor Brian Schweitzer: Senate Bill 97

05.13.11 - Read the Center for Reproductive Right's letter to Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer urging him to veto Senate Bill 97 that would invade minor's privavcy, restrict young women's access to essential reproductive healthcare, and put some minors in danger by requiring physicians to…

RR v. Poland, S&T v. Poland, and Z v. Poland - Polish Language Litigation Briefing Series (PDF)

05.03.11 - Poland has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe. R.R. v.…

Council of the District of Columbia: Opposition Letter re: H.R. 3

05.03.11 - On May 3, 2011, the members of the Council of the District of Columbia (the elected legislature of Washington, D.C.) unanimously signed a letter strongly opposing H.R. 3, a congressional bill that would override the will of D.C…

Comments to Hungarian Parliament Re: Draft Constitution

03.31.11 - The Hungarian Women’s Lobby and the Center for Reproductive Rights submitted these comments to the members of the Hungarian Parliament responsible for drafting the Constitution in March 2011…

European Constitutions Right to Life

03.31.11 - This document lists the international, regional and national
legal provisions of the right to life in Europe and ratified by Hungary.

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Letter in Opposition to Policy Riders in H.R. 1, Continuing Resolution

03.31.11 -

The Honorable Harry Reid

Senate Majority Leader

United Sates Capitol S-321

Washington, DC 20510

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Center for Reproductive Rights Letter in Opposition to H.R. 3

03.31.11 - Dear Chairman Franks, Ranking Member Nadler, and Members of the Subcommittee:

On behalf of the Center for Reproductive Rights, I urge you to reject the extreme and misleadingly titled "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act" (HR 3). …

Hyde Timeline PDF

Discriminatory or Rights Based? CHR Advisory on the Local Ordinance by the City of Manila

01.24.11 - "By the issuance of EO 003, the City of Manila, an instrumentality and essential element of the state, committed a clear breach of CEDAW obligation…

Abortion Law: International and Comparative Law Supplement

01.13.11 - To support and expand the teaching of reproductive health and rights in law school curricula, the Law School Initiative has undertaken a series of regional discussions with law faculty about the challenges of teaching reproductive rights in a traditional law school setting. The Initiative…

Reproductive Rights Law and Justice Course Survey

01.13.11 - Law Students for Reproductive Justice (LSRJ) is a national nonprofit network of law students and lawyers who work to ensure that a new generation of advocates will be prepared to protect and expand reproductive rights as basic civil and human rights.
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Download: 2010 State Legislative Wrap Up

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

Key sources for statistics cited in the Forsaken Lives Executive Summary

12.16.10 - Download the key sources for statistics cited in the Forsaken Lives Executive Summary…

A, B, and C v. Ireland Brief

12.15.10 - These comments address the regulation of abortion under international and comparative law, with particular emphasis on the member states of the Council of Europe…

ECHR Letter - Monaco Modifications

12.15.10 - Please note that earlier this year, Monaco liberalized its criminal code provisions governing abortion, from a total ban on abortion to allow express exceptions for the risk to the woman’s health or life, fetal impairment or rape…

ECHR Letter - Spain Modifications

12.15.10 - Per this letter we respectfully submit to the Grand Chamber new information updating our written submission of 31 October 2008 and supplementary letter of 5 October 2009…

The Undue Burden Standard Module

12.06.10 - To support and expand the teaching of reproductive health and rights in law school curricula, the Law School Initiative has undertaken a series of regional discussions with law faculty about the challenges of teaching reproductive rights in a traditional law school setting. The Initiative…

Remarks to the Institute of Medicine Committee on Preventive Services for Women

11.17.10 - "My name is Aram Schvey, and I serve as Policy Counsel at the Center for Reproductive Rights…

CEDAW: Written Statement Submitted to U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law

11.17.10 - Written Statement of the Center for Reproductive Rights
Submitted to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee
Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law…

Letter to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Re: Costa Rican IVF Ban

11.17.10 - The Costa Rican media recently reported1 that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights communicated report No. 85/10, the preliminary report for Case 12.361, to Costa Rica on August 23, 2010. This report establishes that decision No…

Dignity Denied: Women, HIV, and Risk

10.20.10 - More women than ever before are living with HIV around the world, and too many of them suffer cruel reproductive rights violations…

Dignity Denied: Methodology

10.20.10 - More women than ever before are living with HIV around the world, and too many of them suffer cruel reproductive rights violations…

Dignity Denied: Recommendations

10.20.10 - More women than ever before are living with HIV around the world, and too many of them suffer cruel reproductive rights violations…

Dignity Denied: Francisca's Story

10.20.10 - More women than ever before are living with HIV around the world, and too many of them suffer cruel reproductive rights violations…