Cases and Resources

Gauer and Others v. France

10.21.11 - In August 2011, the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners filed an amicus brief to the European Court of Human Rights in support of Joëlle Gauer and Others —five women with mental disabilities in France who were forcibly sterilized—arguing that forced sterilization constitutes

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The Center

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MKB Management Corp d/b/a Red River Women’s Clinic, Kathryn Eggleston, M.D., v. Birch Burdick and Terry Dwelle, M.D.

07.15.11 - This case challenges provisions of North Dakota House Bill 1297, passed during the 2011 legislative session, which would effectively ban all medication abortions in the state by requiring compliance with conditions for the provision of "abortion-inducing drugs" that are

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The Center

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Bodies on Trial: Reproductive Rights in Latin American Courts

06.03.03 - The judicial branch of government is essential to the viability and sustainability of any democracy. Judges make decisions every day that directly affect people's lives, influencing public perceptions of whether and how justice is being carried out…

Concluding Observations: Benin, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

12.09.08 -

In 2002 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights considered the initial report of Benin on its implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Read the complete concluding observations below…

State of Denial: Adolescent Reproductive Rights in Zimbabwe

06.01.02 - State of Denial: Adolescent Reproductive Rights in Zimbabwe documents the human rights violations that occur in Zimbabwe when legal, policy and social barriers inhibit adolescents' ability to protect themselves against unwanted pregnancy and STIs, including HIV/AIDS…

State of Denial: Adolescent Reproductive Rights in Zimbabwe

04.01.02 - Using a human rights fact-finding methodology, researchers from the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Child and Law Foundation in Zimbabwe documented legal, policy and social barriers to Zimbabwean adolescents’ enjoyment of their international human right to access dual…

"Partial-Birth" Abortion Ban Legislation: By State

02.01.04 - On June 28, 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Nebraska ban on so-called “partial-birth abortion,” finding it an unconstitutional violation of Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that guaranteed women's right to choose abortion. The Supreme Court's decision in Stenberg v.…

10 Reasons Why Criminalization of HIV Exposure or Transmission Harms Women

11.30.09 - HIV-positive women increasingly face legal sanctions as a growing number of countries introduce legislation that would criminalize HIV transmission and exposure. This report outlines the ways in which these laws — rather than providing justice — harm and oppress women…