06.13.13 - Technically, abortion has been legal in Ireland for two decades, but under extremely narrow circumstances. In practical terms, though, legal exceptions to a near total ban on abortion were either unclear or disregarded or both…
05.31.13 - The Center’s president and CEO, Nancy Northup, reflects on the agonizing plight of an El Salvadoran woman known publicly as Beatriz, who for many weeks has faced the risk of death and suffered cruel and inhuman treatment because of the country’s complete ban on abortion…
05.21.13 -
When Amanda Kellet and James Burke went to a Dublin hospital for their 21-week ultrasound, they were looking forward to finding out whether they were
having a boy or a girl.
…
05.15.13 -
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
05.03.13 -
Since the day the United States Supreme Court found in Roe v. Wade constitutional protections for women's right to decide whether to continue or
end a pregnancy, opponents of that fundamental right have been focused on chipping those protections away.
…
04.19.13 -
The story of Polish daughter and mother P and S is deeply complicated. P, a teenager, was raped and became pregnant as a consequence. She wanted to
terminate the pregnancy and had a right to under Poland's laws…
03.22.13 -
This month, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (the Committee) condemned Hungary for two types of abortion restrictions
that are on the rise both in Europe and in the US—mandatory waiting periods and biased counseling laws…
03.13.13 -
Last week, President Obama signed the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which funds support groups for and prosecution of violent crimes
against women…
Biased counseling laws, on the books in many states, require woman seeking an abortion to receive information dictated by the state prior to undergoing the procedure…
Laws that restrict the use of public funds for abortion can create barriers to women’s abortion access that are as difficult for women to overcome as laws that directly restrict the availability of abortion. Funding restrictions endanger women’s health and, as some state courts have held,…
Human Rights defenders are the activists, including journalists, lawyers, judges, and healthcare providers, whose work allows others to exercise their human rights…
In 1973, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade, that a woman's right to obtain an abortion was protected under the federal constitution…
