05.22.13 -
The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act included a mandate for employers to provide copay-free contraception to its workers, effectively
putting birth control within the reach of millions more women—and potentially saving billions in health care costs that arise from…
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
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…
03.19.13 -
The most unpopular Congress in history didn't take that title by accident or through a stroke of bad luck. The 112th Congress, which came to an
end just a few months ago, earned a record-setting rate of disapproval from U.S. voters because of its legislative record.
…
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…
03.07.13 - Yesterday, a legislature of
extremists in Arkansas ignored the governor, ignored broad national support for
the right to abortion, ignored the United States Supreme Court, ignored logic,
and, most importantly, ignored a woman’s human right to make deeply personal
decisions about her…
01.17.13 -
This month, we celebrate a pivotal moment in our country's history. Forty years ago, the United States Supreme Court changed the destinies of millions upon
millions of women with its landmark decision in Roe v. Wade…
01.09.13 -
Put 2012 against any year since the U.S. Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade, in 1973, and you would be hard pressed to find a period that offered
as many highs and lows as the past 12 months.
01.08.13 - It is common practice for anti-choice legislators to sugarcoat their motives for passing laws that choke off access to reproductive health care…
The new federal requirement that private health insurance cover the cost of birth control has generated much heated controversy these last few
weeks: Congressional hearings, proposed legislation to unwind it, multiple legal actions…
Six years ago this week, the Center for Reproductive Rights
won a groundbreaking victory for the women of Peru and around the world
. For the first time, an international human rights body condemned a country for failing to provide abortion services that were both legal and
essential to the health of a woman, violating her fundamental human rights in the process…
