06.17.13 -
On June 13, 2013, the Center for Reproductive Rights, in partnership with the American Constitution Society for Law
and Policy (ACS), presented the first annual ACS Reproductive Rights and Justice Award to board members Jim…
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.
…
04.29.13 -
An important component of the Center's work is ensuring that the United States lives up to its human rights commitments related to reproductive rights.
The U.S…
04.23.13 -
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) recently issued concluding observations from its February review of
Pakistan's compliance with CEDAW and called out the government for lack of access to health care and policies that routinely ignore…
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…
Human Rights defenders are the activists, including journalists, lawyers, judges, and healthcare providers, whose work allows others to exercise their human rights…
