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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.

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

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Ensuring U.S. accountability to human rights standards

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…

CEDAW Committee addresses a wide range of reproductive rights violations in its review of Pakistan

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…

Stopping All Violence

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…

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Releases Report on Torture and Ill-Treatment in Health Care Settings

03.07.13 -  This week, Juan Mendez, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, presented a groundbreaking…

A Battle in Arkansas

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…

Concluding Observations on Tanzania Recommend a Number of Reforms

01.08.13 -  In August, the Center for Reproductive Rights submitted a shadow letter to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the Committee) regarding sexual and reproductive rights in Tanzania…

In Pursuit of Justice

12.07.12 -  Imagine you go to the hospital or a doctor's office and receive the treatment that you need to stay healthy. On your way out the door, you are given a bill. And an ultimatum.

If you can't pay the tab, then you will pay with your freedom. …

Ireland’s Abortion Law: Lives At Risk

11.20.12 -  Last month, Savita Halapannavar arrived at Galway Hospital 17 weeks into her pregnancy and suffering from severe back pains…

European Court of Human Rights Issues Judgment in Z v. Poland

11.19.12 -  This week the European Court of Human Rights issued a disappointing judgment in Z v. Poland, a case brought by a mother, known as Z, on behalf of her daughter, a pregnant woman who died as a result of having been denied necessary and available medical care for a treatable disease…

Our Work in Focus

Reproductive Rights: A Tool for Monitoring State Obligations
The Monitoring Tool provides a means to monitor the implementation of specific State obligations in the field of reproductive rights…
Whose Right to Life? Women's Rights and Prenatal Protections under Human Rights and Comparative Law
The right to life is a fundamental human right, central to the enjoyment of all other human rights…
UN Calls on Uganda to Fulfill Human Rights Obligations
One year ago, the Center for Reproductive Rights and our partner, the Uganda Association of Women Lawyers (FIDA - Uganda), submitted a joint letter to the Human Rights Council (the Council), which was about to perform its Universal Periodic Review of Uganda…
Reproductive Rights Violations—Torture By Any Other Name
A woman living with HIV in Chile is forcibly sterilized while unconscious and undergoing a cesarean delivery…

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