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Broken Promises on Maternal Mortality in Nigeria
June 27, 2008-- Broken Promises: Human Rights, Accountability, and Maternal Death in Nigeria, a new report by the Center for Reproductive Rights and Women Advocates Resource and Documentation Centre, illustrates the systematic failure of the Nigerian government to live up to its human rights obligations. That so many women die due to pregnancy related complications can be directly attributed to political and economic factors the government has the power to address.
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Attend the report launch on July 1 in NYC > >
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Every Woman Has the Right to Survive Pregnancy
June 18, 2008-- On June 12, New York Times' columnist Nicholas Kristof called on presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama to launch a major intitiative to combat maternal mortality around the world to demonstrate that the issue of gender is, in fact, on his radar. What Kristof neglected to mention was: the dramatically high maternal mortality rate here in the U.S. The Times published a letter to the editor from Center president Nancy Northup making the point. Check it out.
Click here to read Nancy Northup's letter > >
Click here to read Kristof's column > >
Center Claims Victory for Patient Privacy in Kansas
June 12, 2008-- Check out the New York Times' front page article on the anti-choice movement's 30-year effort to shut down Kansas provider Dr. George Tiller. Most recently, the Center claimed victory in a case involving Dr. Tiller's patients who unwittingly became a part of that ongoing saga.
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Click here to learn more about the latest in the Tiller patient case > >
High Court in Colombia Refuses to Outlaw "Morning-After Pill"
June 13, 2008 -- Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights applauded a decision by Colombia's highest administrative court not to deny women legal access to emergency contraception. In a landmark decision, which was issued on June 5, the Council of State ruled against anti-choice groups' efforts to ban emergency contraception.
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Center for Reproductive Rights Launches U.S. Law School Initiative and Selects First Fellow
May 28, 2008 -- The Center for Reproductive Rights today announced a joint fellowship program with Columbia Law School for outstanding law school graduates pursuing legal academic careers in reproductive health and human rights. This program is the first in the Center's newly launched initiative to promote legal scholarship and teaching on reproductive rights as human rights in the U.S.
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U.S. Dodges a Dialogue on Issues at the Heart of Child Health at the United Nations
May 28, 2008 -- This past week, the U.S. appeared before the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva to discuss its record on upholding children's and adolescents' rights. Ideally, that review would have been an opportunity for the U.S. to explain on the international stage its policies that clearly violate young people's human rights. Instead, the U.S. dodged a dialogue on issues that go to the heart of the treaty like child health and education and the role that its policies play.
Click here to read a blog written by the Center's Cynthia Soohoo and Katrina Anderson posted on On the Issues > >
Light A Candle For The Lives Of Women: Rio Event
May 23, 2008-- Half a million women die every year from pregnancy-related complications. A young Brazilian woman called Alyne da Silva Pimentel was one of them. Her death, like 98% of the approximately 4000 maternal mortality cases in Brazil, was entirely preventable. Join us on May 27th when we remember Alyne and call on the Brazilian government to protect women's right to survive pregnancy. Send a message to Brazil's lawmakers at alyne@reprorights.org.
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Center Declares Victory Against Virginia Abortion Ban
May 20, 2008-- Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights won another important victory in the battle against extreme abortion bans. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit struck down a Virginia ban, first challenged by the Center in 2003, that was so far-reaching that it would have outlawed the most common abortion methods starting in the early second trimester. "Finally, federal courts are seeing through these thinly veiled attempts to undermine a woman's ability to obtain an abortion," said Nancy Northup, president of the Center.
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International Protection for Disabled Women's Rights
May 4, 2008 -- Women with disabilities face particular disadvantages in the areas of health, family rights, and education and they are often subjected to violence and abuse. On May 3rd, protections against these harms were strengthened when the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities entered into force. The Convention provides that ratifying States must enact laws and develop policies and programs to improve disability rights, and abolish legislation, customs and practices that discriminate against persons with disabilities.
The Convention contains several provisions related to the specific protection of women with disabilities. And it strengthens the rights of all women by being the first international treaty that explicitly recognizes the right to reproductive and sexual health as a human right. The treaty holds that persons with disabilities should enjoy this right under equal conditions and without discrimination.
With the Convention in force, the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will begin to receive periodic reports from states parties and monitor progress made on the Convention’s implementation.
Click here to read the full text of the treaty > >
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Council of Europe Takes Groundbreaking Step
May 1, 2008 -- On April 16th, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) approved a major resolution on access to safe and legal abortion. The Assembly urged all member states to "decriminalize abortion, within reasonable gestational limits" and to guarantee women's access to safe and legal abortion.
Center for Reproductive Rights Denounces Chilean Constitutional Tribunal’s Decision to Ban Distribution of "Morning-after Pill" in Public Facilities
April 14, 2008 -- Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights issued a statement strongly denouncing the Chilean Constitutional Court’s recent decision to ban the distribution of emergency contraception in public health facilities. The harmful effects of this ruling on women and girls are indisputable.
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Bringing Rights To Bear Anew
March 18, 2008 -- Bringing Rights to Bear, a signature publication of the Center, has been updated and redesigned. Initially published in 2002 in collaboration with the University of Toronto, Bringing Rights to Bear takes a long, hard look at the thousands of comments, statements, and recommendations produced by UN treaty monitoring bodies, and analyzes their potential for advancing reproductive rights. Our 2008 update, produced as a series of independent briefing papers, reflects the growing recognition among these UN bodies that reproductive rights are firmly grounded in international human rights treaties. The more flexible layout allows audiences with more tailored thematic interests to receive only the information they require.
Our first four updated briefing papers focus on the subjects of sex education, HIV/AIDS, violence against women, and contraception and family planning. Check back for briefing papers on the issues of maternal mortality, female genital mutilation, abortion, and marriage and private life, scheduled for release later this year.
Click here to read Bringing Rights to Bear: Family Planning is a Human Right >>
Click here to read Bringing Rights to Bear: Human Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS and Other Sexually Transmissible Infections (STIs) >>
Click here to read Bringing Rights to Bear: The Human Right to Information on Sexual and Reproductive Health >>
Click here to read Bringing Rights to Bear: Freedom from Violence is a Human Right >>
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