2002

Comments on the proposed State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Thomas A. Scully Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Attn: CMS–2127-P P.O. Box 8016 Baltimore, MD 21244–8016 File Code CMS–2127-P Dear Mr. Scully: The Center for Reproductive Rights is a non-profit legal advocacy organization dedicated to protecting […]

Urging Support to an Amendment which would Overturn the Ban on Privately Funded Abortions in the Military United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Representative: On behalf of the Center for Reproductive Rights, a non-profit legal advocacy organization dedicated to promoting and defending women’s reproductive rights worldwide, we urge you to support Representative […]

May 2002 Key findings and regional trends from Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting Their Reproductive Lives, Anglophone Africa Progess Report 2001, reveal the continuing gaps in governments’ compliance with international standards on reproductive health and rights. The report is based on a two-year collaboration between advocates from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South […]

The Honorable Colin Powell Secretary of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20520 VIA FACSIMILE Dear Mr. Secretary, We are a short time away from the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children (Children’s Summit) that will be held in New York City May 5, 2002- May 10, 2002. This summit will have […]

The Honorable Colin Powell United States Secretary of State Department of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20520 Facsimile: 202-647-2283 RE: UNITED STATES POSITION AT THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN Dear Secretary Powell: With respect, we write to express concern about the US position on key aspects of the outcome […]

Using a human rights fact-finding methodology, researchers from the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Child and Law Foundation in Zimbabwe documented legal, policy and social barriers to Zimbabwean adolescents’ enjoyment of their international human right to access dual protection methods and information. Their report State of Denial: Adolescent Reproductive Rights in Zimbabwe examines the […]