A federal judge has ordered the State of Alabama to pay for the production and distribution of materials that it requires all abortion providers to give to patients 24 hours before having an abortion. Ruling that it is a violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution for Alabama to charge clinics for booklets […]
Amnesty International, Center for Reproductive Rights, European Roma Rights Center,Human Rights Watch, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights Today, nine international human rights groups joined forces to urge Slovakia to conduct an impartial and adequate investigation of illegal sterilizations of Romani women. In a joint statement, the groups urged the Slovak government to address serious […]
Parental Notification Law Struck Down Tallahassee, FL Today, in a 5-1 decision, the Florida Supreme Court struck down a law requiring physicians to notify a parent or legal guardian before performing an abortion on a young woman. The court found the law unconstitutional because it violates young women’s right to choose abortion without furthering any […]
54 Women Still Languishing in Prison Four women imprisoned on abortion and related charges were released by King Gyanendra this week as part of a birthday tradition that involves granting amnesty to some prisoners. Of the 150 prisoners released this year, only seven were women, four of the women were serving time for abortion or […]
Federal Court Finds Louisiana’s Specialty License Plates Unconstitutional New Orleans, LA Yesterday, a federal judge ordered Louisiana to end the production of all specialty license plates, including “Choose Life” plates, finding that the State’s specialty license plates discriminate based on viewpoint. The Center for Reproductive Rights challenged the specialty plate scheme earlier this year, charging […]
Medical abortion is a safe and effective non-surgical method of early pregnancy termination. The FDA has approved one drug specifically for use in early abortions.1 Mifepristone (also known as RU 486) is now available under the trade name Mifeprex. This medication has been used successfully by more that half a million women in Europe for […]
All Latin American countries have ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women. Yet despite the incorporation of international human rights standards at the highest levels of the legal system, the judiciary continues not to […]
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Ban Threatens Women’s Health by Preventing Doctors from Performing Safe Procedures Richmond, VA Today, Judge Richard Williams blocked Virginia’s abortion ban by granting the Center for Reproductive Rights’ request for a preliminary injunction. On June 18th, the Center filed a case in federal court challenging Virginia’s abortion procedures ban as an unconstitutional threat to women’s […]
New York, NY Women’s rights groups are urging King Gyanendra of Nepal to continue his commitment to human rights by releasing women imprisoned for abortion and related charges. As is tradition, each year the King of Nepal grants amnesty to some prisoners on his birthday.In 2002, King Gyanendra signed into law a bill that legalized […]
