In 2005, anti-choice organizations in Ecuador filed a suit to outlaw emergency contraception, alleging that EC violates the right to life as established in the Ecuadorian constitution. As a result of their lawsuit, a lower court banned distribution of EC, and the Ministry of Health appealed this decision. The Center, in collaboration with the Latin […]
On June 5, 2008, in a landmark decision, the Colombian Council of State ruled against anti-choice groups’ efforts to ban emergency contraception. The court found that emergency contraception, commonly known as the “morning-after pill,” is a contraceptive method and not an abortifacient, and therefore, access to emergency contraception is in accordance with the right to […]
, Filing date: 01/14/04 State: Oklahoma Plaintiff(s): Harold E. Hill, Margaret R. and William F. McCright, John J. McQueen, Rita J. Moskowitz, Barbara Santee, and Oklahoma Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Inc. Center Attorney(s): ,Janet Crepps Co-Counsel/Cooperating Attorneys: Molly S. Boast, Suzanne M. Grosso, and Cameron L. Schroeder of the firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP […]
In this action, CRR represents Dr. J. Christopher Carey as part of our ongoing efforts to protect the ability of physicians to obtain abortion training, and to perform abortion procedures without undue government interference. Filing date: , 08/18/2005 State: Arizona Plaintiff(s): , J. Christopher Carey, MD Center Attorney(s): , Janet Crepps, Suzanne Novak, Michelle Movahed […]
NEW YORK – Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed new regulations which would limit women’s ability to get complete reproductive healthcare services. While the rules are not identical to the draft proposal being circulated by HHS last month, the agency continues to create confusion around the definition of abortion and interprets […]
Applauds Senator Clinton for Taking a Stand Against Proposal to Limit Access to Reproductive Healthcare NEW YORK – Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) will hold a press conference today at New York’s Bellevue Hospital, speaking out against the Department of Health and Human Services’ recently proposed changes that would limit access to contraception and increase the […]
Council of State of Colombia Rules that Drug Doesn’t Violate Right to Life NEW YORK — 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 […]
“This ban treats women in Chile as second-class citizens by inhibiting their options and their ability to decide whether and when to have children. It is yet another abhorrent example of religiously motivated judges holding fast to ideology at the sacrifice of the health and well-being of the very people they are mandated to protect.” […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/pub_br_spanish_gaining_ground_2008.jpg Una herramienta para la reforma legal. La reforma legal es fundamental para asegurar los derechos reproductivos y la igualdad de la mujer en la sociedad. Incluso si las nuevas leyes no se implementan ni se cumplen a la perfección, cambiar la ley constituye un paso importante para mejorar la condición de la mujer y […]
California Congresswoman Joins Center in Speaking Out against Disparities NEW YORK – Today, on the eve of International Women’s Day, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said the United States was falling short in its duty to eliminate persistent racial inequities in reproductive and sexual health care. Expressing concern that “wide […]