When people get together on Super Bowl Sunday, they probably don’t expect to see an anti-abortion ad sponsored by Focus on the Family. This year, they’re in for a big surprise. A few weeks ago, CBS announced that it would allow Focus on the Family to air its highly controversial ad featuring college football star […]
The Center for Reproductive Rights works nationally and internationally to expand access to reproductive healthcare for women around the world. We have conducted years of investigative research into the status of reproductive rights in the Philippines. Download the factsheet for more information >, https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/pub_fac_philippines.pdf
The Huffington Post, January 28, 2010Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive RightsMatthew Margo Senior Vice President of Program Practices, East Coast CBS Corporation 51 W. 52 St. New York, NY 10019Dear Mr. Margo,We are writing to request that CBS reconsider its decision to air an advertisement by the anti-choice group Focus on the Family, featuring […]
(PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Guttmacher Institute released a new study finding that the national teen pregnancy rate has increased by 3% after more than a decade of decline. Guttmacher attributes the increase to a decline in contraceptive use by sexually active teenagers coinciding with abstinence-only programs becoming more widespread. Nancy Northup, president of the Center […]
By Nate Jenkins “Nebraska lawmakers could become the first in the country to attempt to use a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision to ban second trimester and late-term abortions based on assertions that some fetuses experience pain during the procedure. Janet Crepps of the Center for Reproductive Rights said they haven’t gone as far as […]
By Josh Gerstein “The Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday overturning a ban on corporate political spending that had been in place for more than a century has left abortion-rights supporters jittery that the justices could be similarly prepared to upend the landmark Roe v. Wade decision the court handed down 37 years ago this week. ‘Yesterday’s […]
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Originally posted on RH Reality Check It’s been 37 years since the Supreme Court recognized a woman’s constitutional right to abortion in Roe v. Wade, and in that time, without fail, a woman’s ability to obtain an abortion has been under attack. Between stringent state laws, a lack of funding, and a severe shortage of […]
(PRESS RELEASE) Today, we celebrate the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the historic decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that recognized a woman’s right to abortion. Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, made the following statement: “Today’s anniversary of Roe v. Wade should remind all of us how vital the right […]
The Center celebrated the recent concluding observations on Ecuador, Croatia and Moldova from the U.N. Human Rights Committee, which reaffirm the obligation of these states to guarantee reproductive rights. The Committee’s concluding observations responded directly to issues the Center raised in shadow letters as well as in a briefing before Committee members in October 2009. […]
