A Girl Who Changed the World, A Victory for Women Everywhere In 2009, a girl from Peru named L.C. demanded justice. Two years earlier, she needed an abortion—had a legal right to abortion—and was denied, suffering irrevocable harm. L.C. wanted to hold an entire government accountable, her doctors responsible, for failing her just when she […]
(REVISED 1.19.22) This case challenges a regulatory scheme that would have gone into effect on November 14, 2011. If enforced, the scheme would prevent the provision of abortion services in any medical establishment that does not meet burdensome and medically unnecessary licensing regulations. Case filed: November 9, 2011 State: Kansas Plaintiff(s): Hodes &, Nauser, MDs, […]
In October 2011 the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Moldovan Institute for Human Rights (IDOM) submitted a letter to the Country Report Task Forces of the Human Rights Committee. The objective was to encourage the Committee to select issues related to reproductive health and rights of Moldovan women and adolescents for Moldova’s third periodic […]
Human rights, women’s rights and health organizations released a signed letter this week in support of the report by the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Anand Grover, which was presented on October 24, 2011 to the U.N. General Assembly. The report reveals the many human rights violations resulting from criminal laws and […]
By Laura MacCleery, Director of Government Relations, Center for Reproductive Rights Last week’s vote on the anti-abortion measure, H.R. 358, was a disappointing new low for the House. The heated debate occasioned dueling letters by Rep.’s Jan Schakowsky (D.-Ill.) and the bill’s author, Rep. Joseph Pitts (R.-Penn.), about whether the bill would allow institutions and […]
By Nancy Northup, President and CEO, Center for Reproductive Rights When the Institute of Medicine’s independent panel of health experts recommended last week that insurers offer preventive services to women without co-payments, the reaction was swift. Despite IOM’s reliance on medical science, its recommendation on contraception, in particular, was greeted with howls of disapproval. Some […]
This May the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR Committee) urged the governments of the Russian Federation and Republic of Moldova to promote, protect and fulfill women’s reproductive rights. The treaty monitoring body made these recommendations largely in response to the comprehensive advocacy strategy developed by the Center for Reproductive Rights […]
The U.N. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights released their concluding observations from the 46th session on the fifth periodic report of the Russian Federation on May 20, 2011. The Center for Reproductive Rights welcomes the Committee’s concluding observations (see 30 &,37) calling on Russia to increase availability and knowledge of family planning services, […]
The U.N. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights released their concluding observations from the 46th session on the second periodic report of the Republic of Moldova on July 12, 2011. The Center for Reproductive Rights welcomes the Committee’s recommendations (see 27) on the need for a special course on sexual and reproductive health rights […]
North Dakota passed a law in 2011 that would effectively ban all medication abortions in the state. Even if the law did not completely ban this type of abortion care, it would require doctors to abandon current evidence-based protocols for providing medication abortions and instead follow a medically obsolete method of medication abortion. As a […]