This case challenges the constitutionality of onerous temporary regulations and a sham licensing process adopted and implemented by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) that will cause most of the abortion providers in the State to cease providing ongoing abortion services. Case filed: June 28, 2011 State: Kansas Plaintiff(s): Hodes &, Nauser, MDs, […]
On June 21, the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Chilean HIV/AIDS group VIVO POSITIVO will present the findings of the report Dignity Denied: Violations of the Rights of HIV Positive Women in Chilean Health Facilities at the University of Chile Law School in Santiago. Abused inside the walls of the very institutions which should […]
Just last night, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer vetoed a harmful bill, Senate Bill 97, that would have severely invaded the privacy of minors, restricted young women’s access to essential reproductive healthcare, and put some minors at risk of physical or emotional harm by requiring physicians to notify a parent of any minor under the age […]
Physicians and health care facilities challenged the constitutionality of Montana law requiring parental notification or court order for minors seeking an abortion. A Montana trial-level court ruled that the law violated the Montana Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection under the law and granted Plaintiffs’ request for a permanent injunction. That decision was not appealed. Read […]
Physicians and health care facilities challenged the constitutionality of Montana law requiring parental notification or court order for minors seeking an abortion. A Montana trial-level court ruled that the law violated the Montana Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection under the law and granted Plaintiffs’ request for a permanent injunction. That decision was not appealed. Filing […]
In April 2011, the Center and more than 9 Peruvian organizations and international organizations submitted a shadow letter to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights assessing the situation of sexual and reproductive rights of women and adolescents in Perú. Perú is scheduled to report to the Committee’s pre-sessional working group during its 46th […]
(PRESS RELEASE) As the government moves closer to a shutdown, the Center for Reproductive Rights called on Senator Harry Reid and President Barack Obama to stand firm against the House leadership’s attacks on women’s health, including budget measures that would strip funding from family planning services, including Planned Parenthood, or those that would impose the […]
By Aram Schvey, counsel for foreign policy and human rights at the Center for Reproductive Rights When Congress turns this week to another round of negotiations over spending for 2011, much of the country will be focused on the sure-to-be contentious debate over the House proposal to strip federal funding from family planning services, including […]
In January, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) issued strong recommendations on steps the Kenyan government needs to take to improve the reproductive rights of women and girls in Kenya. The Committee’s statements echoed many of the issues raised by the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Federation […]
In December 2010, the Center submitted a shadow letter to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) on the situation of reproductive rights of women and adolescents in Kenya. Kenya reported to the CEDAW Committee during its 48th session in January 2011. The shadow letter highlights the country’s high rates of […]