Canadian Doctors: “Life Begins at Birth” https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_FI_Canada_Stephen_Woodworth.jpg Earlier this year, one member of Canada’s Parliament tried to start a fire. The fuel for that blaze was women’s reproductive rights, and more specifically the section of Canada’s Criminal Code affirming that a child becomes a human being, and inherits all the legal rights inherent with that […]
Philippines Contraception Conflict https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_FI_Philippines_Contraception_Conflict.jpg The third time was not a charm in the Philippines. So on August 7, the Philippine government will make a fourth attempt to pass a family planning law, this one allowing health officials to provide free birth control and encourage families to have no more than two kids. The Catholic Church […]
NYT Blasts Court Rulings https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_judges_three_rulings_NYTimes_OpEd.jpg Harsh criticism from The New York Times of some recent court decisions in reproductive health cases this week. The editorial page took three judges to task for deciding cases that have “failed to preserve constitutional protections for women.” The piece included the Center for Reproductive Rights’ challenge to Arizona’s 20-week […]
Colombia: The Right to True and Accurate Information A decision is expected at any time on a Colombian Constitutional Court case revolving around women’s fundamental right to information on sexual and reproductive health care. Back in May the Center for Reproductive Rights submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in the case filed by Women’s Link Worldwide (WLW), […]
A recent review by the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights found that Slovakia continues to fall short on certain key elements of reproductive health care. The Center for Reproductive Rights and its Slovak partners, Freedom of Choice and Citizen, Democracy and Accountability, offered critical guidance used by the Committee in its […]
(REVISED 02.01.2019) This lawsuit challenged Mississippi’s attempt to end legal abortion in the state by attempting to shut down its one remaining abortion clinic. Mississippi passed a law in 2012 explicitly intended to shut down its last abortion clinic by requiring that all physicians associated with an abortion facility have admitting privileges at a local […]
The End of Abortion? A new law threatens to shut down Mississippi’s only abortion clinic. CRR fights back with lawsuit. On July 1st, Mississippi becomes the first state in the country with no abortion clinic. The Mississippi Department of Health is forcing Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the last remaining abortion clinic in the state, to […]
India Pushed to Prioritize Women’s Health https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/India-HP.jpg Late last week, India came under pressure during its review before the U.N. Human Rights Council for continually failing to make the health of women and girls a priority. The Council, a body of countries that peer-review other countries’ human rights records, specifically pointed to India having the […]
Can you imagine living in a country where women are thrown in jail for using emergency contraception—even if they were raped? This heinous law is currently pending before the Honduran Congress with a vote scheduled any day now. We have the power to stop this law. Juan Orlando Hernández, the head of the Honduran Congress […]
Center for Reproductive Rights Launches Legal Challenge to Keep Abortion and Contraception Ban Off Oklahoma Ballot Ballot initiative also threatens fertility treatments and medical care for pregnant women (PRESS RELEASE) Oklahoma’s proposed ballot initiative to define a fertilized egg as a “person” is blatantly unconstitutional and should be blocked from the Oklahoma ballot, according to […]