Last year, the Center for Reproductive Rights won a groundbreaking victory in our eight-year battle on behalf of Alyne da Silva Pimentel, an impoverished Afro-brazilian woman who died when doctors willfully failed to provide her with the maternal healthcare to which she was legally entitled. In February 2012, the Center presented a shadow letter on […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Abortion_Pill_feat_image.jpg The war against women is overrun with hostile combatants and legislative weapons of every form, and certain anti-choice measures naturally grab more spotlight than others. An increasing majority of the public has voiced their anger and frustration with legislators pushing invasive ultrasound laws and special interest groups lobbying to impose their religious beliefs and […]
In India last month, the Division Bench of Patna with the State High Court of Bihar (High Court) handed down an order holding the state responsible for failing to protect, respect, and fulfill the rights of pregnant women. The panel is requiring the government to account for nearly $680 million from a national program called […]
This is a pre-election challenge to a blatantly unconstitutional ballot initiative proposed in Oklahoma that would define a fertilized egg as a “person,” thereby banning abortion and most forms of contraception, as well as interfering with fertility treatments and care provided to pregnant women. Read the Protest to the Initiative Petition for the case by […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/okla-personhood-results-img.jpeg Here we go again. Anti-choice extremists in Oklahoma are shooting for the pinnacle of reproductive rights rollbacks—a personhood amendment to the state constitution that would send reproductive rights back to the very dark days before Roe v. Wade made it legal for women to seek abortions from licensed reproductive health care providers—and not through […]
This is a pre-election challenge to a blatantly unconstitutional ballot initiative proposed in Oklahoma that would define a fertilized egg as a “person,” thereby banning abortion and most forms of contraception, as well as interfering with fertility treatments and care provided to pregnant women. Filing Date: 3/29/12 State: Oklahoma Plaintiff(s): Brittany Mays Barber, Larry Burns, […]
By Katrina Anderson, Human Rights Counsel, Center for Reproductive Rights Two years ago this month, Congress finally responded to the American public’s demand for better health care and passed the Affordable Care Act (ACA). I would prefer to celebrate the birthday of this landmark legislation, which conveniently falls during Women’s History Month, by recalling the enormous […]
One year ago, the Center for Reproductive Rights and our partner, the Uganda Association of Women Lawyers (FIDA – Uganda), submitted a joint letter to the Human Rights Council (the Council), which was about to perform its Universal Periodic Review of Uganda. That letter voiced serious concerns that the government of Uganda, despite being party […]
La historia de Manuela demuestra los resultados fatales de la ley en El Salvador que prohíbe el aborto en todas las circunstancias y por qué tiene que cambiar De acuerdo con la petición presentada hoy ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos por el Centro de Derechos Reproductivos y la Colectiva de Mujeres para el […]
Manuela’s story demonstrates the fatal consequences of El Salvador’s law and why it must change (PRESS RELEASE) El Salvador’s absolute ban on abortion has resulted in tragic and often fatal consequences for the women living in that country — resulting in the arbitrary imprisonment of women suffering from miscarriages and complications in their pregnancies, according […]