This New York Times piece profiles Jackson Women’s Health Organizaton, the only abortion clinic left in Mississippi and the Center’s client in its upcoming case at the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, challenges a Mississippi abortion banned passed as a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade. The article explains […]
Last month, the Biden-Harris Administration issued the first-ever U.S. government National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality (“the National Strategy”). This groundbreaking strategy, developed by the White House Gender Policy Council, will serve as a roadmap for a government-wide effort to advance gender equity and equality and will guide the Biden-Harris Administration’s domestic and foreign policy. In a letter on the National Strategy, President Biden and Vice […]
If the Supreme Court weakens the right to abortion, it will also undermine precedent that protects a broad range of liberty rights.
Abortion bans like Mississippi’s ban at issue in the Center’s upcoming Supreme Court case exacerbate societal inequalities and disproportionately harm people of color and others who already face discriminatory obstacles to health care.
11.25.2021 – PRESS STATEMENT: The Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC), Tanzania, and the Center for Reproductive Rights (the Center) is pleased to learn that the United Republic of Tanzania has finally ended the oppressive and grossly discriminatory school policy barring pregnant schoolgirls and adolescent mothers from continuing with their formal education. The public declaration […]
The Center’s case seeks to protect the right of Tanzanian girls to continue their education and pursue opportunities during and after pregnancy.
International and human rights organizations and legal experts weigh in to support the Center’s Supreme Court case challenging a Mississippi abortion ban.
The Guttmacher Institute published an article for journalists covering the abortion rights space to provide context and prevent misinformation. Right now, the right to abortion is at risk and media outlets everywhere are covering the topic. On December 1, the Center will argue Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case that directly challenges Roe […]
DAR-ES-SALAAM, Tanzania: Nov 22, 2021: Today, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) convenes to hear a complaint filed by rights organizations against the United Republic of Tanzania for the systematic discrimination of girls within the country’s school system. The Center for Reproductive Rights and the Legal and Human […]
11.19.2021 – (PRESS STATEMENT) Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act, which includes key maternal health investments from the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 and permanent, mandatory year-long postpartum Medicaid coverage. “The inclusion of strong maternal health provisions in the Build Back Better Act is so important, especially […]
