UN Side Event: The Impacts of Poverty and Criminalization on Abortion Access
Watch online this March 12 event being held at UN Headquarters during the 68th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Watch online this March 12 event being held at UN Headquarters during the 68th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
This primer demonstrates how decriminalization of abortion is an essential part of states’ human rights obligations and a key step in guaranteeing reproductive autonomy. It also underscores the harmful effects of the continued criminalization of abortion in countries across the globe.
View videos in English, Spanish and French outlining the need to remove abortion and the associated criminal sanctions from penal laws.
Developed in partnership by the Guttmacher Institute and the Center for Reproductive Rights, this in-depth report integrates evidence from demographic, health and legal perspectives to present arguments for the liberalization and decriminalization of abortion laws.
Check out the status of abortion laws across the globe with the Center’s updated World’s Abortion Laws Map, featuring new narratives, improved interface and more context.
A supplement to the Center’s World’s Abortion Laws Map, this report outlines trends in the liberalization of abortion laws over the last 30 years. You’ll see the 60+ countries that have liberalized their abortion laws since 1994—as well as the four countries, including the U.S., that have regressed. Read the report here:
As highlighted in a recent article and in Center resources, the U.S. has become a global outlier on abortion rights.
At this leading international gender equity conference July 17 to 20, Center leaders will highlight the organization’s global work to advance SRHR as fundamental human rights.
Join the Center for Reproductive Rights for these events at the 2023 Women Deliver Conference in Kigali, Rwanda.
Find out more about this safe, effective method for ending a pregnancy, which has been critical to advancing reproductive autonomy worldwide.