This lawsuit argues that the detention and abuse of women who are unable to pay for maternity services at Kenyan public hospitals is arbitrary, unlawful, and in violation of Kenyan constitutional and international human rights standards. The Center for Reproductive Rights filed this case on December 7, 2012, on behalf of two petitioners who were […]
CRR Files Case on Unlawful Detention of Women in Maternity Hospitals in Kenya (PRESS RELEASE) Today the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a case before the High Court of Kenya on behalf of two women who were illegally detained in Pumwani Maternity Hospital in Nairobi for their inability to provide full payment for maternal health […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_FH_Kenya_detention.jpg In Pursuit of Justice Imagine you go to the hospital or a doctor’s office and receive the treatment that you need to stay healthy. On your way out the door, you are given a bill. And an ultimatum. If you can’t pay the tab, then you will pay with your freedom. It sounds like […]
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: Center files case on unlawful detention “The Center for Reproductive Rights has Friday filed a case before the High Court of Kenya on behalf of two women who were illegally detained in Pumwani Maternity Hospital in Nairobi for their inability to provide full payment for maternal health services they received. In the […]
Center for Reproductive Rights and CEHURD Lead Discussions on Reproductive Laws and Policies in Uganda (PRESS RELEASE) Healthcare professionals, lawyers, policymakers, and reproductive health advocates are gathering today in Kampala to discuss abortion laws and policies in Uganda, addressing current misunderstandings of the country’s position and discussing strategies to reduce unsafe abortions. Representatives from the […]
States have consistently chosen to use language in their constitutions that affirms the right to life without trying to define when life begins, reinforcing the approach taken by all major international human rights instruments. However, the current draft of the Zambian Constitution contains language stating that the right to life begins from conception, a troubling […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2014-07-23-at-2.58.31-PM.png Abortion is legal in mainland Tanzania when done to preserve the life or mental or physical health of the pregnant women, as well as in cases of sexual violence. However, unclear and often confusing abortion laws and policies mean that many people are not aware that abortions can be legally obtained in these circumstances. […]
Road to Reform in Rwanda Anne wanted only to get the education that would be the path to a better life. Instead she wound up in a prison in Rwanda, where women have for years been victims of extreme abortion laws. Today, Rwanda stands on the brink of transformation, and its women poised to reclaim […]
Salon: Imprisoned for giving birth By Irin Carmon “Only 43 percent of births in Kenya happen in a health facility (for reference, in 2009, 98.9 percent of births in the U.S. took place in a hospital). Meanwhile, Kenya’s last two demographic surveys, in 2003 and 2008, show a maternal mortality rate that is either stagnant […]
Rwandan President Must Decriminalize Abortion Advocates call on officials to further relax penalties for women who terminate their pregnancies, abortion providers (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights and Rwandan advocates are calling on President Paul Kagame to sign into law a new penal code that would remove criminal penalties for a woman who terminates […]