Currently, no state or federal laws require minors to get parental consent in order to get contraception. Increasingly, however, proposals are being introduced to restrict teens’ access to reproductive health care by calling for parental consent or notification. Examples of Minors Who Would Face Harm Teens in a variety of […]
Landmark Ruling Will Help Protect Schoolgirls from Sexual Violence Throughout Latin America
New York – The Center for Reproductive Rights today condemned passage of the bill called “Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act” by the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation makes it a federal crime for any person, other than a parent or guardian, to help a teenager cross state lines to obtain an abortion, unless she […]
United States Goes Before U.N. Human Rights Committee Geneva – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights urged the United States to uphold the legal pledge it made under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), an international human rights treaty established in 1966 by members of the United Nations. The Center called on […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/FGM_cover.jpg “Our position is that FC/FGM must be acknowledged as a violation of the human rights of women and girls – it cannot be separated from deep-seated and pervasive discrimination against women.” “This practical guide is intended for advocates working to stop the practice of FC/FGM. Its objective is to assist advocates in their efforts […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_mas_alla_small_0.gif What is the role of law in transforming women’s lives in Latin America? Have recent legal reforms made a difference for women’s equality and access to justice? Are there effective mechanisms for defending women’s rights? This Spanish-language book responds, from various national perspectives, to these and other questions related to the role of law […]
Judge Rules that “Kiss and Tell” Law Will Drive Teens Away from Seeking Medical Care New York, NY- Today, the U.S. District Court of the District of Kansas stopped the Kansas Attorney General from enforcing a legal interpretation that threatens to intrude upon teenagers’ medical privacy under the pretext of protecting them from child abuse. […]
New York, NY—Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights testified before the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC), informing the panel of the U.S. government’s failures to protect women’s reproductive rights as covered in the principal treaty defending civil and political rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).”We are once again at a […]
Landmark Settlement Reached in Case of 13-year-old Mexican Rape Victim Denied Abortion Washington, DC, March 8, — the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners in Mexico, Alaide Foppa and GIRE (Information Group on Reproductive Choice), will sign a friendly settlement with the Mexican government in a case brought before the Inter-American Commission for Human […]
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