The Center for Reproductive Rights and ally organizations take a petition to the government demanding anti-abortion billboards come down UPDATE: SUCCESS! The billboards came down in May. The Nairobi County Government responded to our request, removing the inaccurate and inflammatory anti-abortion billboards that had been erected throughout Nairobi. We applaud the government’s commitment to upholding […]
Center for Reproductive Rights Condemns State Department for Dropping Reproductive Rights from Human Rights Reports New reports strip analysis of reproductive health and rights around the world, signaling clear disregard for women and girls (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights called on the State Department to issue complete reports after stripping reporting on […]
Over 250 Reproductive, Civil and Human Rights Organizations Call on ICE to Discontinue Policy on Detaining Pregnant Indi Center for Reproductive Rights, ACLU, American Immigration Council, Women’s Refugee Commission and Others Urge Administration to Reinstitute a Presumption That Pregnant Individuals Should be Released from Detention (PRESS RELEASE) Today, a broad coalition of over 250 civil […]
Trump Administration to Strip Mention of Reproductive Health and Rights in State Department Human Rights Report Move would signal clear disregard for women and reproductive rights around the world In the latest move of a long string of attacks by the Trump administration on women’s health and rights, the State Department has been directed to […]
Global human rights advocates call on Romanian government to reject extreme proposal (PRESS RELEASE) Nearly 40 international and European human rights organizations have joined together to urge Romanian officials to reject a proposed law that would create significant barriers for women seeking an abortion—including forcing women to endure biased counseling at “pregnancy crisis counseling offices” […]
In August 2011, the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners filed an amicus brief to the European Court of Human Rights in support of Joëlle Gauer and Others —five women with mental disabilities in France who were forcibly sterilized—arguing that forced sterilization constitutes a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights. Download the […]
In August 2011, the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners filed an amicus brief to the European Court of Human Rights in support of Joëlle Gauer and Others —five women with mental disabilities in France who were forcibly sterilized—arguing that forced sterilization constitutes a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights. Case filed: […]
Costa Rica’s proposed bill on in vitro fertilization (IVF) violates international human rights standards, according to a brief the Center submitted to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on November 18. Even though IVF has helped countless couples around the world have children they desperately want, Costa Rica has outlawed it since 2000. The […]
The Costa Rican media recently reported1 that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights communicated report No. 85/10, the preliminary report for Case 12.361, to Costa Rica on August 23, 2010. This report establishes that decision No. 2306 of 2000 of the Costa Rican Constitutional Court, prohibiting in vitro fertilization (hereinafter IVF) violated the right to […]
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