Defense Bill Includes Provision Lifting the Ban on Military Abortion Coverage in Cases of Rape and Incest Bill needs final vote in each chamber before heading to President Obama’s desk (PRESS RELEASE) Conferees from the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have advanced a reconciled version of the FY2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that […]
Philippines Passes Reproductive Health Bill that Guarantees Access to Modern Contraceptives A reproductive health bill that has been in the making for more than a decade was passed in both the Philippines House of Representatives and the Senate. The House and Senate reconciled their respective versions of the bill last month and President Benigno Aquino […]
Gov. Ricky Perry’s Abortion Obsession https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_FS_PERRY.jpg Texas has some of the most abysmal reproductive health indicators in the U.S. It ranks #4 in highest teenage pregnancy rates, yet Texas still chose to slash the budget for family-planning services by two-thirds. Texas teens rank at or near the bottom in the percentage use of every major […]
Extreme Anti-Choice Legislation to Head to Michigan Governor’s Desk Center for Reproductive Rights calls on Governor Snyder to veto bill that could shutter clinics and restricts access to abortion for poor and rural women (PRESS RELEASE) Today the Michigan Senate voted 27 to 10 to approve an extreme anti-choice measure, which includes provisions that prohibit […]
Texas Governor Sets Top Priority for 2013: Violating Women’s Reproductive Rights Proposed legislation would impose unconstitutional ban on abortion with complete disregard for women’s individual medical needs (PRESS RELEASE) Texas Governor Rick Perry announced today that one of his top priorities for the 2013 legislative session will be a proposed bill banning all abortions at […]
Anti-choice License Plate Suspended https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_FS_NC_license_plate.jpg A federal court halted North Carolina’s offering of an anti-choice license plate to state drivers, according to a story in the Fayetteville Observer: “This court concludes … that the state’s offering of a Choose Life license plate in the absence of a pro-choice plate constitutes viewpoint discrimination in violation of […]
Wall Street Journal: Abortion Clinic Presses to Stay Open By Cameron McWhirter “Mississippi’s only abortion clinic says it won’t be able to meet a requirement of a new state law that tightens regulations for abortion providers, and has asked a federal judge to prevent state officials from revoking its license. The law, passed by the […]
The so-called personhood movement threatens the human and reproductive rights of women by giving rights to a fertilized egg. The Center has assembled information and strategies to help advocates, legislators, and others beat back these harmful proposals. https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_PersonhoodPapers_BriefingPaper.pdf https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_PersonhoodPapers_ExecutiveSummary.pdf https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_PersonhoodPapers_TalkingPoints.pdf https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_PersonhoodPapers_8KeyPoints.pdf
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_FH_HRD_Personhood.jpg People in need of protection That is where the passion and commitment of human rights defenders lies. They safeguard people of certain races or ethnicities, women, sexual minorities—all of whom have faced violations of their rights in one form or another. The anti-choice movement is aggressive and relentless in its efforts across the globe […]
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 […]