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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 […]
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 […]
Forced Pregnancy Testing: Blatant Discrimination and a Gross Violation of Human Rights by Onyema Afulukwe, Legal Adviser for Africa at the Center for Reproductive Rights Earlier this month, news spread of a Louisiana charter school’s policy that would have allowed faculty to force any student suspected of being pregnant to take a pregnancy test—and, if […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/tcidt-feat-img.jpeg A woman living with HIV in Chile is forcibly sterilized while unconscious and undergoing a cesarean delivery. A Kenyan woman, along with her newborn child, is detained for weeks by hospital staff in miserable conditions. Her crime is poverty, she has no money to pay her medical bill. In Peru, a young girl lives […]
On June 6, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights launched a pioneering inquiry into human rights violations that occur when women seek reproductive healthcare. The inquiry is a result of extensive advocacy by the Center and the Federation of Women Lawyers – Kenya (FIDA Kenya), including a petition requesting an official inquiry. The Center […]
Since 1992, the Center’s innovative legal work has fundamentally transformed the landscape of reproductive health and rights worldwide, and has already strengthened laws and policies in more than 50 countries. CRR in the Field is a personal look at the various ways Center staff interacts with plaintiffs, policy makers, governing bodies, and supporters at home […]
The Center Spotlights Reproductive Rights at the XVII International AIDS Conference Human rights, including reproductive rights, must be at the center of the fight against HIV/AIDS. The Center for Reproductive Rights will be taking that message to the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on August 1 – 8. The conference is the world’s […]