https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ATHENA-AIDSpub.jpg HIV-positive women increasingly face legal sanctions as a growing number of countries introduce legislation that would criminalize HIV transmission and exposure. This report outlines the ways in which these laws — rather than providing justice — harm and oppress women. The Center for Reproductive Rights assisted in drafting the report as part of the […]
GAO Report to Congressional Requesters November 2005 FDA Decision Process to Deny Initial Application for Over-the-Counter Marketing of Emergency Contraceptive Drug Plan B Was Unusual https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/GAO-06-109.pdf
Annie Tummino, 26, works at Realbirth, a childbirth education and post-partum support center in New York City. She is also chair of the Women’s Liberation Birth Control Project, and has been a coordinator with the Morning-after Pill Conspiracy since 2004. She is a plaintiff in the Center’s case against the Food and Drug Administration. The […]
Nancy Northup calls on President Obama to restore scientific integrity to federal policy decisions regarding women’s reproductive rights, including access to emergency contraception. “After eight years of the Bush administration undermining women’s health, Nancy Northup’s new blog on the Huffington Post looks at the need for President Obama to restore scientific integrity to federal policy […]
Nancy Northup calls for greater access to emergency contraception for American servicewomen overseas. “Despite last week’s victory against the FDA, military facilities are not required to stock Plan B, making the drug difficult to access for American servicewomen overseas.” The Hill Blog, March 30, 2009Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights Chalk one up for […]
UN Committee Rules Treaty Obligations Guarantee Reproductive Health Services (Updated 3.18.21) The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) ruled that Peru’s failure to guarantee access to essential reproductive health services, including legal abortion, violates international treaty obligations, including the obligation to eliminate discrimination against women in the field of health care and to […]
After the Center’s victory against the FDA in March, last week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it will clear the way for Plan B’s manufacturers’ to make the “morning-after pill” available without a prescription to 17-year-olds. The FDA will also reconsider its previous decision to limit over-the-counter access to the emergency contraceptive […]
FDA Says Will Not Appeal New York Federal Court Decision Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it will clear the way for Plan B’s manufacturers’ to make the “morning-after pill” available without a prescription to 17-year-olds. The FDA will also reconsider its previous decision to limit over-the-counter access to the emergency contraceptive […]
The Center for Reproductive Rights has just launched two campaigns on Facebook Causes, a great online networking tool that enables people to take action on issues they care about by raising awareness, fundraising, and advocating for change. The first – Support Abortion Access for Women in the Military – urges the Obama Administration to allow […]
Plan B may be legal, and—after the Center’s tremendous victory against the FDA last week—it may be more available than ever before. But many women still can’t get it. Case in point: female troops in the U.S. military In a March 30 blog posting on The Hill, Center President Nancy Northup points out that […]