The Center for Reproductive Rights and the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) filed suit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for refusing to release records related to a new division within the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) dedicated exclusively to enforcing refusal of care laws. HHS has refused to release information […]
Trump Administration’s Unconstitutional Contraception Rules Blocked by Federal Court (PRESS RELEASE) – In a victory for women’s health and reproductive rights, a federal judge in Pennsylvania today blocked the Trump administration from enforcing interim final rules that would allow virtually any employer or university to claim a religious or moral objection to refuse to cover contraception […]
Over a Half-Million Public Comments from Across the Country Submitted Opposing Contraception Rules Reproductive Rights Groups, Members of Congress and Allies Delivered Massive Wave of Public Comments on Meaningful Impact Contraception Coverage Has Had on Women’s Lives (Press Release) In a massive public comment submission effort, the Center for Reproductive Rights, along with more than […]
Statement from Nancy Northup, President & CEO of Center for Reproductive Rights, U.S. Supreme Court RE: Travel Ban (PRESS RELEASE) – “We are deeply dismayed that the Supreme Court has allowed this discriminatory travel ban to take effect while the case is pending. The Constitution and rule of law protect us all from intolerance and […]
(PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Senate began its confirmation hearings on Alex Azar for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), President Trump’s choice to fill a post vacated by Tom Price, who resigned following an allegation of his misuse of taxpayer money. Said Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights: “Anyone […]
San Francisco Board of Supervisors Calls for Expanded Access to Safe, Legal Reproductive Health Care Municipal resolution declares February “Women, Girls, and Transgender Women’s Health Month,” calls for passage of federal Women’s Health Protection Act (PRESS RELEASE) San Francisco Supervisor David Campos endorsed a municipal resolution today declaring February “Women, Girls, and Transgender Women’s Health […]
The Hill: Peace Corps volunteers deserve equal reproductive health care coverage By Julianna Gonen “Buried within the labyrinth that is the Congressional appropriations process lies a federal policy that has been discriminating against, harming, and disrespecting women serving in the Peace Corps for decades. Unlike virtually all other women receiving federal health care coverage—from federal […]
NPR All Things Considered: New Regulations Could Treat Virginia Abortion Clinics Like Hospitals By Kathy Lohr “This month marks the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the famed and widely cited case that legalized abortion. Yet across the country, states are continuing to approve restrictions. With little fanfare, Virginia and Michigan Republican governors recently signed […]
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 […]