Embryo Personhood and Custody
Arizona Law Granting “Personhood” to Fetuses Blocked in Court
07.11.2022 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, a federal district court granted a request by Arizona abortion providers, physicians, and advocacy groups to prevent a 2021 law that grants “personhood” rights to fetuses, embryos, and fertilized eggs from being used to criminalize abortion services. After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, all abortion providers stopped services […]
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Speak Out Now Against Health Care Discrimination
Today, the Trump administration continued chipping away at civil rights protections by proposing a rule that endorses discrimination in health care settings—putting patients’ lives and health at risk. This rule, published by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), rolls back the Affordable Care Act’s Health Care Rights Law, the first broad prohibition of […]
“They Are Girls, Not Mothers”—Protecting Sexual Abuse Victims from Forced Pregnancy and Childbirth (UN Human Rights Committee)
These cases against Guatemala, Nicaragua and Ecuador were brought on behalf of four girls—each age 14 or younger—who were raped and forced to give birth. The cases argue that by failing to protect these sexual abuse victims, the countries violated their human rights.
Lambda Legal, Center for Reproductive Rights and Americans United Sue Trump Administration to Block Denial of Care Rule
Lambda Legal, CRR, and Americans United Sue Trump Administration to Block Denial of Care Rule https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/us_3_0.jpg (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Lambda Legal, and Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed a lawsuit challenging the “Denial of Care” Rule issued earlier this month by the U.S. Department of Health […]
Colombia: The Right to True and Accurate Information
Colombia: The Right to True and Accurate Information A decision is expected at any time on a Colombian Constitutional Court case revolving around women’s fundamental right to information on sexual and reproductive health care. Back in May the Center for Reproductive Rights submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in the case filed by Women’s Link Worldwide (WLW), […]
In Focus: Uganda
In Focus: Uganda The Center for Reproductive Rights has embarked on a series of new projects in Uganda as part of its wider work in the African region. Working to highlight reproductive rights violations in the country, the Center has researched and submitted two shadow letters on the current state of reproductive rights in Uganda. […]
UN Concluding Observations: Russia, 2011
The U.N. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights released their concluding observations from the 46th session on the fifth periodic report of the Russian Federation on May 20, 2011. The Center for Reproductive Rights welcomes the Committee’s concluding observations (see 30 &,37) calling on Russia to increase availability and knowledge of family planning services, […]
UN Concluding Observations: The Republic of Moldova
The U.N. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights released their concluding observations from the 46th session on the second periodic report of the Republic of Moldova on July 12, 2011. The Center for Reproductive Rights welcomes the Committee’s recommendations (see 27) on the need for a special course on sexual and reproductive health rights […]
CRR Spotlights Abuses against HIV+ Women in Chile
On June 21, the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Chilean HIV/AIDS group VIVO POSITIVO will present the findings of the report Dignity Denied: Violations of the Rights of HIV Positive Women in Chilean Health Facilities at the University of Chile Law School in Santiago. Abused inside the walls of the very institutions which should […]