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In the face of ongoing, aggressive attacks on reproductive freedom in 2014, we continued to give our all to protect women’s fundamental rights—with big results. Keep up the momentum in 2015. Donate today. Here are [...]
Moving in a New Direction: A Proactive State Policy Resource for Promoting Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice
Moving in a New Direction: A Proactive State Policy Resource for Promoting Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice showcases proactive policy solutions that reflect the innovation, commitment, and vision of our movements for reproductive health, rights, [...]
Stuart et al. v. Loomis et al.: Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision
On December 22, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit permanently blocked a 2011 North Carolina law that would force women to undergo a narrated ultrasound before receiving abortion care.
Dominican Republic Decriminalizes Abortion in Limited Circumstances
Dominican Republic Decriminalizes Abortion in Limited Circumstances (PRESS RELEASE) President Danilo Medina of the Dominican Republic signed the country’s amended Penal Code on Friday that will finally allow women access to safe abortion services in [...]
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Coercive North Carolina Ultrasound Law
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Coercive North Carolina Ultrasound Law Forcing narrated ultrasounds on women seeking abortion care violates U.S. Constitution, court rules (PRESS RELEASE) In a unanimous decision, the United States Court of Appeals [...]
Dominican Republic Set to Allow Abortion in Limited Circumstances
Dominican Republic Set to Allow Abortion in Limited Circumstances (PRESS RELEASE) The Dominican Republic Chamber of Deputies has agreed to amend the country’s Penal Code to allow abortion in cases of rape or incest, or when [...]
Imprisoned in Malaysia After Legal Abortion
Imprisoned in Malaysia After Legal Abortion UPDATE: Following her conviction in November 2014, Nirmala’s case was appealed to the Penang High Court earlier this month. The judge determined that because she was not provided adequate [...]
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Dominican Republic Reinforces Harmful Abortion Ban With New Penal Code
Dominican Republic Reinforces Harmful Abortion Ban With New Penal Code (PRESS RELEASE) Despite more than 90,000 unsafe abortions occurring in the Dominican Republic each year and decades of international human rights law establishing a woman’s [...]
Warning: Pregnancy May Be Harmful to Your Civil Rights
Warning: Pregnancy May Be Harmful to Your Civil Rights “At no point in her pregnancy should a woman lose her civil and human rights,” assert the authors of a recent op-ed in the New York [...]
12 Countries Call on El Salvador to Decriminalize Abortion
12 Countries Call on El Salvador to Decriminalize Abortion (PRESS RELEASE) Twelve countries denounced the criminalization of abortion in El Salvador this week as part of the Universal Periodic Review of the country currently being [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Statements on 2014 Anti-Choice Ballot Initiative Results
Center for Reproductive Rights Statements on 2014 Anti-Choice Ballot Initiative Results (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights issued the following statements on the defeat of anti-choice ballot measures in Colorado and North Dakota and [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
