Center Continues Fight Against Anti-Abortion Extremists
Extremists’ latest tactic: Intimidating pregnant people traveling out of state for abortion care.
Extremists’ latest tactic: Intimidating pregnant people traveling out of state for abortion care.
Actions crucial as SCOTUS considers the future of U.S. abortion rights.
1 de diciembre de 2021 — El Centro de Derechos Reproductivos y la Colectiva Feminista para el Desarrollo Local, con el acompañamiento de la Agrupación Ciudadana por la Despenalización del Aborto, lograron que la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Corte IDH) declarara responsable al Estado salvadoreño por las violaciones de derechos humanos de las que […]
11.30.2021 – (PRESS STATEMENT) Today, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights announced a ruling in the case of Manuela v. El Salvador ordering the State of El Salvador to reform its legal and health care policies that criminalize women for seeking reproductive health care. The case was brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights, the […]
The Biden-Harris administration took a significant step forward last week in reversing the Trump administration’s harmful policies undermining gender equity and equality when it committed to promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights in the United States and around the world. The commitment, made March 17 before the UN Human Rights Council, was in response to recommendations made at the U.S.’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in November. The UPR is a comprehensive human rights review conducted by U.N. […]
On March 17, 2021, the Center for Reproductive Rights and co-sponsoring organizations made remarks at the UN Human Rights Council commending the United States for supporting recommendations related to sexual and reproductive rights received in the course of its 3rd Universal Periodic Review, and urging robust implementation of the recommendations. The Center for Reproductive Rights […]
President Joseph Biden has rescinded the “Global Gag Rule”—a devastating anti-abortion policy that undermined the health and rights of women around the world. The rule denied funding for foreign organizations providing abortion information or services. The president took the action as part of a series of executive orders aimed to improve access to affordable health […]
U.S. Peer Review at the UN Human Rights Council Scheduled for November 9 In preparation for the upcoming Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United States’ human rights record before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the Center for Reproductive Rights and a coalition of rights organizations have urged Member States to consider concerns […]
The Center for Reproductive Rights and ally organizations take a petition to the government demanding anti-abortion billboards come down UPDATE: SUCCESS! The billboards came down in May. The Nairobi County Government responded to our request, removing the inaccurate and inflammatory anti-abortion billboards that had been erected throughout Nairobi. We applaud the government’s commitment to upholding […]
Under the Global Gag Rule, the U.S. is turning its back on the human rights of women and girls around the world. Denying access to abortion does not stop women and girls from seeking abortion services, it just makes the procedure less safe and contributes to maternal mortality. This fact sheet outlines how the Global […]