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U.S. Repro Watch, August 8 card link

U.S. Repro Watch, August 8

Native Hawaiian midwives can resume providing care, Iowa abortion ban takes effect, and other news on U.S. reproductive rights.

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New Study Confirms That the Texas Abortion Ban “Is Responsible” for a Rise in Infant Deaths

Deaths from fetal anomalies increased 23% after Texas’s six-week ban took effect in 2021.

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,United States,Reporting on Rights,Center in the Spotlight

Iowa Abortion Ban Will Take Effect on Monday

7.26.24 (PRESS STATEMENT) – On Monday, July 29, an extreme six-week abortion ban is set to take effect in Iowa. This will mean that 18 states now ban abortion entirely or as early as six [...]

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Guatemala tiene una oportunidad histórica para demostrar su compromiso con los derechos de las mujeres y las niñas

Ciudad de Guatemala, 26 de julio de 2024 - (Comunicado de prensa). Esta semana, la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) realizó su visita “in loco” a Guatemala para observar la situación de derechos humanos, [...]

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Court Rules Native Hawaiian Midwives Can Resume Providing Care

In Center case defending reproductive autonomy, Court temporarily blocks law preventing traditional midwives from providing pregnancy and birth care in their communities.

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Factsheet Examines the Impact of India’s Laws on Adolescents’ Access to Abortion Care  card link

Factsheet Examines the Impact of India’s Laws on Adolescents’ Access to Abortion Care 

Law designed to protect minors has created a chilling effect on adolescent access to safe abortion services.

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Court Rules in Favor of Native Hawaiian Midwives

07.24.2024 (PRESS RELEASE) – Yesterday, a Hawai‘i state court temporarily blocked part of the Midwifery Restriction Law, which prevents pregnant people in Hawai‘i from using traditional midwives for their pregnancies and births, as they have [...]

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Olympics-host France Leads on Liberalizing Abortion

2024 is not only the year France hosts the Summer Olympics but it also marks the year the country became the first ever to explicitly protect abortion in its constitution.

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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U.S. Repro Watch, July 24

Battles over November state ballot initiatives, Iowa abortion ban to take effect, and more news on U.S. reproductive rights.

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Preliminary Injunction: Kahoʻohanohano v. State of Hawaiʻi

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Esterilizaciones forzadas en Perú: condenan a un médico, pero la impunidad persiste

Lima, Perú. 19 de julio del 2024 (Comunicado de prensa). DEMUS - Estudio para la Defensa de la Mujer, el Comité de América Latina y el Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos de [...]

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Climate Justice, Environmental Justice, and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

This position paper from the Center for Reproductive Rights highlights the intersections between climate justice, environmental justice, and SRHR.

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Política Exterior Feminista y Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.