Conviction of Polish Human Rights Defender Sets Dangerous Precedent
The Center condemns the conviction of Justyna Wydrzyńska for helping a woman access abortion medication.
The Center condemns the conviction of Justyna Wydrzyńska for helping a woman access abortion medication.
Council of Europe Decision Calls on Poland to Immediately Grant Women Access to Legal Abortion Care and Services (PRESS RELEASE)The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe today called on Poland to immediately put in place, without further delay, long overdue effective processes for women’s access to legal abortion care. The Committee of Ministers […]
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https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_FH_poland_mother_daughter.jpg Pursuit of Justice The story of Polish daughter and mother P and S is deeply complicated. P, a teenager, was raped and became pregnant as a consequence. She wanted to terminate the pregnancy and had a right to under Poland’s laws. But powerful forces—doctors, judges, clergymen, and the police—bonded by a culture of hostility […]
Uphill Battle for Ireland’s New Abortion Law https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_FS_irishflag.jpg The death of Savita Halappanavar in Galway, Ireland, last October created a national uproar in the country, and a call for greater clarity around a longstanding Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion when a woman’s life is at risk. More than 20 years have passed since that […]
The Monitoring Tool provides a means to monitor the implementation of specific State obligations in the field of reproductive rights. The tool outlines State obligations under international and regional human rights law on a range of reproductive rights issues—freedom from discrimination, contraceptive information and services, safe pregnancy and childbirth, abortion and post-abortion care, comprehensive sexuality […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/poland_header_ECHR.jpg The world became a better place by Johanna Westeson, Regional Director for Europe at the Center for Reproductive Rights In a notorious case a 14-year-old Polish woman was repeatedly denied abortion after having been raped. A gross violation of her human rights, the European Court of Human Rights has now stated. Johanna Westeson, Center […]
Strasbourg Observers: P and S v. Poland – Adolescence, vulnerability, and reproductive autonomy By Johanna Westeson, Regional Director for Europe, Center for Reproductive Rights This week, the European Court of Human Rights issued its decision in P and S v. Poland, a case of a Polish teenager who became pregnant as a result of rape […]
Spain and Romania Backslide on Abortion by Nancy Northup, President & CEO at the Center for Reproductive Rights https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_HP_image_WHO_OpEd.jpg In recent decades—as an overwhelming preponderance of evidence has established an inextricable link between the availability of safe, legal means of ending a pregnancy and the fulfillment of women’s right to health—many governments worldwide have wisely […]