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 […]
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, 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 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), […]
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 […]
Costa Rica’s proposed bill on in vitro fertilization (IVF) violates international human rights standards, according to a brief the Center submitted to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on November 18. Even though IVF has helped countless couples around the world have children they desperately want, Costa Rica has outlawed it since 2000. The […]
The Costa Rican media recently reported1 that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights communicated report No. 85/10, the preliminary report for Case 12.361, to Costa Rica on August 23, 2010. This report establishes that decision No. 2306 of 2000 of the Costa Rican Constitutional Court, prohibiting in vitro fertilization (hereinafter IVF) violated the right to […]
Plaintiffs respectfully submit this memorandum of law in support of their motion for civil contempt against Defendant (hereinafter “the FDA”) based on the FDA‟s failure to make any meaningful efforts to comply with the portion of this Court‟s March 23, 2009 Order directing it to reconsider its denial of the Citizen Petition submitted by Plaintiffs […]
(PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights is honored to be named one of the top high-impact organizations working on women’s reproductive health, rights, and justice by the philanthropic organization Philanthropedia. This year, Philanthropedia surveyed a large group of funders, researchers, nonprofit senior staff and government officials who have an average of 18 years in […]
In this action, CRR represents Dr. J. Christopher Carey as part of our ongoing efforts to protect the ability of physicians to obtain abortion training, and to perform abortion procedures without undue government interference. Filing date: , 08/18/2005 State: Arizona Plaintiff(s): , J. Christopher Carey, MD Center Attorney(s): , Janet Crepps, Suzanne Novak, Michelle Movahed […]