Fighting for Women in Ireland https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_ireland_6.13.13.jpg On Nov 13, the Center for Reproductive Rights joined with the Irish organization Doctors for Choice to stand with three women who were forced to leave the country to terminate pregnancies that had no chance of survival and posed health risks. The Irish Times interviewed one of the women […]
U.N. Report Links Adolescent Pregnancy to Human Rights Failures, Calls on States to Address Contributing Issues (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights commended the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today for linking adolescent pregnancy to an underlying failure to fulfill young women’s human rights in its new flagship report. In the report, The State […]
Texas passed House Bill 2 in 2013, which requires that abortion providers obtain admitting privileges at local hospitals and mandates a medically obsolete method of medication abortion. Laws that require abortion providers to have admitting privileges at hospitals or to use outdated protocols when providing medication abortions are contrary to current medical standards, and the […]
Contraceptive Access Case Filed In Supreme Court of Nepal Last month, the first case to be developed by the Center for Reproductive Rights’ South Asia Reproductive Justice and Accountability Initiative (SARJAI) was filed in the Supreme Court of Nepal. The public interest case, filed by SARJAI fellow and Nepali lawyer Sarmila Shrestha with support from […]
The Costa Rican government ignored its laws and inflicted brutal suffering on a woman who had every right to a legal abortion. Aurora was on the way to her friend’s house when the bleeding started. She was pregnant. The visit with her friend was supposed to be celebratory, as she planned to announce that she […]
In a recent set of articles, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat once again puts his foot in his mouth when he argues that abortion restrictions can be compatible with gender equality. To illustrate his point, he cites countries in Europe, where second- and third-trimester abortions are restricted, and is particularly obsessed with Ireland, where […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_FH_Uganda_stakes_are_high.jpg The Stakes are High Maureen, a maternal health advocate in Uganda, lost her young cousin under tragic, but entirely preventable circumstances. The young woman learned that she was pregnant when she was a first year in university. Because abortion is highly stigmatized in Uganda and the law is unclear to most of the population, including […]
Hodes &, Nauser MDs, P.A., et al. v. Schmidt, et al.: Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2013-07-26-KS-Tax-and-Tricks-Plaintiffs-Motion-for-Summary-Judgment.pdf
Hodes &, Nauser MDs, P.A., et al. v. Schmidt, et al.: Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2013-07-26-KS-Tax-and-Tricks-Memo-of-Law-in-Support-of-Plaintiffs-Motion-for-SJ.pdf
Second Amended Complaint: JWHO v. Currier https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2013-07-02-MS-2nd-Amended-Complaint-with-Exhibits.pdf