The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe—the main human rights watchdog for the continent—released a new report on women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights. Releasing the report, Nils Muižnieks, the Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe, bravely stated that “women’s sexual and reproductive rights are human rights” and called on European governments […]
New Report: Roma Women Experience Discrimination, Receive Poor Reproductive Health Care In Slovakia European Union Pledges 500 Million Euros Towards Gender Equality Fund (PRESS RELEASE) Roma women living in Slovakia report facing discrimination, segregation and abuse when obtaining reproductive health services, according to a new report from the Center for Reproductive Rights and Slovak organization […]
The Center for Reproductive Rights submitted a complaint today in federal court in the District Court of the District of Columbia challenging interim final rules released last week by the Trump administration that threaten to curtail access to birth control coverage for thousands of women. The rules—which were issued by the Departments of Health and […]
The Center for Reproductive Rights respectfully submits the following testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance in strong opposition to the Graham-Cassidy-HellerJohnson proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act and reform health care. https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/CRR_SFC-Testimony-on-Graham-Cassidy.pdf
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(Revised 9.20.21) This case, filed on behalf of a woman’s health care provider in federal district court by the Center for Reproductive Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the ACLU of Arkansas, is a challenge to four abortion restrictions passed in Arkansas in 2017. The challenged laws would completely prevent many people from […]
On September 17, 2015, the High Court of Kenya issued a groundbreaking judgment in the case of Millicent Awuor (Maimuna) & Margaret Anyoso Oliele v. Attorney General and others, Constitutional Petition No. 562 of 2012. This decision recognized that the detention and abuse of women who are unable to pay for maternity services at Kenyan […]