The Center for Reproductive Rights initiated this case in 2003 after then-Kansas Attorney General Phil Kline issued an opinion that construed the State’s child-abuse reporting statute to require doctors, nurses, school counselors, psychotherapists, and others to report as a potential victim of child abuse any adolescent under the age of 16 whom the provider suspected […]
The case challenged the sexual education curriculums in Croatia that are religious and ideology-based models. Such programs, while claiming to provide youth with tools to lead healthier and more moral lives, have failed to provide adolescents with objective, accurate and scientifically-based information on key reproductive health issues, including contraception, abortion and sexually transmitted diseases, including […]
An International Human Right: Sexuality Education for Adolescents in Schools https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/WEB_pub_fac_sexed_10.10.pdf
California Congresswoman Joins Center in Speaking Out against Disparities NEW YORK – Today, on the eve of International Women’s Day, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said the United States was falling short in its duty to eliminate persistent racial inequities in reproductive and sexual health care. Expressing concern that “wide […]
The Center has completed updating one of its signature publications, Bringing Rights to Bear. Initially published in 2002, Bringing Rights to Bear takes a long, hard look at the thousands of comments, statements, and recommendations produced by UN treaty-monitoring bodies, analyzing their potential for advancing reproductive rights. Our 2008 update, produced as a series of […]
The Center has completed updating one of its signature publications, Bringing Rights to Bear. Initially published in 2002, Bringing Rights to Bear takes a long, hard look at the thousands of comments, statements, and recommendations produced by UN treaty-monitoring bodies, analyzing their potential for advancing reproductive rights. Our 2008 update, produced as a series of […]