Media Highlights: Challenging Honduras’s Abortion Ban in Fausia’s Case
News and media highlights on the case.
News and media highlights on the case.
After becoming pregnant as a result of rape, an indigenous woman and human rights defender was denied emergency contraception and abortion care and was forced to give birth against her will.
Tegucigalpa, abril 10 de 2024. (Comunicado de prensa) – Por primera vez en la historia, Honduras es llevado ante la ONU por la prohibición absoluta del aborto. El Centro de Derechos Reproductivos y el Centro de Derechos de Mujeres presentaron el caso de Fausia ante el Comité de Derechos Humanos de la Organización de Naciones […]
Tegucigalpa, April 10, 2024. (Press release) – For the first time in history, Honduras is brought before the UN for its absolute ban on abortion. The Center for Reproductive Rights and the Centro de Derechos de la Mujer (CDM) presented Fausia’s case to the UN Human Rights Committee with the aim of seeking justice on […]
La prohibición absoluta del aborto es una violación a los derechos fundamentales de esas niñas.
Case of Britez Arce et. al. v. Argentina Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2022) Issue: Obstetric violence in Latin America and the Caribbean Center Position: Obstetric violence is a form of gender-based violence. This case concerned a pregnant Argentinian woman, Cristina Britez Arce, whose death resulted from inadequate medical treatment. The Center filed an amicus […]
For too long, women in Costa Rica have been denied legal abortion services—help us fight back. Your voice counts – sign the petition now to urge the Costa Rican government to permit women to receive the medical care they need. 10.12.17 – When Aurora, a Costa Rican woman, and her husband found out she was […]
La nueva Hoja Informativa del Centro de Derechos Reproductivos presenta la decisión de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (en adelante Corte IDH) el Caso Artavia Murillo y Otros (“Fecundación in Vitro) v. Costa Rica resuelta por la Corte en diciembre de 2012. En este caso, nueve parejas que padecían de infertilidad presentaron una petición […]
Access to EC in Latin America Takes Center Stage at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Center for Reproductive Rights Participates In Public Hearing Addressing Restrictions on Emergency Contraception at the 149th Period of Sessions of the Commission (PRESS RELEASE) Healthcare professionals, lawyers, policymakers, and reproductive health advocates are gathering today in Washington, D.C. to […]
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 […]