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New York Times Letter to the Editor: ‘Beatriz’ of El Salvador, Denied a Lifesaving Abortion
New York Times Letter to the Editor: ‘Beatriz’ of El Salvador, Denied a Lifesaving Abortion To the Editor: Re “Salvador Court Denies Abortion to Ailing Woman, Citing Strict Prohibition” (news article, May 30) and “A [...]
Repro Rights Are Human Rights
Six months pregnant and feeling unwell, a poor woman goes to a state-run clinic in Rio de Janeiro for help—and is turned away. A week later, she is dead. Halfway around the world, in Hungary, [...]
Human Rights Body Hears Firsthand Accounts of Fear and Danger Caused by U.S. Abortion Bans
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights holds first hearing on U.S. abortion access since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion.
CRR Celebrates 20 Years
CRR Celebrates 20 Years Twenty years ago on June 15, 1992, the Center for Reproductive Rights opened its doors. A small team of lawyers had a vision to start an organization that coalesced around the [...]
Center to Argue at Inter-American Court of Human Rights for Salvadoran Woman Imprisoned After Suffering Obstetric Emergency
The Center and its partner in El Salvador are presenting arguments in the Manuela v. El Salvador case.
Contraception at the UN
A powerful new UN statement demands that women have access to affordable, quality contraceptive services and information. The evidence is staggering. Never has there been so much data about the impact contraception can have—the [...]
IACHR Explores Human Rights Violations of U.S. Abortion Bans
Watch the replay of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights hearing with testimony by the Center and its partners on rights violations resulting from the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Inter-American Court of Human Rights Ruling Will Help Protect Women Seeking Reproductive Health Care, Including Abortion
Ruling in case brought by the Center and partners holds El Salvador responsible for the death of Manuela, a woman imprisoned after an obstetric emergency.
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
Human Rights Day 2010
December 10 is Human Rights Day and a time to remind the world of the importance of taking a stand for reproductive rights. Sixty-two years ago this December, the U.N. adopted the Universal Declaration of [...]
Inter-American Court of Human Rights Orders El Salvador Government to Allow Pregnant Woman with Critical Complications Access to Life-saving Health Care
IACHR Orders El Salvador Government to Allow Pregnant Woman Access to Life-Saving Health Care (PRESS RELEASE) Just hours after the Salvadoran Supreme Court denied a potentially life-saving abortion for a woman with serious complications in [...]
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Hold Hearing on Rights Violations of U.S. Abortion Bans
Watch the November 8 livestream of testimony by the Center and its partners at the IACHR’s public hearing examining the grave human rights violations resulting from the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
The CEDAW Committee Urges States to Protect and Promote Sexual and Reproductive Rights
In July 2011, the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) urged the governments of Nepal, Costa Rica, and Zambia to improve their record on reproductive rights. The Center for Reproductive Rights, [...]
Unhealthy Initiatives
The Center for Reproductive Rights urges voters to reject anti-choice ballot measures in Colorado, North Dakota, and Tennessee. This Election Day, November 4, three states will be voting on ballot initiatives that would dangerously restrict [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
