https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ATHENA-AIDSpub.jpg HIV-positive women increasingly face legal sanctions as a growing number of countries introduce legislation that would criminalize HIV transmission and exposure. This report outlines the ways in which these laws — rather than providing justice — harm and oppress women. The Center for Reproductive Rights assisted in drafting the report as part of the […]
Edited remarks from a speech given by Susana Chavez of Centro de la Mujer Peruana Flora Tristán at an October 22, 2003 briefing for the U.S. Congress about Breaking the Silence: The Global Gag Rule’s Impact on Unsafe Abortion Introduction My name is Susana Chavez, of the Peruvian women’s organization Flora Tristán. Flora Tristán does […]
(Press Release) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights applauded the Colombian Constitutional Court’s decision which strongly reaffirms a woman’s right to seek an abortion in Colombia, a country which until 2006 had outlawed abortion under all circumstances. In 2006, the court ruled that abortion must be permitted when a pregnancy threatens a woman’s life or […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/WA_Map_2007.jpg Currently, 61% of the world’s people live in countries where induced abortion is permitted either for a wide range of reasons or without restriction as to reason. In contrast, about 26% of all people reside in countries where abortion is generally prohibited. This factsheet illustrates the varying degrees to which countries worldwide permit access […]
The Center for Reproductive Rights submitted a shadow letter to the Human Rights Committee for its review of Ecuador during its 97th Session in October 2009. The letter highlights two structural issues in Ecuador: sexual violence against girls in schools and, limited or no access to essential reproductive and sexual health care services for adolescents. […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/descargar-pdf_1.png Información sobre el artículo: Términos claves: servicios de aborto, objeción de conciencia, el deber de remitir, responsabilidades legales de hospitales, límites de la objeción de conciencia, derechos de los pacientes, deberes profesionales Translated from: Cook, R.J, M. Arango Olaya & B. M. Dickens, “Healthcare Responsibilities and Conscientious Objection” (2009) 104 International Journal of Gynecology […]
El gobierno sigue negando a las mujeres el acceso al aborto legal Nueva York – El día de hoy, una peruana de 16 años de edad, quien sobrevivió a una violación y sufrió consecuencias devastadoras después de que se le negara un aborto, presentó una demanda contra el Estado peruano ante el Comité de Naciones […]
The Center was mentioned in Ms. Magazine about our newly filed case against Peru on behalf of a 16-year-old rape survivor who suffered devastating consequences after being denied an abortion in her country. Her petition has been submitted to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Request an interview or […]
UN Committee Rules Treaty Obligations Guarantee Reproductive Health Services (Updated 3.18.21) The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) ruled that Peru’s failure to guarantee access to essential reproductive health services, including legal abortion, violates international treaty obligations, including the obligation to eliminate discrimination against women in the field of health care and to […]
Government Continues to Refuse Women Access to Legal Abortion https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/hp_peru.jpg Today, a 16-year-old Peruvian rape survivor who suffered devastating consequences after being denied an abortion filed a human rights petition against her government before the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The CEDAW Committee monitors states’ compliance with the Convention […]