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.
In this New York Times piece, the Center’s Adriana Lamačkova comments on German abortion laws and the need for reform.
GENEVA, 15.04.2024 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today the Center for Reproductive Rights welcomed clear calls for major reform of German abortion law from the Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine. The Commission was tasked by the German Government to assess the regulation of abortion in Germany and make recommendations for reform. In its report issued […]
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 […]
Center and partners advocate for the removal of barriers to sexual and reproductive health care for refugees from Ukraine in some parts of the EU.
15.02.24 (STATEMENT) – The Center for Reproductive Rights welcomes the groundbreaking inclusion of legal guarantees for access to sexual and reproductive healthcare for survivors of sexual violence in new EU legislation on violence against women. This week, EU Member States formally endorsed the agreement reached between the EU institutions on a new EU Directive on violence […]
The Center’s report recommending actions by EU institutions to ensure continued progress on gender equality and SRHR.
The Center for Reproductive Rights engages with European multilateral bodies and policy makers to advance respect and protection for sexual and reproductive health and rights. We work to ensure that European Union institutions address shortcomings and deficits with regard to SRHR across the EU, as well as in countries around the world. We advocate for […]