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Center Leaders in Latin America Discuss Mexico Ruling Decriminalizing Abortion
Historic decision by Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice will increase abortion access nationwide and marks another victory for the Latin American Green Wave movement.
Historic decision by Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice will increase abortion access nationwide and marks another victory for the Latin American Green Wave movement.
September 7, 2023 – The green wave in Latin America has reached a new milestone: in a historic decision, Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) decriminalized abortion on the federal level, establishing that criminalization in the Federal Penal Code is a violation of the human rights of women and transgender and non-binary people. The ruling […]
Declaración, 6 de septiembre de 2023 – La marea verde en América Latina alcanzó un nuevo hito. En una decisión histórica, la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación de México (SCJN) ordenó eliminar el delito de aborto del Código Penal Federal por considerar que viola los derechos humanos de las mujeres y personas con […]
Declaración, 1 de septiembre de 2023 – Celebramos la histórica decisión de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN) en México, que declaró inconstitucionales tres artículos del Código Penal del Estado de Aguascalientes que penalizaban el aborto. Este es un hito en la defensa de los derechos sexuales y reproductivos, pues el tribunal […]
Hailed by the Mexican Supreme Court president Arturo Zaldívar as “a watershed in the history of the rights of all women, especially the most vulnerable,” the Court issued a ruling advancing abortion decriminalization ithroughout the country.
U.N. Committee: Russia and Slovakia Must Remove Waiting Periods and Other Barriers to Safe and Legal Abortion (PRESS RELEASE) The governments of Russia and Slovakia are undermining women’s human rights by introducing retrogressive barriers in access to safe and legal abortion, according to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (U.N. […]
The Center for Reproductive Rights is calling on the Russian government to reverse a recent string of unnecessary and dangerous abortion restrictions. Most recently, the Russian government has eliminated all social grounds for abortion between 12 and 22 weeks of pregnancy, with the exception of rape. Before this restriction was enacted, women could get an […]
Over the past decade, thousands of Latin American girls and adolescents have gone to school expecting to learn and grow in a safe, trustworthy environment. Instead, these innocent children have suffered sexual violence at the hands of the teachers, school officials, and staff charged with their education and care. On October 24, 2011, in a […]
(PRESS RELEASE) In response to a growing anti-choice movement in Russia that strongly resembles the so-called “pro-life” movement in the U.S., 150 women’s rights, reproductive health and human rights organizations and activists from around the world have joined forces, demanding that the Russian Parliament defeat newly proposed measures that will dramatically change current abortion law […]
This month, the Center for Reproductive Rights sent a strong letter in opposition to proposed legislative changes related to abortion that, if passed, would threaten Russian women’s rights, dignity, autonomy, and health. The letter was signed by a wide range of human rights and women’s organizations and individual endorsees. It was addressed to Russian government […]