Expert Panel Calls on Germany to Legalize Abortion in First 12 Weeks
In this New York Times piece, the Center’s Adriana Lamačkova comments on German abortion laws and the need for reform.
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 […]
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 […]
01.17.24 (PRESS RELEASE, GENEVA) – Amnesty International, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Women’s Link Worldwide and Front Line Defenders welcome today’s court decision acquitting human rights defender Vanessa Mendoza Cortés, President of the women’s rights organisation Stop Violence (Stop Violències), of a ‘crime against the prestige of the institutions’. Vanessa Mendoza Cortes should not be […]
Decision-makers must take urgent steps to repeal the near total ban on abortion.
Issued by Amnesty International, Center for Reproductive Rights, and Women’s Link
17 October 2023 (PRESS RELEASE) Geneva – Today, the European Parliament held a plenary debate on the situation of refugee women from Ukraine, including their access to sexual and reproductive health and rights. The debate addressed the serious barriers refugee women from Ukraine continue to face in some member states when they need sexual and […]