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.
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, 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 […]
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 […]
The Center provides testimony on the dangers of glyphosate and other agrochemicals, an issue it has worked on for several years.
28.09.23 (DECLARACIÓN). La Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP) de Colombia ha dado un importante paso al abrir oficialmente el Macrocaso 11, que se enfocará en investigar la violencia basada en género, incluyendo la violencia reproductiva, que ha afectado a niñas, mujeres y personas LGBTIQ+ que sobrevivieron al conflicto armado en ese país. Esta nueva […]
The Green Wave reproductive rights movement advocates for expanded access to abortion throughout Latin America.
The Causa Justa Movement celebrates the Constitutional Court’s historic ruling to decriminalize abortion in Colombia with events and activities.
Regional Director Catalina Martínez Coral discusses her work expanding abortion access in Latin America and the Caribbean.