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 […]
Published collaboratively by Center for Reproductive Rights and South Asia Reproductive Justice and Accountability Initiative (SARJAI), this paper outlines the existing public health standards and the current human rights standards on abortion including medical and self-managed abortions.
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.
Newsletter of the April 2020 updates regarding COVID-19’s effects on SRH services and gender issues throughout the Asia-Pacific region, more specifically: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Cambodia, and the Philippines. The Nepal RHRWG, PAPAC, and CRR-SARJAI network statements are linked in this document as well.
Combatting Child Marriage https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ChildMarriage_thumb.jpg The numbers are disturbing. According to a recent UNICEF study, one in nine girls in the developing world will marry before age 15, one in three will marry before 18. Some are as young as eight. Child marriage remains an all-too-common reality throughout large swaths of the world—particularly South Asia. And […]
UN Takes Major Action to End Child Marriage https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/CRR_FS_childmarriage_10-3-13.jpg For the first time in history, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution dedicated to ending the blight of child marriage. Over 100 countries co-sponsored the resolution that was adopted on September 27, and remaining member states had until Friday, October 11, to sign […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ChildMarriage_BriefingPaper_Thumb.png A new report calls on the governments in South Asia to stop the human rights crisis that is child marriage. This publication was supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation. https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ChildMarriage_BriefingPaper_Web.pdf https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ChildMarriage_FactSheet_Web.pdf https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ChildMarriage_BriefingPaper_Web.singlepage.pdf https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ChildMarriage_FactSheet_Web.singlepage.pdf