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In the face of ongoing, aggressive attacks on reproductive freedom in 2014, we continued to give our all to protect women’s fundamental rights—with big results. Keep up the momentum in 2015. Donate today. Here are [...]
Leading the Charge
One year ago, in June 2016, the Center for Reproductive Rights won the most significant abortion-access case at the Supreme Court in decades. The landmark Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt decision struck down a Texas law [...]
2021 Year in Review: Center Achievements Around the Globe
The Center for Reproductive Rights and its local partners made significant progress around the globe in building, enforcing and defending reproductive rights.
Human Rights Body Hears Firsthand Accounts of Fear and Danger Caused by U.S. Abortion Bans
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights holds first hearing on U.S. abortion access since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion.
International Human Rights and Abortion: Spotlight on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
International and human rights organizations and legal experts weigh in to support the Center’s Supreme Court case challenging a Mississippi abortion ban.
Mother Jones: Republicans want to ban abortions after 20 weeks. Here’s how one group is fighting back
Mother Jones: Republicans want to ban abortions after 20 weeks "The Center for Reproductive Rights, a New York-based nonprofit, is at the center of the key legal battles over abortion and contraception. CRR filed the [...]
CRR Celebrates 20 Years
CRR Celebrates 20 Years Twenty years ago on June 15, 1992, the Center for Reproductive Rights opened its doors. A small team of lawyers had a vision to start an organization that coalesced around the [...]
IACHR Explores Human Rights Violations of U.S. Abortion Bans
Watch the replay of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights hearing with testimony by the Center and its partners on rights violations resulting from the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Reproductive rights are human rights.
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Human Rights Day 2010
December 10 is Human Rights Day and a time to remind the world of the importance of taking a stand for reproductive rights. Sixty-two years ago this December, the U.N. adopted the Universal Declaration of [...]
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Hold Hearing on Rights Violations of U.S. Abortion Bans
Watch the November 8 livestream of testimony by the Center and its partners at the IACHR’s public hearing examining the grave human rights violations resulting from the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Not Okay in Oklahoma
The Center continues to challenge the state’s senseless assault on women’s reproductive health. When Laura, a college student in Oklahoma, found out she was pregnant, she knew immediately what she needed to do. “No question,” [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.