Trump Policies Put Women’s Futures at Risk
Trump Policies Put Women’s Futures at Risk On the evening of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, appeared on MSNBC’s For The Record with Greta to [...]
Pakistan Addresses High Rate of Fistula
Pakistan Addresses High Rate of Fistula The high court in Pakistan’s Sindh region is facing the country’s first case to seek recognition of the widespread incidence of obstetric fistula as a violation of women’s fundamental [...]
Progress on Reproductive Health in the Philippines
Progress on Reproductive Health in the Philippines One year after the publication of a groundbreaking United Nations report that held the Philippine government accountable for grave and systematic reproductive rights violations, there are signs of [...]
Texas Policy Harms Undocumented Women
Texas Policy Harms Undocumented Women Undocumented women in Texas often do not seek needed health care for fear of being stopped at checkpoints, while others are refused care due to their undocumented status. But in [...]
Op-Ed: Abortion ID Bill Unfairly Targets Immigrants
Op-Ed: Abortion ID Bill Unfairly Targets Immigrants The following was published in the Austin American Statesman on Tuesday, May 26: My name is Vero Higareda. I am 21 years old. I am an immigrant Latina. [...]
PassBlue: Will Women’s Reproductive Rights Be Dropped in the Post-2015 Agenda?
PassBlue: Will Women’s Reproductive Rights Be Dropped in the Post-2015 Agenda? Rebecca Brown The United Nations’ post-2015 development agenda is the next phase of the Millennium Development Goals, which provided a 15-year road map to [...]
The Economist: Fertile grounds for hope
The Economist: Fertile grounds for hope Evelyne Opondo * SIR - Although it is true that modern contraception could play an important role in lowering birth rates in sub-Saharan Africa, governments must ensure that women [...]
MTV Act: Wait, So What’s Going On With Birth Control + The Affordable Care Act?
MTV Act: Wait, So What’s Going On With Birth Control + The Affordable Care Act? Danica Davidson Birth control isn’t just about sex — access to it also helps women’s health overall and drastically improves [...]
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Jurist: Examining the Constitutionality of Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones
Jurist: Examining the Constitutionality of Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones Stephanie Toti The US Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in McCullen v. Coakley, involving a Massachusetts statute that creates 35 foot buffer zones around abortion [...]
Fox Latino: The Choice Between Birth Control or Food on the Table: Could You Decide?
Fox Latino: The Choice Between Birth Control or Food on the Table: Could You Decide? By Jessica González-Rojas, Nancy Northup The rural community in the Texas Rio Grande Valley where Daniela lives has few options [...]
Jansing & Co.: Albuquerque votes on late-term abortion ban
Jansing & Co.: Albuquerque votes on late-term abortion ban The Center For Reproductive Rights’ Nancy Northup discusses the implications of Albuquerque’s vote on late-term abortions.
New York Times: After filibuster, a star rises in Texas
New York Times: After filibuster, a star rises in Texas "She comes from a key district in North Texas, has a slow twang, battle scars and ferocity of spirit, and after one drama-filled day in [...]
Texas Tribune: Groups weigh legal challenge to abortion bill
Texas Tribune: Groups weigh legal challenge to abortion bill "As an omnibus bill restricting abortion access in Texas makes its way to Gov. Rick Perry’s desk, opponents of the measure are already weighing the possibility [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
