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New Laws in India Regulate Assisted Reproduction and Surrogacy
Following years of advocacy by the Center for Reproductive Rights and partners, two new laws regulating assisted reproduction and surrogacy in India took effect in January. The Surrogacy Act and the Assisted Reproductive Technology Act [...]
Georgia State Court Denies Request to Block Six-Week Abortion Ban
08.15.22 — (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Superior Court of Fulton County refused to block Georgia’s six-week abortion ban, allowing the state to continue criminalizing essential health care. The law bans abortion just two weeks after a [...]
Q&A: Reproductive Violence and the Colombia Truth Commission
Catalina Martínez Coral, Senior Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean for the Center, answers our questions about the Truth Commission of Colombia.
Florida’s 15-Week Abortion Ban Heads to State Supreme Court
08.10.22 (PRESS RELEASE) — Florida health care providers today sought review in the Florida Supreme Court in their case challenging the state’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy (House Bill 5). The move [...]
Systemic Racism and Reproductive Injustice in the United States
The Center for Reproductive Rights joined a broad coalition of reproductive rights, health, and justice organizations to submit a report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD Committee) in preparation for [...]
Lawsuit Updates: Working to Block State Abortion Bans
As states rush to enforce abortion bans, the Center and partners work to block them.
Emergency Request Filed to Block Louisiana Trigger Bans
8.4.22 (PRESS STATEMENT) – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights and Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, along with local counsel Ellie Schilling, filed an emergency writ to the Louisiana Supreme Court, asking the court to reinstate [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
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Statement on President Biden’s Executive Order Securing Access to Reproductive and Other Healthcare Services
Statement from Nancy Northup, President and CEO at the Center for Reproductive Rights: “Abortion services are now illegal in eight states, and the number of states enforcing radical bans and denying people life-saving care is [...]
Kansans Reject Efforts to End State’s Constitutional Right to Abortion
In a victory for abortion rights, Kansans vote overwhelmingly to protect their right to abortion recognized by an earlier Kansas Supreme Court ruling.
Kansans Reject Anti-Abortion Ballot Measure
08.02.2022 – (PRESS RELEASE) Today, in a historic landslide vote, Kansans rejected an anti-abortion ballot measure that would have eliminated the fundamental right to abortion under the state constitution. This is the first time abortion [...]
En Honduras cada día la ley obliga a tres niñas violadas a ser madres
La prohibición absoluta del aborto es una violación a los derechos fundamentales de esas niñas.
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
