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2011 at the Midpoint: The State of Reproductive Rights
What’s the worst thing about bad ideas? They’re catching. Once one state passes a new anti-choice law—no matter how outrageously invasive or unconstitutional—it’s on its way to being copied by anti-choice activists and legislators in [...]
CRR in the Field: Adriana Lamačková
Since 1992, the Center's innovative legal work has fundamentally transformed the landscape of reproductive health and rights worldwide, and has already strengthened laws and policies in more than 50 countries. CRR in the Field is [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Letter in Opposition to H.R. 3
Dear Chairman Franks, Ranking Member Nadler, and Members of the Subcommittee: On behalf of the Center for Reproductive Rights, I urge you to reject the extreme and misleadingly titled "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act" [...]
Center and UNFPA Launch New Briefing Paper on Family Planning and Human Rights
Around the world, the unmet need for safe and effective contraceptive services is staggering: Roughly 215 million women in developing countries rely on traditional contraceptive methods with high failure rates or do not use a [...]
Briefing Paper: The Right to Contraceptive Information and Services for Women and Adolescents
Around the world, the unmet need for safe and effective contraceptive services is staggering: Roughly 215 million women in developing countries rely on traditional contraceptive methods with high failure rates or do not use a [...]
The “Protect Life Act”: Allowing Hospitals to Ignore Women
On Wednesday, February 9, the Energy and Commerce Committee will hear testimony on Rep. Joe Pitts' "Protect Life Act" (H.R. 358). The Pitts bill would prevent women from using their own money to buy abortion coverage, effectively stripping millions of women [...]
2010 State Legislative Wrap Up
In the United States, state legislatures wield enormous power to control women’s access to abortion and other reproductive healthcare services. Each year, anti-choice state legislators propose measures intended to restrict women’s access to abortion, including [...]
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