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Philippines Contraception Conflict

Philippines Contraception Conflict The third time was not a charm in the Philippines. So on August 7, the Philippine government will make a fourth attempt to pass a family planning law, this one allowing health [...]

Legal Restrictions, Other Barriers, Contraception, Legal Restrictions, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Maternal Mortality,Asia, Philippines,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World, Reporting on Rights,Uncategorized

Center for Reproductive Rights Opens New Office in Nepal

Center for Reproductive Rights Opens New Office in Nepal (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights, a global legal advocacy organization dedicated to the worldwide advancement of reproductive rights and their recognition as fundamental human [...]

Abortion, Legal Protections, Adolescent SRHR, Contraception, Legal Protections, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Maternal Mortality,Asia, Nepal,Uncategorized

India Pushed to Prioritize Women’s Health

India Pushed to Prioritize Women’s Health Late last week, India came under pressure during its review before the U.N. Human Rights Council for continually failing to make the health of women and girls a priority. [...]

Abortion, Legal Protections, Other Barriers, Contraception, Legal Protections, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Maternal Mortality,Asia, India, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,At the United Nations,Uncategorized

Centre for Health and Resource Management v. State of Bihar and Others (2011)

CHARM v. State of Bihar and Others is a public interest litigation petition filed in March 2011 by the Center’s partner in India, Human Rights Law Network. It seeks legal accountability from the state government [...]

Abortion, Funding for Reproductive Healthcare, Other Financial Barriers, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Maternal Mortality,Asia, India,In the Courts, Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,Case

New Report Links Philippines Abortion Law to Human Rights Abuses

(PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights released the first comprehensive human rights report on the impact of the Philippines' criminal ban on abortion. Through interviews and legal analysis, Forsaken Lives: The Harmful Impact [...]

Abortion, Anti-Choice Harassment, Legal Restrictions, Contraception, Legal Restrictions, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Maternal Mortality,Asia, Philippines,At the United Nations, Engaging Policymakers, Around the World, Reporting on Rights,Uncategorized

Associated Press: Rights group slams Philippine abortion ban

By Teresa Cerojano "A U.S.-based rights group urged the Philippines on Monday to reform a tough anti-abortion law that it says has spawned widespread underground procedures that kill about 1,000 women each year in the [...]

Abortion, Anti-Choice Harassment, Legal Restrictions, Contraception, Legal Restrictions, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Maternal Mortality,Asia, Philippines,At the United Nations, Engaging Policymakers, Around the World, Reporting on Rights,Uncategorized

New York Times: Rights Group Denounces Illegality of Abortion in Philippines

By Carlos H. Conde "A new study of abortion in the Philippines denounces the government for keeping it illegal, causing what the authors describe as a 'human rights crisis' that victimizes tens of thousands of [...]

Abortion, Anti-Choice Harassment, Legal Restrictions, Contraception, Legal Restrictions, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Maternal Mortality,Asia, Philippines,At the United Nations, Engaging Policymakers, Around the World, Reporting on Rights,Uncategorized

Kalyani Meena v. Union of India & Ors

The Center filed a memorandum of support for Kalyani Meena v. Union of India &, Ors, a case developed in collaboration with the Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) of India in 2008 to address the overwhelming [...]

Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality,Asia, India,Case

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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Centre for Health and Resource Management v. The State of Bihar & Others (2009)

Attorneys from HRLN conducted a fact-finding mission in 2010 that led to the subsequent withdrawal of the case in favor of refiling based on fresh evidence documenting reproductive rights violations in Bihar. For more information [...]

Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality,Asia, India,In the Courts, Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,Case

Rights Groups Target Maternal Death in Mali

New Report Asserts Women’s Human Right to Survive Pregnancy and Childbirth Reproductive rights groups in Africa and the US are calling upon the government of Mali to protect the lives of pregnant women, according to [...]

Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality,Africa, Mali,Reporting on Rights,News

Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.