Center’s New Factsheet Explains Recent Changes to the Abortion Law in India
Amendment to India’s 1971 law a step forward, but gaps remain.
Factsheet: India MTP Amendment Act (2021)
This Center factsheet, released in September 2022, outlines and analyzes India's 2021 MTP Amendment Act, which aimed to reform the country's 50-year-old abortion law, the 1971 Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act.
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High Court of Kenya in Malindi Ruling in PAK and Salim Mohammed vs. the Attorney General and 3 others
In this ruling on March 24, 2022, the High Court of Kenya in Malindi affirmed the right to abortion under the Constitution and directed Parliament to enact reforms. The ruling was in the case, PAK [...]
Kenyan High Court Affirms the Right to Abortion Under the Constitution and Directs Parliament to Enact Reforms
Landmark ruling in case defending a minor and a clinician will protect patients and providers from arrest and prosecution for seeking and providing abortion services.
Wrongfully Arrested for Seeking Abortion Care, Kenyan Woman and Nurse Exonerated with Help from the Center and its Partner
Despite constitutional protections for reproductive health care, law enforcement officers often harass, arrest, and prosecute patients and providers.
Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos condena a El Salvador y ordena reformas para que las mujeres no sean criminalizadas por acceder a salud reproductiva
1 de diciembre de 2021 — El Centro de Derechos Reproductivos y la Colectiva Feminista para el Desarrollo Local, con el acompañamiento de la Agrupación Ciudadana por la Despenalización del Aborto, lograron que la Corte [...]
Inter-American Court of Human Rights Orders El Salvador to Reform Policies That Criminalize Women for Accessing Reproductive Health Care
11.30.2021 – (PRESS STATEMENT) Today, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights announced a ruling in the case of Manuela v. El Salvador ordering the State of El Salvador to reform its legal and health care [...]
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Abortion in India: Report Reveals Widespread Legal Barriers and Recommends Ways to Improve Access
Report by the Center and partners launched at a virtual event for advocates and stakeholders in India.
Isaacson, et al. v. Brnovich, et al.
(Updated 07.07.22) On June 25, an emergency request was made asking a federal court to block Arizona’s personhood law as applied to abortion. A hearing on the motion is scheduled for July 8. The Center [...]
Center Submits Comment Supporting the Repeal of Harmful and Unnecessary Separate Payment Requirement for Abortion Services Under Medicaid and Medicare
Trump-era rule changes would have created confusion and additional, financial and administrative hurdles.
Biden’s Proposal to Lift Hyde Amendment Is a Step Toward Allowing Abortion Coverage for Medicaid Recipients
For the first time in decades, a president has submitted a budget without the Hyde Amendment, a policy that prohibits coverage of abortion care for people insured through Medicaid. It's now up to Congress to [...]
PAK and Salim Mohammed v. Attorney General and Three Others (Malindi High Court Petition Number E009 of 2020)
In this landmark case, the Kenyan High Court affirmed abortion as a fundamental right under the 2010 Constitution.
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.