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UN Human Rights Committee Makes Landmark Decision Establishing Women’s Right to Access to Legal Abortion
Woman Forced to Carry Fatally Impaired Fetus to Term Wins Case New York, NY-Today, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) decided its first abortion case, KL v. Peru. The decision establishes that denying access [...]
For First Time in NCLR’s History, Briefing on Reproductive Rights of Hispanic Women to be Held at Annual Conference
For the first time since the creation of the National Council of La Raza, two organizations focused on women's reproductive rights issues will host a briefing on the reproductive advancement of Latinas during La Raza's [...]
Paulina: Five Years Later (Spanish)
In 1999, 13-year-old Paulina Ramírez became pregnant after she was raped by an intruder in her home in Mexicali, Mexico. Soon after discovering that she was pregnant, Paulina sought an abortion. According to state legislation, [...]
Paulina: Five Years Later
In 1999, 13-year-old Paulina Ramírez became pregnant after she was raped by an intruder in her home in Mexicali, Mexico. Soon after discovering that she was pregnant, Paulina sought an abortion. According to state legislation, [...]
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