Reproductive health and glyphosate in the context of the armed conflict
As the Colombian government has tried to restart its aerial fumigation program with a herbicide called glyphosate, the Center for Reproductive Rights has published a report showing that the herbicide used in the program had [...]
Reproductive Violence in the Colombian Armed Conflict
The decision whether or not to have children does not belong to any armed group, to the State or to anyone else but the women themselves. The Center presented this report on reproductive violence to [...]
Legal Barriers to Accessing Safe Abortion Services in India: A Fact-Finding Study”
Through a field-based study in four states--Delhi, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu--the "Legal Barriers to Accessing Safe Abortion Services in India: A Fact-Finding Study" aims to understand and document the way in which the Indian Medical Termination [...]
Paola vs Ecuador: La Educación Sexual y Reproductiva como Derecho Esencial para Prevenir la Violencia Sexual
(Spanish language publication) In a landmark ruling in Paola Guzmán Albarracín v. Ecuador, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights established legally binding standards to prevent sexual violence and harassment in schools throughout Latin America and the [...]
Ensuring Equitable Access to Infertility Care in the United States: Guiding Principles for Policies Mandating Insurance Coverage
Inequities in health and access to healthcare, including infertility care, are pervasive in the United States. Well-documented disparities in access to infertility care reveal that people of color, people with low incomes, people with disabilities, [...]
The Misalignment Between Kenya’s Constitution and the Penal Code on Access to Reproductive Health Care
This fact sheet, titled "The Impact of the Misalignment Between Kenya's Constitution and the Penal Code on Access to Reproductive Health Care," discusses the case, PAK and Salim Mohammed v. Attorney General and Three Others, [...]
COVID-19 Resources
During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world have attempted to block or limit access to reproductive health care. The Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners have developed several initiatives, fact sheets, newsletters and [...]
Access to SRHR Information by Women and Girls in Kenya
The Center for Reproductive Rights and its partner, Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health (TICAH), have launched a new report titled Access to SRHR Information by Women and Girls in Kenya: Assessment of Nairobi, Bungoma, Homabay, [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
Guaranteeing Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
This fact sheet by the Center showcases some of the positive measures States have implemented during the pandemic. The measures are grounded in States’ human rights obligations and demonstrate that sustaining many of them post-pandemic [...]
Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA)
In an historic vote on September 24, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA), marking the first time in history that the House has ever passed legislation specifically designed to protect the right [...]
Decriminalization of Abortion in Nepal: Imperative to Uphold Women’s Rights
This fact sheet highlights continued criminalization of women for seeking abortion beyond prescribed legal conditions despite progressive legislation that came into force in 2018. The Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Rights (SMRHR) Act aims to respect, [...]
Front Lines E-newsletter: News From the Global Fight for Reproductive Rights
The Center for Reproductive Rights issued a new edition of its monthly newsletter, Front Lines, with the latest updates on the Center’s work in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United [...]
New Monthly Newsletter Highlights the Center’s Global Work
The Center has introduced a new monthly newsletter, Front Lines, to keep you updated on the our work across the globe to advance reproductive rights. In this month's issue, you'll learn about the Center's decade-long fight for justice [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
