Montana Parental Notification Endangers Teens
Today, the Center released a statement opposing Montana Legislative Referendum 120, which would put young women already faced with difficult or dangerous family situations at even more risk. We urge Montana voters to vote No [...]
Florida Proposed Constitutional Amendment Would Take Away Women’s Rights
Today, the Center released a statement opposing Florida Amendment 6, a proposed constitutional amendment that would take away Florida women’s rights and allow politicians to interfere with personal health care decisions. We urge Florida voters [...]
CAT Committee Includes Center’s Input in List of Issues for Upcoming Philippines Review
The Center for Reproductive Rights submitted a shadow letter to the Committee against Torture (CAT Committee) recommending questions to be incorporated in the List of Issues being prepared for the upcoming review of the Philippines. [...]
Concluding Observations from UN Reveal Grave Reproductive Rights Concerns in Indonesia
In July, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) held its review of Indonesia. The Concluding Observations from the session have just been released, highlighting recommendations made by the Center in [...]
Center’s issues included in List of Issues for reviews of El Salvador and Chile by the CAT Committee
As part of its 2013 reviews of Chile and El Salvador, the Committee against Torture (CAT Committee) solicited input from civil society organizations to determine the issues that would be covered in the country revisions. [...]
Zambia: A Wrong Turn on the Right to Life
States have consistently chosen to use language in their constitutions that affirms the right to life without trying to define when life begins, reinforcing the approach taken by all major international human rights instruments. However, [...]
The Legal and Policy Framework on Abortion in Tanzania
Abortion is legal in mainland Tanzania when done to preserve the life or mental or physical health of the pregnant women, as well as in cases of sexual violence. However, unclear and often confusing abortion [...]
UN Urges the Slovak Government to Reform Reproductive Health
A recent review by the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights found that Slovakia continues to fall short on certain key elements of reproductive health care. The Center for Reproductive Rights and [...]
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Veto Letter to MN Governor Mark Dayton: House Bill 2341
Read the Center for Reproductive Rights’ letter to Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton urging him to veto House Bill 2341 which would seriously reduce Minnesota women’s access to important health care, particularly women in rural areas [...]
Veto Letter to AZ Governor Jan Brewer: House Bill 2036
Read the Center for Reproductive Rights’ letter to Arizona Governor Jan Brewer urging her to veto House Bill 2036 which endangers the health and lives of women in the state and prevents physicians from exercising [...]
Veto Letter to MN Governor Mark Dayton: Senate Bill 1921
Read the Center for Reproductive Rights’ letter to Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton urging him to veto Senate Bill 1921 which would impose unnecessary, medically inappropriate regulations on the provision of abortion services in Minnesota. The [...]
Veto Letter to UT Governor Gary R. Herbert: House Bill 461
Read the Center for Reproductive Rights’ letter to Utah Governor Gary Herbert urging him to veto House Bill 461 which would impose the most extreme waiting period restriction in the country by tripling from 24 [...]
Veto Letter to GA Governor Nathan Deal: House Bill 954
Read the Center for Reproductive Rights’ letter to Georgia Governor Nathan Deal urging him to veto House Bill 954 which will endanger the health of pregnant women in Georgia who have a constitutional right to [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
