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Arizona Legislature Votes to Repeals Civil War-Era Abortion Ban

5.01.2024 (PRESS STATEMENT) — Today, the Arizona Senate joined the Arizona House and voted to repeal the state’s controversial 1864 total abortion ban, which had been ruled enforceable last month. The ban allows for abortion [...]

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Florida Six-Week Abortion Ban Set to Take Effect May 1 

4.29.2024 (PRESS STATEMENT) — This Wednesday, May 1, a six-week abortion ban is set to take effect in Florida, making Florida one of 17 states that either bans abortion entirely or at six weeks of [...]

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U.S. State Department Releases 2023 Human Rights Reports

04.23.24 (PRESS STATEMENT) – Yesterday, the U.S. Department of State released the 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, which includes reporting on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in almost 200 countries. The [...]

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German Expert Commission Recommends Modernization of Abortion Law

GENEVA, 15.04.2024 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today the Center for Reproductive Rights welcomed clear calls for major reform of German abortion law from the Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine. The Commission was tasked by [...]

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Honduras fue denunciado ante el Comité de Derechos Humanos de la ONU por la prohibición absoluta del aborto vigente en el país

Fausia, una mujer indígena y defensora de derechos humanos fue víctima de violación sexual a modo de represalia por la defensa de su territorio y, como consecuencia, resultó embarazada.   Honduras violó sus derechos humanos [...]

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Honduras has been brought before the United Nations Human Rights Committee for its ban on abortion card link

Honduras has been brought before the United Nations Human Rights Committee for its ban on abortion

Fausia, an indigenous woman and human rights defender, was raped as reprisal for defending her territory and consequently became pregnant.  Honduras violated her human rights by imposing pregnancy and forced motherhood on her, due to [...]

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Centuries-Old Abortion Ban Ruled Enforceable in Arizona

Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that a near-total abortion ban passed in 1864 can take effect

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Florida Supreme Court Allows State to Ban Abortion, But Sends Measure to Protect Abortion Rights to the Voters in November 

In upholding a 15-week abortion ban, the court cleared the way for a six-week abortion ban to take effect.

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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New “Criminalized Care” Report Shows How Louisiana’s Abortion Bans Endanger Patients and Clinicians   card link

New “Criminalized Care” Report Shows How Louisiana’s Abortion Bans Endanger Patients and Clinicians  

Researchers document the stark reality of harm, erosion of medical trust, and human rights violations in Louisiana

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Llamado a la Corte Interamericana para reconocer el cuidado como derecho humano y su relación con la autonomía reproductiva

Organizaciones de la Sociedad civil piden a la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos reconocer el cuidado como un derecho humano y su directa relación con el derecho a la autonomía reproductiva de las mujeres, para [...]

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Joint Statement by CSOs Working on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Challenging Utterances Undermining the Right to Access Education for Pregnant Learners in Kenya

“The right to education… is an essential right for children, which has a long-lasting effect on the well-being of children. Education determines the future of children… The obligation of States to respect the right to [...]

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Pregnant Woman Forced to Deliver on Hospital Floor Wins Appeal in Landmark Case

Affirming the Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care in Kenya 

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Hawai‘i Law Restricting Midwives Challenged in Court 

Native Hawaiian midwives and others sue state to block law that prevents them from serving communities in traditional ways.

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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