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Trump’s Health Secretary Pick Threatens Women’s Care
Trump’s Health Secretary Pick Threatens Women's Care Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, spoke with Rachel Maddow about concerns that Rep. Tom Price, who is slated to be Donald Trump's [...]
Trump and the Supreme Court: What Happens Now?
Trump and the Supreme Court: What Happens Now? The consequences of Donald Trump’s election as president may be enormous for the makeup of the U.S. Supreme Court. Trump has pledged to appoint conservative, anti-choice justices, [...]
2016 Gala: A Celebratory Evening
With the soaring view of a New York City night skyline as a backdrop, Center for Reproductive Rights board chair Kathleen Tait welcomed 500 guests to the 2016 gala celebrating the organization’s historic achievements—from Texas [...]
Women’s Strike Defeats Abortion Ban in Poland
Women’s Strike Defeats Abortion Ban in Poland On October 3, seven million women in Poland went on strike, outraged by a proposal that would completely ban abortion—and punish women who end a pregnancy with up [...]
Looking Forward
Watch a discussion hosted by the Center and Cosmopolitan magazine on the future of reproductive rights. Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Joanna Coles—whose tenure at the magazine has been marked by a commitment to advancing women’s health issues—moderated [...]
Game Changer
What does our historic win at the Supreme Court mean for abortion access? Stephanie Toti, lead attorney in the case, breaks it down. To keep calm on the evening before the U.S. Supreme Court was [...]
Nancy Northup on PBS NewsHour
Nancy Northup on PBS NewsHour Watch Nancy Northup's appearance on the 6/27/16 episode of PBS NewsHour.
Nancy Northup on All In With Chris Hayes
Nancy Northup on All In With Chris Hayes Watch Nancy Northup's appearance on the 6/27/16 episode of All In With Chris Hayes.
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Nancy Northup on Maddow
Nancy Northup on Maddow Two days after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its historic ruling strongly reaffirming abortion rights, Center for Reproductive Rights president and CEO Nancy Northup appeared on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow to discuss [...]
A Duty to Protect
The Zika outbreak threatens dire consequences in countries that have failed to prioritize women’s health and human rights. Katia lives in El Salvador, one of several Latin American countries where the government has advised women [...]
Tools of Transformation
A Center-sponsored toolkit equips reproductive health advocates in the South with resources to confront the growing maternal health crisis for Black women. Across the United States, Black women die or suffer serious illness during and [...]
A Punishing Year
Abandoning any pretense of protecting women, a new wave of abortion restrictions focus on shaming and criminalizing women and doctors. (Updated 8.4.16) More than a dozen abortion restrictions have been introduced so far this legislative [...]
A Most Basic Right
A first-ever ruling from the UN’s principal human rights body calls for swift and comprehensive reform to Ireland’s merciless abortion laws. At 21 weeks pregnant, when Amanda Mellet was told the fetus she was carrying [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.