Defense Bill Includes Provision Lifting the Ban on Military Abortion Coverage in Cases of Rape and Incest
Defense Bill Includes Provision Lifting the Ban on Military Abortion Coverage in Cases of Rape and Incest Bill needs final vote in each chamber before heading to President Obama’s desk (PRESS RELEASE) Conferees from the [...]
CRR Case on Unlawful Detention of Women in Maternity Hospitals in the High Court of Kenya
CRR Files Case on Unlawful Detention of Women in Maternity Hospitals in Kenya (PRESS RELEASE) Today the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a case before the High Court of Kenya on behalf of two women [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Implores the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Address the Extent to Which El Salvador’s Absolute Abortion Law Criminalizes Women
CRR Implores Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Address El Salvador's Absolute Abortion Ban (PRESS RELEASE) This week the Center for Reproductive Rights along with local Salvadoran organization Agrupación Ciudadana por la Despenalización del Aborto [...]
Polish Parliament Deliberates Groundbreaking Sexual and Reproductive Health Bill
Polish Parliament Deliberates Groundbreaking Sexual and Reproductive Health Bill (PRESS RELEASE) Members of Parliament in Poland – a country out of the step with the overwhelming majority of European countries with progressive sexual and reproductive [...]
Inter-American Court of Human Rights Hears Challenge to Costa Rica’s In-Vitro Fertilization Ban; Ruling Will Have Broad Consequences for Reproductive Rights Throughout Latin America
Inter-American Court of Human Rights Hears Challenge to Costa Rica’s In-Vitro Fertilization Ban (PRESS RELEASE) In a case that will affect the ability of women and families throughout Latin America and the Caribbean to make [...]
Federal Appeals Court to Hold New Hearing on Baltimore’s Regulation of Deceptive Crisis Pregnancy Centers
New Hearing on Baltimore's Regulation of Deceptive Crisis Pregnancy Centers (PRESS RELEASE) The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has granted a new hearing in the case concerning Baltimore’s truth-in-advertising ordinance—the first [...]
Rwandan Government takes critical step in recognizing women’s fundamental human rights
Rwandan Government takes critical step in recognizing women’s fundamental human rights Rwanda Lifts Reservation on Abortion Provision in Maputo Protocol (PRESS RELEASE) Affirming the importance of women’s access to safe and legal abortion, the Rwandan [...]
Philippines Contraception Conflict
Philippines Contraception Conflict The third time was not a charm in the Philippines. So on August 7, the Philippine government will make a fourth attempt to pass a family planning law, this one allowing health [...]
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NYT Blasts Court Rulings
NYT Blasts Court Rulings Harsh criticism from The New York Times of some recent court decisions in reproductive health cases this week. The editorial page took three judges to task for deciding cases that have [...]
Colombia: The Right to True and Accurate Information
Colombia: The Right to True and Accurate Information A decision is expected at any time on a Colombian Constitutional Court case revolving around women's fundamental right to information on sexual and reproductive health care. Back [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Opens New Office in Nepal
Center for Reproductive Rights Opens New Office in Nepal (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights, a global legal advocacy organization dedicated to the worldwide advancement of reproductive rights and their recognition as fundamental human [...]
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Unconstitutional Mississippi Anti-Abortion Law, Sole Clinic to Remain Open
Unconstitutional restrictions singling out Jackson Women’s Health Organization cannot be enforced through July 11 (PRESS RELEASE) Mississippi officials cannot enforce a new law that would have shuttered the state’s last remaining reproductive health clinic offering [...]
Ignoring Precedent, Appeals Court Blocks Truth-in-Advertising Ordinance for Deceptive Crisis Pregnancy Centers in Baltimore
Appeals Court Blocks Baltimore Truth-in-Advertising CPC Ordinance Center for Reproductive Rights pledges to consider all available means of continuing defense of ordinance aimed at informing women of all available reproductive options (PRESS RELEASE) In judicial [...]
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