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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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Centering Human Rights in the Response to Zika

Available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, this statement calls for a human rights-based approach to the Zika epidemic. It identifies states' obligations to respect, protect, and fulfill the human rights of all impacted by the [...]

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Mellet v. Ireland: Ireland must legalize abortion to end violations of women’s human rights

In June 2016, the United Nations Human Rights Committee issued a groundbreaking decision in the case of Mellet v. Ireland. The Committee held that by prohibiting and criminalizing abortion, and thereby preventing Ms. Mellet from [...]

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Nancy Northup on PBS NewsHour

Nancy Northup on PBS NewsHour Watch Nancy Northup's appearance on the 6/27/16 episode of PBS NewsHour.

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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 [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt: An Open Letter of Solidarity with the Honorable Wendy Davis of Texas, Teresa Fedor of Ohio, Lucy Flores of Nevada, and Judy Nicastro of Washington State

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Pakistan Addresses High Rate of Fistula

Pakistan Addresses High Rate of Fistula The high court in Pakistan’s Sindh region is facing the country’s first case to seek recognition of the widespread incidence of obstetric fistula as a violation of women’s fundamental [...]

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Progress on Reproductive Health in the Philippines

Progress on Reproductive Health in the Philippines One year after the publication of a groundbreaking United Nations report that held the Philippine government accountable for grave and systematic reproductive rights violations, there are signs of [...]

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Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument Transcript

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The Impact of the Texas’ Abortion Clinic Shutdown Law on Latinas

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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