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 [...]
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 [...]
Think Progress: NPR Host Speaks Out About Her Illegal Abortion: ‘I Am Saying To All Women, Stand Up For Your Rights’
Think Progress: NPR Host Speaks Out About Her Illegal Abortion: ‘I Am Saying To All Women, Stand Up For Your Rights’ Tara Culp-Ressler Dee Dee Bridgewater, an award-winning jazz singer who hosts a syndicated NPR [...]
The Guardian: Irish abortion ban case taken to UN Human Rights Committee
The Guardian: Irish abortion ban case taken to UN Human Rights Committee Henry McDonald Ireland's continued ban on most abortions has come under attack nationally and internationally, with campaigners calling for a referendum on termination [...]
The Irish Times: Irish women forced to travel for abortions to take cases to UN
The Irish Times: Irish women forced to travel for abortions to take cases to UN By Kitty Holland Three women who were forced to travel to Britain to terminate their pregnancies following diagnoses that their [...]
Maternal Mortality and the Decriminalization of Abortion at the Human Rights Council
Maternal Mortality and the Decriminalization of Abortion at the Human Rights Council The UN Human Rights Council gathered for its 24th session in Geneva, from September 9-27, 2013, bringing together human rights activists, civil society [...]
The Guardian: El Salvador abortion controversy shows lack of progress on Cairo agenda
The Guardian: El Salvador abortion controversy shows lack of progress on Cairo agenda by Luisa Cabal, Vice President of Programs "The treatment of a 22-year-old pregnant woman in El Salvador who was repeatedly denied potentially [...]
Mother Jones: Republicans want to ban abortions after 20 weeks. Here’s how one group is fighting back
Mother Jones: Republicans want to ban abortions after 20 weeks "The Center for Reproductive Rights, a New York-based nonprofit, is at the center of the key legal battles over abortion and contraception. CRR filed the [...]
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New York Times: A high-risk pregnancy is terminated. But was it an abortion?
New York Times: A high-risk pregnancy is terminated. But was it an abortion? The woman’s doctors urged an end to her pregnancy, saying her life could be at risk and that the fetus would not [...]
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