In Washington D.C.
More Than 130,000 Advocates Speak Out Against HHS Rollback of Civil Rights
The Center for Reproductive Rights and coalition partners collected more than 130,000 comments opposing a new HHS rule that rolls back protections for women and LGBTQI people (PRESS RELEASE) This week, the Center for Reproductive Rights, in partnership with a broad coalition of reproductive health and LGBTQI groups, submitted over 134,000 comments to the Department of […]
1557 Comment Submission Toolkit
The administration has proposed a rule that would strip away civil rights and allow healthcare professionals to discriminate. Now that the proposed rule on Sec. 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been published the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is required to take public comments before making the rule permanent. The […]
Record Support in Congress for Bill to Protect Abortion Access
The Women’s Health Protection Act of 2019 (H.R. 2975) has surpassed 200 cosponsors in the House of Representatives, more signers than ever before (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights applauds the more than 200 Members of Congress who have signed on to cosponsor the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2019, a bill to preserve […]
Speak Out Now Against Health Care Discrimination
Today, the Trump administration continued chipping away at civil rights protections by proposing a rule that endorses discrimination in health care settings—putting patients’ lives and health at risk. This rule, published by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), rolls back the Affordable Care Act’s Health Care Rights Law, the first broad prohibition of […]
We’re Not Going Back
“We’re Not Going Back” Center President and CEO Nancy Northup speaks with Rachel Maddow on the escalating state-level attacks on abortion https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20190517-nnmaddow-og-image.jpg Last night, Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, appeared on the Rachel Maddow show and talked about newly passed, extreme anti-abortion laws in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Missouri. […]
Stop the Trump Administration from Erasing Women
New bill demands Department of State stop neglecting vital data on reproductive health care from its annual report on global human rights The Trump administration has made no secret of its commitment to erasing women from the global human rights conversation—going so far as to literally remove important reproductive rights data from the U.S. Department […]
State Department Fails to Report on Reproductive Rights in Over 200 Countries for the Second Year in a Row
State Department Fails to Report on Reproductive Rights in Over 200 Countries for the Second Year in a Row Washington D.C. (Press Release) The Center for Reproductive Rights strongly condemns the US State Department’s decision to eliminate reporting on women’s reproductive health and rights from its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, released Washington D.C. […]
Fact Sheet on William Barr
Protect, Defend, Extend: 2018 State of the States
A turbulent year for reproductive rights, 2018 saw a continuation of the nearly decade-long coordinated campaign to eliminate access to abortion and shutter clinics across the country as well as a significant shift in the political balance of the country’s highest court. In response to this increasingly hostile environment, reproductive health, rights, and justice advocates […]