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Los Angeles Times: Philippines president signs law easing access to contraceptives

Los Angeles Times: Philippines president signs law easing access to contraceptives By Kenneth R. Weiss and Sol Vanzi "Philippines President Benigno Aquino III has signed legislation that will provide modern contraceptives to the nation’s poorest [...]

Contraception,Asia, Philippines,Center in the Spotlight

La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos declara que la prohibición de la fertilización in vitro en Costa Rica constituye una violación a los derechos humanos

La Corte IDH declara que la prohibición de la FIV en Costa Rica constituye una violación a los derechos humanos (COMUNICADO DE PRENSA) La larga prohibición de la fertilización in vitro en Costa Rica—que ha [...]

Latin America & Caribbean

Inter-American Court of Human Rights Declares Costa Rica’s Ban on In-Vitro Fertilization a Human Rights Violation

Inter-American Court of Human Rights Declares Costa Rica’s Ban on IVF a Human Rights Violation (PRESS RELEASE) Costa Rica’s longstanding ban on in-vitro fertilization—which has barred countless individuals from building their families for almost 12 [...]

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Latin America & Caribbean, Costa Rica,In the Courts,News

Associated Press: Court strikes down Costa Rica in-vitro ban

Associated Press: Court strikes down Costa Rica in-vitro ban By Cesar Barrantes and Michael Weissenstein "A Costa Rican ban on in-vitro fertilization has been struck down by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in a [...]

Latin America & Caribbean, Costa Rica,In the Courts,Center in the Spotlight

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 [...]

Abortion, Legal Protections,United States,Engaging Policymakers,Uncategorized
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Huge Victory for Filipino Women

Huge Victory for Filipino Women A landmark reproductive health bill that has been in the making for more than a decade was passed just days ago in both the Philippines House of Representatives and the [...]

Adolescent SRHR, Sex Education, Contraception,Asia, Philippines,Reporting on Rights,News

Philippines Passes Reproductive Health Bill that Guarantees Access to Modern Contraceptives

Philippines Passes Reproductive Health Bill that Guarantees Access to Modern Contraceptives A reproductive health bill that has been in the making for more than a decade was passed in both the Philippines House of Representatives [...]

Abortion, Legal Protections, Adolescent SRHR, Sex Education, Contraception, Legal Protections, Funding for Reproductive Healthcare, Public Funding,Asia, Philippines,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World, Reporting on Rights,News

All-Out Assault

All-Out Assault Today, with the recent passage of House Bill 5711, Michigan joins the ranks of a number of other states waging war on reproductive health. The bill, which is on its way to Governor [...]

United States,Engaging Policymakers, In the States (USA), Reporting on Rights,News

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

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Gov. Ricky Perry’s Abortion Obsession

Gov. Ricky Perry’s Abortion Obsession Texas has some of the most abysmal reproductive health indicators in the U.S. It ranks #4 in highest teenage pregnancy rates, yet Texas still chose to slash the budget for [...]

Abortion, Contraception,United States,News

Extreme Anti-Choice Legislation to Head to Michigan Governor’s Desk

Extreme Anti-Choice Legislation to Head to Michigan Governor's Desk Center for Reproductive Rights calls on Governor Snyder to veto bill that could shutter clinics and restricts access to abortion for poor and rural women (PRESS [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,United States,Engaging Policymakers, In the States (USA)

Texas Governor Sets Top Priority for 2013: Violating Women’s Reproductive Rights

Texas Governor Sets Top Priority for 2013: Violating Women's Reproductive Rights Proposed legislation would impose unconstitutional ban on abortion with complete disregard for women’s individual medical needs (PRESS RELEASE) Texas Governor Rick Perry announced today [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,United States,Engaging Policymakers, In the States (USA)

Anti-choice License Plate Suspended

Anti-choice License Plate Suspended A federal court halted North Carolina's offering of an anti-choice license plate to state drivers, according to a story in the Fayetteville Observer: "This court concludes ... that the state's offering [...]

Abortion, Anti-Choice Harassment,United States,News

Wall Street Journal: Abortion Clinic Presses to Stay Open

Wall Street Journal: Abortion Clinic Presses to Stay Open By Cameron McWhirter "Mississippi's only abortion clinic says it won't be able to meet a requirement of a new state law that tightens regulations for abortion [...]

Abortion, Anti-Choice Harassment, Legal Protections,United States,In the Courts,Center in the Spotlight

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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