We bring strategic impact litigation that focuses on ensuring access to reproductive healthcare in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to abandon the constitutional guarantee to safe legal abortion. We also engage in legislative and administrative advocacy through various strategies, such as providing legal analysis of legislation, bringing Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) litigation to hold the administration accountable to harmful policy changes and regulations, and  commenting on proposed regulations to policy makers in Congress, the Administration and state legislatures. This critical work is supplemented by pro bono counsel who partner with our U.S. staff in many ways including: 

• Co-counseling on impact litigation before state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court and state courts of last resort 
• Drafting amicus briefs at various judicial levels, including the Supreme Court and appellate courts 
• Conducting legal research and analysis on a broad range of reproductive rights issue to support litigation and public policy advocacy 
• Serving as thought partners and experts for legal areas outside the Center’s expertise 
• Providing transactional legal services to Center partners and clients 

We build sexual and reproductive human rights norms related to maternal care, sexual and reproductive health education, forced sterilization, and safe, legal abortion. Our Bogotá office, in partnership with the Causa Justa movement, played a critical role in Colombia’s decriminalization of abortion and litigates cases before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the UN on behalf of Indigenous and marginalized women and girls.  Pro Bono partners enhance this work by:

• Co-counseling and supporting innovative litigation before international human rights bodies 
• Drafting amicus briefs for the Center and its partners in support of human rights litigation 
• Conducting comparative research to support advocacy efforts, litigation strategy, publications, and to provide foundational knowledge for the region’s work 

We secure impactful court decisions to build and strengthen legal protections for sexual and reproductive health and rights across the continent. Our Nairobi hub has secured landmark victories on behalf of Kenyan women and girls, affirming the right to abortion under the Kenyan constitution, and on behalf of Tanzanian girls through a landmark ruling that ended the country’s longstanding practice of forcing girls in public schools to undergo pregnancy testing and subsequent expulsion if pregnant. Pro bono lawyers support our work in region through: 

• Serving as thought partners on advocacy and other law reform strategies 

• Drafting submissions to the United Nation 

• Providing foundational research and supporting litigation development and strategy 

• Developing cross-regional judicial training curricula on reproductive rights 

From our office in Geneva, but with additional staff in Belgium, Spain, and Germany, we serve as legal and policy leaders in the region, supporting national and regional litigation and advocacy, and respond to emerging threats and political developments. Our European team works with pro bono counsel to:

• Publish comprehensive reports on sexual and reproductive rights inequities among European Union member states and the United Kingdom 

• Provide amicus counsel at national and regional judicial bodies 

• Be a thought partner on EU strategy 

Our attorneys are based in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and the Philippines, collaborating with partners to strengthen legal rights to safe abortion and post-abortion care, contraception, maternal health services, and to create human rights norms for surrogates. In Asia, we partner with pro bono firms to:

• Research laws and policies to strengthen the Center’s ability to support to regional partners 

• Provide technical support to Center advocacy efforts before United Nations Treaty Monitoring bodies 

• Train Center staff and partners on legal issues impacting the Center’s work, such as data privacy and digital security