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The Girls’ Stories card link

The Girls’ Stories

The girls in these cases had little to no access to sexual health and reproductive services—including abortion—and, after being sexually assaulted, were forced to remain pregnant and give birth at risk to their health and lives.

Abortion, Adolescent SRHR, SRHR General,Latin America & Caribbean, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua,In the Courts,Case

La educación integral de la sexualidad: asignatura pendiente en Ecuador, cuatro años después de la sentencia del caso Paola Guzmán Albarracín 

Aunque la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos le ordenó al Estado ecuatoriano tomar medidas para erradicar la violencia sexual en los entornos educativos, la problemática persiste.   Entre 2018 y 2022 se registraron más de 28 [...]

Sex Education,Latin America & Caribbean, Ecuador,Reporting on Rights,Press Releases
Filing date: 08.06.2024

Complaints Against Texas Hospitals for Denying Emergency Care for Ectopic Pregnancies

This administrative complaint argues that the hospitals violated its obligations under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) by denying pregnant women care for life-threatening ectopic pregnancies.

Abortion,United States,In the Courts,Case

Court of Appeal Decision (2024)

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Africa, Kenya,In the Courts,Case
Filing date: 02.27.2024

Kahoʻohanohano v. State of Hawaiʻi

Lawsuit asks the court to block a midwifery restriction law to restore access to safe, respectful, and culturally informed maternal care in Hawai‘i communities.

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,United States,In the Courts,Case
The Right to Quality Maternal Health Care in Kenya: The Josephine Majani Cases card link
Filing date: 04.30.2014

The Right to Quality Maternal Health Care in Kenya: The Josephine Majani Cases

The landmark 2018 ruling in Josephine Oundo Ongwen v. Attorney General and 4 Others (Bungoma High Court Petition No. 5 of 2014)—which recognized the right to quality maternal health care in Kenya—and the appeal of the ruling by Bungoma County.

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Africa, Kenya,In the Courts,Case
Filing date: 02.06.2024

Northland Family Planning Centers v. Michigan

This case seeks to block three state abortion restrictions and ensure Michigan’s laws align with its voter-approved constitutional amendment protecting reproductive freedom.

Abortion, Legal Protections, Legal Restrictions,United States,In the Courts,Case
Filing date: 03.06.2023

Medical Exceptions to State Abortion Bans

Representing patients denied abortion care despite facing severe and dangerous pregnancy complications, the Center’s cases seek to clarify medical exceptions to U.S. state laws that have outlawed abortion and put people’s lives at risk.

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,United States,In the Courts,Case
Filing date: 12.05.2023

Cox v. Texas: The Case in Depth

This is the first case since the overturning of Roe v. Wade filed on behalf of a pregnant woman seeking emergency abortion care.

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,United States,In the Courts,Case
Filing date: 12.05.2023

Cox v. Texas

This is the first case since the overturning of Roe v. Wade filed on behalf of a pregnant woman seeking emergency abortion care.

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,United States,In the Courts,Case