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Center to Defend Landmark Decision in Kenya Guaranteeing Abortion Access for Survivors of Sexual Violence card link

Center to Defend Landmark Decision in Kenya Guaranteeing Abortion Access for Survivors of Sexual Violence

Anti-rights groups seek to overturn a 2019 judgment in the case of a 14-year-old girl who died as a result of an unsafe abortion in Kenya.

Abortion,Africa, Kenya,In the Courts,Story

Tell Congress to Vote No on Repealing the FACE Act

Anti-abortion lawmakers are trying to dismantle the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. Learn more about this decades-long law protecting patients and providers from violent protesters and take action to stop its repeal.

Abortion,United States,Engaging Policymakers, In Washington D.C., U.S. Congressional Advocacy, Reporting on Rights,Story

“Justice for Josephine” Documentary: Affirming the Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care in Kenya

Documentary about Center client Josephine Majani chronicles the landmark legal victory affirming respectful maternity care as a constitutional right in Kenya.

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Africa, Kenya,Reporting on Rights,News

UN condemns Guatemala for forcing a girl to become a mother

The UN Human Rights Committee has issued a decision recognizing that forced pregnancy and forced motherhood violate the human rights of girls. 06.05.2025 (STATEMENT) — In a new victory for all girls in Latin America [...]

SRHR General,Latin America & Caribbean,News

ONU condena a Guatemala por obligar a una niña a ser madre

El Comité de Derechos Humanos de la ONU emitió una decisión en la que reconoce que el embarazo y la maternidad forzada violan los derechos humanos de las niñas. 05-06-2025 (DECLARACIÓN) — En una nueva [...]

SRHR General,Latin America & Caribbean,News
UN Human Rights Committee demands Guatemala protect girls to ensure none are forced to become mothers card link

UN Human Rights Committee demands Guatemala protect girls to ensure none are forced to become mothers

This decision is the result of a simultaneous international litigation strategy initiated in 2019 by the Niñas, No Madres (They are Girls, Not Mothers) Movement, and marks a milestone in the protection of sexual and [...]

SRHR General,Latin America & Caribbean,News

¡Las niñas triunfan! Comité de DD.HH. de la ONU exige a Guatemala proteger a las niñas para garantizar que ninguna sea forzada a ser madre

Esta decisión es resultado de una estrategia de litigio internacional simultáneo iniciada en 2019 por el Movimiento Son Niñas, No Madres, y marca un hito en la garantía de los derechos sexuales y reproductivos, no [...]

SRHR General,Latin America & Caribbean,Press Releases

U.S. Repro Watch: Five Updates You Won’t Want to Miss, 06.04.25

Trump administration rescinds guidance on urgent abortion care, Missouri reinstates abortion ban against the will of the people, and more news on U.S. reproductive rights.

SRHR General,United States,Reporting on Rights,US Repro Watch

Trump Administration Attacks Federal Protections for Pregnant People in Emergency Rooms

06.03.25 (PRESS STATEMENT) —  Today, the Trump Administration announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is rescinding guidance meant to protect pregnant people in emergency rooms who need urgent abortion care, stating [...]

Abortion, Legal Protections,United States,Statement

Hearing in the Case of Celia Ramos: Media Highlights

In Peru during the 1990s, thousands of women were forcibly sterilized as part of a State policy—including Celia Ramos, who died in 1997 after undergoing surgical sterilization without her valid consent. On May 22, the [...]

Coercive Policies,Latin America & Caribbean, Peru,In the Courts,Center in the Spotlight