Types: Press Releases

Georgia Supreme Court Reinstates Six-Week Abortion Ban

10.07.24 (PRESS RELEASE) — The Supreme Court of Georgia issued a ruling today staying a trial court decision striking down H.B. 481, a ban on abortion after approximately six weeks of pregnancy — before many people [...]

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Georgia Court Rules State Constitution Protects Abortion, Blocks Six-Week Ban

09.30.2024 (PRESS RELEASE) – The Superior Court of Fulton County issued a ruling today finding that the Georgia Constitution prohibits political interference with an individual’s abortion decision before viability. Based on that ruling, the court [...]

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North Dakota Court Rules State Abortion Ban Unconstitutional

09.12.2024 (PRESS RELEASE) –Today, a North Dakota state court struck down the state’s total abortion ban as unconstitutional. The ban will be enjoined in the coming days. The Center for Reproductive Rights, Weil, Gotshal & [...]

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UN Committee Finds that Polish Abortion Law is Causing Grave and Systematic Human Rights Violations

The Committee calls on Poland to legalize and decriminalize abortion in order to bring an end to severe suffering.

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Komitet ONZ stwierdza, że polskie prawo aborcyjne powoduje poważne i ciągłe naruszenia praw człowieka

Komitet wzywa Polskę do legalizacji i dekryminalizacji aborcji, aby położyć kres cierpieniu kobiet

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Profesionales de la salud, expertas internacionales y organizaciones de mujeres apoyan el nuevo reglamento de objeción de conciencia  card link

Profesionales de la salud, expertas internacionales y organizaciones de mujeres apoyan el nuevo reglamento de objeción de conciencia 

Diversas organizaciones y expertas internacionales han presentado un escrito ante la Contraloría General de la República este jueves 22 de agosto de 2024, defendiendo la legalidad del Decreto N° 22 del Ministerio de Salud que [...]

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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 [...]

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Texas Women Ask Biden Administration to Investigate Hospitals that Denied them Abortions for Ectopic Pregnancies

08.12.24 (PRESS RELEASE) – In newly filed federal complaints, Two Texas women who faced life-threatening pregnancies are asking the federal government to step in after hospitals in the state refused them abortions. Both women had [...]

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Iowa Abortion Ban Will Take Effect on Monday

7.26.24 (PRESS STATEMENT) – On Monday, July 29, an extreme six-week abortion ban is set to take effect in Iowa. This will mean that 18 states now ban abortion entirely or as early as six [...]

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Guatemala tiene una oportunidad histórica para demostrar su compromiso con los derechos de las mujeres y las niñas

Ciudad de Guatemala, 26 de julio de 2024 - (Comunicado de prensa). Esta semana, la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) realizó su visita “in loco” a Guatemala para observar la situación de derechos humanos, [...]

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