Empowher.com: Prioritization Needed to Advance Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health
Women’s Health Online
“A few weeks ago, Nancy Northup, President of the Center for Reproductive Rights, participated in the 15th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), a UN conference in which 179 countries made a plan to make sure that decisions and issues involving sexual and reproductive health are considered to be human rights. Northup makes the logical argument that if the U.S. doesn’t prioritize healthcare right here in our country, then how does it expect other nations to do likewise? She makes a plea to the public to join her in asking Secretary of State Clinton to “reestablish the U.S. as a champion of women’s rights by publicly endorsing the ICPD plan TODAY.”
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Read Nancy’s full statement after the conference >
Read more about the ICPD and the Center’s involvement >
