Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns, Inc. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore: Court Decision Re: Motion for Summary Judgment
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The Zika outbreak threatens dire consequences in countries that have failed to prioritize women’s health and human rights. Katia lives in El Salvador, one of several Latin American countries where the government has advised women to avoid pregnancy due to the spread of Zika virus. Mosquito-borne and sometimes sexually transmitted, the disease has been linked […]
U.S. Supreme Court Sends Second Challenge to ACA Birth Control Benefit Back to Lower Courts (PRESS RELEASE) Today the U.S. Supreme Court remanded Zubik v. Burwell, the second major challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s birth control benefit, back to the lower courts for further proceedings. The Court declined to resolve key legal questions, leaving the […]
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https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Feature_banner_OCOTC.jpg Over the Counter It’s time to put birth control pills where they belong: on the shelf next to condoms, spermicide, and emergency contraception. Savannah remembers feeling “extremely uneasy” on the first day of her first year in college—and it wasn’t as simple as freshman jitters. She was headed to the student health clinic to […]
Download Over the Counter: The Next Big Step for Birth Control here. https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/USPA_OCOTC_Report_Final_Web_2.16.compressed.pdf
The following article was written by Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, as part of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law’s publication titled “Legal Change: Lessons from America’s Social Movements,” in celebration of the Brennan Center’s 20th Anniversary. https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/Northup_Voting_Rights_Reproductive_Brennan_Center.pdf
A 2007 report by the Center documenting human rights violations associated with Executive Order 003 became the basis for a special inquiry convened by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)—an international human rights treaty body—in 2012 to investigate these concerns. The inquiry is the first of its kind to […]
Over-the-counter birth control. It’s a great idea in theory. But how do we get there? On the first day of her first year in college, Savannah remembers feeling “extremely uneasy”—and it wasn’t just freshman jitters or homesickness. She was headed to the student health clinic to ask for birth control, and she only had $25 […]
Op-Ed: Abortion ID Bill Unfairly Targets Immigrants https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Featured-Story_NTFeature.jpg The following was published in the Austin American Statesman on Tuesday, May 26: My name is Vero Higareda. I am 21 years old. I am an immigrant Latina. I am a student at the University of Texas-Pan American. And I oppose House Bill 3994. This legislation would […]