Issue: Legal Restrictions
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Study Finds That Pakistan’s Vague Laws Enable Health Care Providers to Deny Abortion Services in Sindh Province
Report by the Center and Aahung recommends the decriminalization of abortion and training of health care providers to improve access to care.
Arizona Set to Become the 15th State to Ban Abortion After State Supreme Court Reinstates 1864 Law
Abortion has been banned or severely restricted in half the U.S. states since the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade in 2022.
Case at United Nations Human Rights Committee Seeks to Ensure Access to Abortion in Honduras
After becoming pregnant as a result of rape, an Indigenous woman and human rights defender was denied emergency contraception and abortion care and was forced to give birth against her will.
Florida Supreme Court Allows State to Ban Abortion—But Clears the Way for a Vote on Abortion Rights
Court rules that Florida’s right to privacy no longer protects abortion rights, allowing Florida’s 15-week ban to remain in effect—and clearing the way for its six-week ban.
Florida Supreme Court Allows State to Ban Abortion, But Sends Measure to Protect Abortion Rights to the Voters in November
In upholding a 15-week abortion ban, the court cleared the way for a six-week abortion ban to take effect.
Reproductive Rights Front and Center at 2024 State of the Union Address
President Biden focused on access to abortion and the full spectrum of reproductive rights in the 2024 State of the Union.
Tennessee Medical Exceptions Case Hearing Scheduled for April 4
Watch a livestream of the hearing in Blackmon v. State of Tennessee.
Unsafe and Unjust: The Legal and Social Barriers That Deny Women and Girls Their Right to Safe Abortion Services in Sindh, Pakistan
This report by the Center for Reproductive Rights and AAHUNG examines the impact of Pakistan’s existing legal framework on the availability and access to safe abortion services in Sindh province of Pakistan and makes recommendations [...]
New Research Report Documents How Louisiana’s Abortion Bans Harm Patients and Clinicians
Fact-finding report by the Center and its partners finds that criminalizing abortion care violates medical ethics, public health standards, and human rights—and undermines maternal health.
