As we wrap up up 2025, this list of global wins on reproductive rights is a reminder that there’s lots to celebrate. Â
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U.S. Repro Watch: Five Updates You Won’t Want to Miss, 4.7.26
The Center sues Georgia over midwifery restrictions, multiple states push laws attacking abortion pills, and more news on U.S. reproductive rights.
Read more: U.S. Repro Watch: Five Updates You Won’t Want to Miss, 4.7.26
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Meet changemakers
Breana Lipscomb Advances Equitable Maternal Care in the U.S.
When the Law Turned Its Back: The Women Behind Zurawski v. Texas
Carmen Cecilia MartÃnez López Strikes Down Forced Motherhood at the UN
Five Wins to Celebrate this International Safe Abortion Day
Abortion is one of the world’s most common health care services. It’s considered an essential service by the World Health Organization—and when carried out…
Victory for Women’s Rights: Nigerian Federal High Court Affirms Right to Safe Abortion for Survivors of Sexual Violence
In a landmark decision this week, the Federal High Court in Abuja affirmed that unplanned pregnancies resulting from rape, incest, and other…
Center Hosts Dialogue on Report About Reproductive Rights of Women and Girls in Nigeria
The Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners at the Legal Defence and Assistance Project (LEDAP) announced the release of a research report…
New Center Publication Highlights Work with Boko Haram Refugees in Nigeria
In Nigeria, millions of women have been harmed by the decades-long Boko Haram insurgency. They have lost their homes, loved ones, and…
The Center Releases New Report on Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Nigerian Conflict Zones
Since 2018, the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners at the Legal Defence and Assistance Project (LEDAP) have studied and documented…
African Commission to Hear Case on Maternal Deaths Brought by the Center and Partners
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has agreed to hear a maternal mortality complaint against Nigeria in a case brought…
Nigerian Kidnappings: Where’s the U.S.?
A provocative blog post at Ms. Magazine this week addresses some tough questions around the abduction and sexual enslavement of hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls. Why hasn’t there…
Decline in Maternal Mortality Welcome, but Suffering Persists
An article in the recent Lancet, a weekly peer-reviewed medical journal, announced a global decrease in maternal deaths from 526,300 in 1980…
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