The Center’s Impact
The Center's game-changing litigation, legal policy, and advocacy work has changed laws and improved lives in countries across the globe.
2.7 billion people across 43 countries
are living under stronger legal protections
for reproductive rights.
The Center’s Mission and Plan
The Center for Reproductive Rights builds, defends and enforces legal guarantees so that people worldwide can freely exercise their rights to make decisions about their sexual and reproductive health and lives and access a full range of quality sexual and reproductive health services and information.
In 2021, the Center set a bold target: By 2030, half the world’s population will be living under stronger legal protections for reproductive rights.
Working with partners across the globe, the Center is well on its way:
Stronger legal protections for 2.7 billion people. . .
. . . in 43 countries.
Argentina • Austria • Belgium • Bolivia • Bulgaria • Chile • Colombia • Croatia • Cyprus • Czech Republic • Ecuador • El Salvador • Estonia • Finland • France • Germany • Greece • Honduras • Hungary • India • Ireland • Italy • Kenya • Latvia • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Malawi • Malta • Nepal • Netherlands • Pakistan • Perú • Philippines • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Slovakia • Slovenia • Spain • Sweden • Tanzania • United States • Venezuela
Influencing SRHR Across Borders
Find out how the Center’s legal cases have established lasting legal protections for reproductive autonomy around the world in its report, Across Borders: How International and Regional Reproductive Rights Cases Influence Jurisprudence Worldwide.
Measuring Impact
To measure the impact of its Strategic Plan, the Center developed a quantitative and qualitative method to measure progress toward its goal. All data above reflects progress made during the period of July 2021 through June 2024. (The United States has abortion laws that vary from state by state; population numbers reflect this variation. The data captures victories the Center has contributed to that have secured stronger, binding legal protections for SRHR in the geographies listed.)
For more on how these international and regional protections affect global norms, see the Across Borders report.
