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Kahoʻohanohano v. State of Hawaiʻi

Lawsuit asks the court to block a midwifery restriction law to restore access to safe, respectful, and culturally informed maternal care in Hawai‘i communities.

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Victory in Kenya: Court of Appeal Affirms Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care

Court issues sweeping decision in Center’s case of pregnant woman physically and verbally abused by hospital staff and left to deliver on a concrete floor.

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‘Medical colonialism’: midwives sue Hawaii over law regulating Native birth workers

In this piece by the Guardian, Center plaintiff Kiʻi Kahoʻohanohano and Senior Staff Attorney Hillary Schneller discuss a new case seeking to protect midwifery care in Hawaiʻi.

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Defending Reproductive Autonomy: Center Sues Hawaiʻi to Protect Midwifery Care 

Lawsuit asks state court to block a midwifery restriction law to restore access to safe, respectful, and culturally informed maternal care in Hawaiʻi communities.

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Pregnant Woman Forced to Deliver on Hospital Floor Wins Appeal in Landmark Case

Affirming the Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care in Kenya 

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Complaint: Kahoʻohanohano v. State of Hawaiʻi

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Kenya Court of Appeal Decision in County Government of Bungoma v. Josephine Oundo Ongwen (Kenya Civil Appeal No. 61 of 2018)

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.

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Center-led Program in Bangladesh to Improve Reproductive Health Services for Rohingya Refugees

Modeled on its successful accountability initiative in Uganda, program at Cox’s Bazar refugee settlement aims to enhance delivery of sexual, reproductive and maternal health services.

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Kenya Court of Appeal Expected to Issue Judgment Soon in Case of Pregnant Woman Abused by Hospital Staff and Forced to Deliver on Hospital Floor

The Center is defending a 2018 judgment recognizing that the neglect and abuse of women seeking maternity health services are rights violations under the Kenyan Constitution and international law.

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News on the Case

Victory in Kenya: Court of Appeal Affirms Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care, 02.28.24 Kenya Court of Appeal Expected to Issue Judgment Friday in Case of Pregnant Woman Abused by Hospital Staff and Forced to [...]

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Josephine’s Story

More about plaintiff Josephine Majani.

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The Right to Quality Maternal Health Care in Kenya: The Josephine Majani Cases

The landmark 2018 ruling in Josephine Oundo Ongwen v. Attorney General and 4 Others (Bungoma High Court Petition No. 5 of 2014)—which recognized the right to quality maternal health care in Kenya—and the appeal of the ruling by Bungoma County.

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Africa, Kenya,In the Courts,Case

Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.