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U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Its Second Major Abortion Case of the Term on April 24 card link

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Its Second Major Abortion Case of the Term on April 24

Case will determine if states banning abortion can override federal law and deny pregnant patients emergency abortion care.

Abortion, Legal Protections, Legal Restrictions, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,United States,In the Courts,Story

Media Coverage: Challenging Honduras’s Abortion Ban in Fausia’s Case

News and media highlights on the case.

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As College Decision Day Nears, Students Should Consider States’ Abortion Access

With half the U.S. states banning or severely restricting abortion, millions of young people will be headed to colleges in states without access.

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,United States,Reporting on Rights,Story

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.

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,Asia, Pakistan,Reporting on Rights,Story

German Expert Commission Recommends Modernization of Abortion Law

GENEVA, 15.04.2024 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today the Center for Reproductive Rights welcomed clear calls for major reform of German abortion law from the Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine. The Commission was tasked by [...]

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2024 SXSW Conference—Health Care Crisis in Post-Roe America: Finding Your Voice card link

2024 SXSW Conference—Health Care Crisis in Post-Roe America: Finding Your Voice

Watch the video replay of this panel from the South by Southwest Conference featuring the Center's Nancy Northup and plaintiffs Amanda Zurawski and Samantha Casiano.

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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.

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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.

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,Latin America & Caribbean, Honduras, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,At the United Nations,Story

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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Honduras fue denunciado ante el Comité de Derechos Humanos de la ONU por la prohibición absoluta del aborto vigente en el país card link

Honduras fue denunciado ante el Comité de Derechos Humanos de la ONU por la prohibición absoluta del aborto vigente en el país

Fausia, una mujer indígena y defensora de derechos humanos fue víctima de violación sexual a modo de represalia por la defensa de su territorio y, como consecuencia, resultó embarazada.   Honduras violó sus derechos humanos [...]

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Honduras has been brought before the United Nations Human Rights Committee for its ban on abortion

Fausia, an indigenous woman and human rights defender, was raped as reprisal for defending her territory and consequently became pregnant.  Honduras violated her human rights by imposing pregnancy and forced motherhood on her, due to [...]

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Centuries-Old Abortion Ban Ruled Enforceable in Arizona

Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that a near-total abortion ban passed in 1864 can take effect

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Case Backgrounder: Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA

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News Coverage: Hearing in Blackmon v. State of Tennessee

News and media highlights about the April 4 hearing.

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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