Trump Orders Global Gag Rule, Cuts Off Vital, Safe Abortion Services For Women
(PRESS RELEASE) As one of his first acts as president, Donald Trump imposed a sweeping new policy that restricts access to safe abortion services for women worldwide. Trump’s Global Gag Rule dictates that U.S.-supported international [...]
New House Bill Would Prevent Harmful Federal Restrictions That Deny Safe Abortion Services to Millions Worldwide
New House Bill Would Prevent Harmful Federal Restrictions That Deny Safe Abortion Services to Millions Worldwide Rep. Nita Lowey and more than 100 other Representatives sponsor new legislation that puts an end to future presidents [...]
Black Women & Bodily Autonomy
Black Women & Bodily Autonomy The May edition of Essence magazine takes a look at what’s at stake for African-American women in the battle over reproductive rights. With extremist politicians passing an inordinate number of [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights and Ipas join members of Congress in calling for end to overly restrictive abortion policies abroad
Noting that current restrictions on foreign aid for abortion services go beyond even those imposed by the highly restrictive Helms Amendment—cutting off access to critical and potentially life-saving services for millions of women in the [...]
ColorLines: House GOP Revives Global War on Women’s Health With “Gag Rule”
By Michelle Chen "While Congress was playing fiscal roulette last month, House Republicans quietly advanced their attack on reproductive choice, too. Conservative legislators are working to reinstate the so-called Global Gag Rule, which would block [...]
Rep. Lowey Introduces Bill to Stem Efforts to Gag Overseas Groups on Abortion
(PRESS RELEASE) Pushing back against recent efforts by opponents of reproductive rights to reimpose the Global Gag Rule, Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) has introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that the Center for [...]
Proposed Global Gag Rule Threatens Women’s Health and Lives; Undermines Democratic Values
The House of Representatives-proposed Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 2012 would reinstate a failed Bush-era policy -- the "Global Gag Rule" -- that would silence overseas community groups and health experts, preventing them from discussing [...]
CRR Calls on Senate Leadership and White House to Stand Firm against Attacks on Women’s Health
(PRESS RELEASE) As the government moves closer to a shutdown, the Center for Reproductive Rights called on Senator Harry Reid and President Barack Obama to stand firm against the House leadership’s attacks on women’s health, [...]
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Care2: Congress’ War on Women, the Global Edition
By Aram Schvey, counsel for foreign policy and human rights at the Center for Reproductive Rights When Congress turns this week to another round of negotiations over spending for 2011, much of the country will [...]
Center Named Top Reproductive Rights Non-Profit by Philanthropic Experts
(PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights is honored to be named one of the top high-impact organizations working on women's reproductive health, rights, and justice by the philanthropic organization Philanthropedia. This year, Philanthropedia surveyed [...]
Center for Reproductive Law & Policy v. Bush: Background on Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s 2002 Opinion
Federal appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor has been nominated by President Barack Obama to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter. Judge Sotomayor currently sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. [...]
Obama Rescinds Global Gag Rule
Center for Reproductive Rights applauds President, urges further action New York— The Center for Reproductive Rights applauds President Barack Obama's swift executive order repealing the Global Gag Rule soon after taking office. This damaging policy, [...]
Expanded Global Gag Rule Limits Women’s Rights and Endangers Their Well-being
An expansion of the "global gag rule" or "Mexico City Policy"-a policy that denies United States development funds to organizations that perform or advocate for abortion, even with their own, non-U.S. funds-poses a grave danger [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
