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Joint Statement on the Prosecution of an Andorra Abortion Activist

Issued by Amnesty International, Center for Reproductive Rights, and Women's Link

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Even More Women Sue Texas After Being Denied Abortions for Dangerous Pregnancy Complications

11.14.2023 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, seven women who were refused medically necessary abortions joined a lawsuit filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights earlier this year against the state of Texas (Zurawski v. State of [...]

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Human Rights Body Hears Firsthand Accounts of Fear and Danger Caused by U.S. Abortion Bans

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights holds first hearing on U.S. abortion access since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion.

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Ohio Voters Enshrine Abortion Rights Into Law in Historic Vote

11.07.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Ohio voters have passed a constitutional amendment that enshrines reproductive freedom – including the right to abortion – in the state constitution. Voters turned out in record numbers to support abortion [...]

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State of Tennessee Attempts to Dismiss Case Filed by Women Denied Abortions in Dangerous Situations

11.02.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Last night, the State of Tennessee filed a motion attempting to throw out a lawsuit filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf of two Tennessee doctors and three women [...]

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Kansas Court Blocks Laws Mandating Disinformation About Abortion

10.30.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, a Kansas state court judge blocked several onerous restrictions on abortion, including laws that force providers to give government-scripted misinformation to patients, threaten patients’ health, and undermine medical ethics. The [...]

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Georgia Supreme Court Allows Six-Week Abortion Ban to Remain in Effect as Legal Challenge Continues

10.24.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — The Georgia Supreme Court issued a ruling today that allows H.B. 481, a ban on abortion after approximately six weeks of pregnancy, to remain in effect. The court’s majority opinion disregards [...]

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Kenyan Court Exonerates Health Care Provider and Mother Criminalized for Abortion

Dismissal in five-year court battle affirms abortion as a health care right and confirms protections against prosecution for women, girls, and abortion providers in Kenya.

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The Green Wave Reaches Brazil: Supreme Court to Decide on Abortion Decriminalization card link

The Green Wave Reaches Brazil: Supreme Court to Decide on Abortion Decriminalization

PRESS STATEMENT, September 22, 2023 – Women, girls, and transgender and non-binary individuals in Brazil have a new hope for the protection of their rights. Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) has begun voting on a [...]

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A onda verde chega ao Brasil: Supremo Tribunal decidirá sobre a descriminalização do aborto

Declaração, 22 de setembro de 2023 - As mulheres, meninas, pessoas trans e não binárias no Brasil têm uma nova esperança para a garantia de seus direitos. O Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) do Brasil iniciou [...]

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La marea verde llega a Brasil: Tribunal Supremo decidirá si despenaliza el aborto

Declaración, 22 de septiembre de 2023 – Las mujeres, niñas y personas trans y no binarias en Brasil tienen una nueva esperanza para la garantía de sus derechos. El Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) de Brasil [...]

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Abortion Providers File New Case Challenging South Carolina Abortion Ban

09.14.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, Greenville Women’s Clinic, and two physicians filed a new legal challenge asking the South Carolina Supreme Court to resolve ambiguity raised in its decision to uphold a [...]

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Women Denied Abortions File Legal Actions in Idaho, Tennessee, and Oklahoma

09.12.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed legal actions in three states where abortion is banned—Idaho, Tennessee, and Oklahoma. These actions were filed on behalf of eight women who were denied [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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