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2022 State Legislative Wrap-up (Report) card link

2022 State Legislative Wrap-up (Report)

State Policy Report: An overview of the state landscape

Abortion, Assisted Reproduction, Maternal Health,United States,Engaging Policymakers, In the States (USA),Publications

European Abortion Laws: A Comparative Overview

The Center for Reproductive Rights monitors and analyzes European abortion laws and advocates for reform of laws to ensure that they reflect international human rights standards and best medical practice. For more than 80 years [...]

Abortion,Europe,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,Publications

Colombia: Histórico Avance en la Despenalización del Aborto

This fact sheet discusses the implications of the Colombia Constitutional Court’s ruling in February, 2022, decriminalizing abortion up to 24 weeks of gestation.

Abortion,Latin America & Caribbean, Colombia,Reporting on Rights,Publications

Colombia: Historic Advancement in the Decriminalization of Abortion

This fact sheet discusses the implications of the Colombia Constitutional Court's ruling in February, 2022, decriminalizing abortion up to 24 weeks of gestation.

Abortion,Latin America & Caribbean, Colombia,Reporting on Rights,Publications

Factsheet: India MTP Amendment Act (2021)

This Center factsheet, released in September 2022, outlines and analyzes India's 2021 MTP Amendment Act, which aimed to reform the country's 50-year-old abortion law, the 1971 Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act.

Abortion, Legal Protections, Other Barriers,Asia, India,Reporting on Rights,Publications

U.S. Abortion Laws in Global Context (Fact Sheet)

In the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, an onslaught of abortion bans have gone into effect throughout the U.S. Half of U.S. states are currently poised [...]

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Global Trends: Abortion Rights 2022

An infographic showing the global trends in abortion rights.

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Legal and Policy Barriers to Self-Managed Abortion (Report)

We envision a world where individuals seeking abortion care can exercise full reproductive autonomy without any impediments or gatekeepers. This includes the ability of individuals to have self-managed abortions, which are those performed through self-care [...]

Abortion,Global,Reporting on Rights,Fact Sheets

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

State Constitutions and Abortion Rights: Building Protections for Reproductive Autonomy (Report, July 2022) card link

State Constitutions and Abortion Rights: Building Protections for Reproductive Autonomy (Report, July 2022)

This Center report provides detailed analysis of state high court cases litigated by the Center that built strong protections for abortion rights and access using personal autonomy, privacy, and equality frameworks prior to the Dobbs [...]

Abortion, Legal Protections,United States,Reporting on Rights,Publications

(Report) The Constitutional Right to Reproductive Autonomy: Realizing the Promise of the 14th Amendment

This Center report delves into constitutional rights and guarantees in U.S. law that undergird the right to reproductive autonomy.

Abortion, Legal Protections,United States,Reporting on Rights,Publications

Protecting Abortion Access in Europe – A Call to Action

Following a decision by the United States Supreme Court taking away the constitutional right to abortion, the Center for Reproductive Rights joined more than 130 leading organizations, working to advance sexual and reproductive health and [...]

Abortion,Europe,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,Publications

Aligning the Penal Code to the Constitution: The Malindi High Court Decision on the Question of Abortion in Kenya (Factsheet)

The case of PAK and Salim Mohammed v. Attorney General and Three Others, Malindi High Court

Abortion,Africa, Kenya,In the Courts,Fact Sheets

State Constitutions and Abortion Rights: Building Protections for Reproductive Autonomy (Report, April 2022)

This Center report outlines 11 states in which high courts have recognized that their state constitutions protect abortion rights and access independently from and more strongly than the U.S. Constitution or have struck down restrictions [...]

Abortion, Legal Protections,United States,Reporting on Rights,Publications

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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