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Complaint: JWHO v. Currier
The Center is challenging the medically unjustified requirements that were enacted in Mississippi in an attempt to make the state“abortion-free.”
The End of Abortion?
The End of Abortion? A new law threatens to shut down Mississippi's only abortion clinic. CRR fights back with lawsuit. On July 1st, Mississippi becomes the first state in the country with no abortion clinic. [...]
Philippines: Time to Take Action
Philippines: Time to Take Action The Center for Reproductive Rights is calling on the Philippines—a country with one of the worst human rights records on protecting women's health— to adopt and implement a set of key [...]
This Week in Misogyny
This Week in Misogyny This week, news surfaced that a conservative congressional spokesperson called for action against women lawmakers who are fighting the war on women—in particularly inflammatory and violent language. "Let's hurl some acid [...]
A Call for Action in Kenya
A Call for Action in Kenya On May 3, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights released an exhaustive report on the state of the country's sexual and reproductive rights. And the Commission stated, in [...]
Groundbreaking Victory in Oklahoma: Medication Abortion Protected
Today, a court delivered another stinging rebuke to the Oklahoma legislature, striking down the government’s latest attempt to choke off women’s access to reproductive health services—an arbitrary and severe restriction on medication abortion. Judge Donald [...]
Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma order on Personhood ballot initiative
On April 30, 2012, the Oklahoma Supreme Court issued a unanimous order stating that Initiative Petition 395 was "clearly unconstitutional," citing Planned Parenthood v. Casey, and could not be added to the state ballot in [...]
The Abortion Pill: Under Threat
The war against women is overrun with hostile combatants and legislative weapons of every form, and certain anti-choice measures naturally grab more spotlight than others. An increasing majority of the public has voiced their anger [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
Protest to In re Initiative Petition 395, State Question No. 761 (OK Personhood)
This is a pre-election challenge to a blatantly unconstitutional ballot initiative proposed in Oklahoma that would define a fertilized egg as a "person," thereby banning abortion and most forms of contraception, as well as interfering [...]
The Real-Life Consequences of a Personhood Measure
Here we go again. Anti-choice extremists in Oklahoma are shooting for the pinnacle of reproductive rights rollbacks—a personhood amendment to the state constitution that would send reproductive rights back to the very dark days before [...]
Demeaning Oklahoma Ultrasound Law Defeated
When it comes to fighting for reproductive rights, there’s often no sweeter word than “unconstitutional.” It’s sounding especially sweet today: A district court just struck down Oklahoma’s demeaning and invasive mandatory ultrasound law for being [...]
RH Reality Check: Looking Anxiously Ahead as Health Care Reform Turns Two
By Katrina Anderson, Human Rights Counsel, Center for Reproductive Rights Two years ago this month, Congress finally responded to the American public’s demand for better health care and passed the Affordable Care Act (ACA). I would [...]
Next Stop in the Battle to End the Bait-and-Switch of Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Every year, tens of thousands of women are lured to crisis pregnancy centers in the U.S. They go having made a difficult decision to have an abortion, believing they will get the help they need. [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.