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Fixes Proposed for Buffer Zone Ruling
Fixes Proposed for Buffer Zone Ruling The Boston Globe reports this week on some of the first proposed legislative responses out of Massachusetts after last week’s disappointing Supreme Court ruling that struck down the state’s [...]
11 Things You Need to Know: State of the States 2014 Mid-Year Review
One thing that 2014 has proved so far: this fight isn’t over by a long shot. The assault on reproductive rights has not abated. State by state, we are facing some of the most aggressive, [...]
Fundamentally Wrong-headed
Fundamentally Wrong-headed Center for Reproductive Rights President and CEO Nancy Northup did a round of press interviews following the shocking U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case Burwell v. Hobby Lobby. In a 5-4 decision [...]
Human Rights v. World Cup
Human Rights v. World Cup “How can we balance our love of the game with our commitment to human rights?” asks Human Rights Watch Deputy Director, Iain Levine, in his timely opinion piece in Foreign [...]
Shaming El Salvador on the Global Stage
Shaming El Salvador on the Global Stage Manuela’s story is the stuff of nightmares. The young mother from El Salvador had not been feeling well for several years. She sought medical attention for what seemed [...]
MSNBC: After Tiller
MSNBC: After Tiller In a frank and unsettling segment of her show, MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry talks to journalist Irin Carmon and the Center for Reproductive Rights’ Policy and Advocacy Advisor Kelly Baden in a discussion [...]
IUDs are Like Abortion. Wait. What?
IUDs are Like Abortion. Wait. What? Writer Katie McDonough’s recent article at Salon.com discusses the ludicrous logic behind proposed legislation in Ohio to ban insurers—both public and private—from covering all abortion procedures in all circumstances, [...]
Women’s Rights Hang In the Balance
Women's Rights Hang In the Balance By Nancy Northup Imagine that a group of state legislators didn't like a particular religious denomination and decided to run it out of state by enacting new building codes [...]
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Missouri Set to Triple Abortion Waiting Period
Missouri Set to Triple Abortion Waiting Period In the latest erosion of reproductive rights in the U.S., the Missouri senate has voted to triple the length of the current 24-hour waiting period required before an [...]
WATCH: The Battle in Mississippi
WATCH: The Battle in Mississippi Amanda Allen, our State Legislative Counsel at the Center for Reproductive Rights, appeared this past Sunday on MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry Show to discuss the developing story out of Mississippi where [...]
Five Ways Arizona is Hurting Women
Five Ways Arizona is Hurting Women In an April 21 article, Rolling Stone criticizes the state of Arizona as posing “some of the gravest threats to reproductive freedom” in the country, specifically because of its [...]
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 [...]
New York Times: Abortion Providers in Texas Sue Over a Restrictive Rule That Could Close Clinics
New York Times: Abortion Providers in Texas Sue Over a Restrictive Rule That Could Close Clinics Erik Eckholm Health clinics offering abortions in Texas filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday to block a new state [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.