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UN Human Rights Committee Asserts that Access to Abortion and Prevention of Maternal Mortality are Human Rights
UN Human Rights Committee Asserts that Access to Abortion and Prevention of Maternal Mortality are Human Rights (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights welcomes and firmly supports the United Nations Human Rights Committee’s General [...]
Nigeria’s Federal High Court Strikes Out Civil Society Organization’s Case of a Woman Who Was Illegally Detained and Died During Confinement
(PRESS RELEASE) The family of a woman who was illegally detained for the inability to clear her medical bill and denied emergency services leading to her death, yesterday had their case dismissed by the Federal [...]
Fact Sheet: Independent Thought V. India
On October 11, 2017, the Supreme Court of India issued a landmark judgment recognizing every girl’s right to bodily integrity, and penalizing rape within child marriage. In Independent Thought v. Union of India and Another, [...]
The Center for Reproductive Rights Denounces Arrest of Pregnant Schoolgirls in Tanzania
The Center for Reproductive Rights Denounces Arrest of Pregnant Schoolgirls in Tanzania The Center for Reproductive Rights Denounces Arrest of Pregnant Schoolgirls in Tanzania (PRESS RELEASE) Five schoolgirls who became pregnant and their parents were [...]
Statement from Center for Reproductive Rights Applauding Federal Court Decision Protecting DACA
Statement from Center for Reproductive Rights Applauding Federal Court Decision Protecting DACA Statement from Nancy Northup, President &, CEO of Center for Reproductive Rights, applauding federal court decision protecting the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals [...]
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Calls for Better Access to Reproductive Health Services
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Calls for Better Access to Reproductive Health Services (PRESS RELEASE) The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)—the principal human rights body for the Americas—released a statement that underscores how laws [...]
UNFPA Report Addresses Economic Inequality and the Intersection with Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
UNFPA Report Addresses Economic Inequality and the Intersection with Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights European Union Pledges 500 Million Euros Towards Gender Equality Fund (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights commends the United [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Joins Black Mamas Matter Alliance and Reproductive Justice Groups in Fight for Maternal Health Care at the Fifth Circuit
Center for Reproductive Rights Joins Black Mamas Matter Alliance and Reproductive Justice Groups (MEDIA ADVISORY) - The Center for Reproductive Rights today filed an amicus brief in a federal appeals court on behalf of the Black [...]
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European Union and United Nations Launch Spotlight Initiative to End Violence Against Women
European Union and United Nations Launch Spotlight Initiative to End Violence Against Women European Union Pledges 500 Million Euros Towards Gender Equality Fund (PRESS RELEASE) This week the European Union and the United Nations kicked [...]
New Poll from the Center for Reproductive Rights: 6 in 10 Americans Support Federal Law to Protect Abortion Access
New Poll from the Center for Reproductive Rights: 6 in 10 Americans Support Federal Law to Protect Abortion Access Survey Finds Strong Bipartisan Support for a Woman’s Access to Safe, Legal Abortion. 87 Percent Want [...]
Updated Report from the Center for Reproductive Rights, Ibis Reproductive Health: States with Most Abortion Restrictions have the Fewest Supportive Policies for Women, Children
States with Most Abortion Restrictions have the Fewest Supportive Policies for Women, Children (PRESS RELEASE) States with the highest number of abortion restrictions tend to have the worst women and children’s health outcomes and fewest [...]
Chile’s Senate Passes Abortion Bill
Chile’s Senate Passes Abortion Bill (PRESS RELEASE) After more than two years of Congressional deliberations, today the Chile Senate passed an abortion bill that will allow women to access safe and legal abortion services in [...]
Trump Administration Guts Funding to United Nations Population Fund
Trump Administration Guts Funding to United Nations Population Fund Latest attack on reproductive health services threatens programs to reduce unintended pregnancies and prevent child marriages (PRESS RELEASE) This week the U.S. State Department announced its [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.