2015 State of the States: Fighting Back By Pushing Forward
Politicians in statehouses across the country continued to attack women’s access to vital health care services in 2015, introducing nearly 400 bills and enacting 47 new laws restricting access to reproductive health care this legislative [...]
Stand Up, Fight TRAP: A Policy and Advocacy Resource to Counter Clinic Shutdown Laws
Clinics across the country are being forced to close their doors, making it even harder for a woman to get the abortion care she needs, simply because some politicians want to play politics with women’s [...]
A Voting Rights Act for Reproductive Rights?
The following article was written by Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, as part of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law's publication titled "Legal [...]
State of the States: 2015 at the Midpoint
Troubling trends abound, but some bright spots provide hope for the future of reproductive health care access. 2015 saw the continuation of harmful trends in state legislatures to restrict reproductive rights and access, either through sham [...]
Annual Report 2014
The following annual report documents the momentum and impact of our work in 2014—from defending the very last abortion clinic in Mississippi, to spearheading introduction of a historic bill to protect reproductive freedom across the [...]
Fighting Back: Reclaiming Reproductive Rights in the 113th Congress and Beyond
The 113th Congress was another busy time for extremist politicians looking to make abortion and even contraception impossible to access. As detailed in the Center for Reproductive Rights’ new report, “Fighting Back: Reclaiming Reproductive Rights [...]
Moving in a New Direction: A Proactive State Policy Resource for Promoting Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice
Moving in a New Direction: A Proactive State Policy Resource for Promoting Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice showcases proactive policy solutions that reflect the innovation, commitment, and vision of our movements for reproductive health, rights, [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
The Personhood Papers
The so-called personhood movement threatens the human and reproductive rights of women by giving rights to a fertilized egg. The Center has assembled information and strategies to help advocates, legislators, and others beat back these [...]
Proposed Global Gag Rule Threatens Women’s Health and Lives; Undermines Democratic Values
The House of Representatives-proposed Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 2012 would reinstate a failed Bush-era policy -- the "Global Gag Rule" -- that would silence overseas community groups and health experts, preventing them from discussing [...]
The Gains of the New Constitution: Stronger Protections for the Lives and Health of Women in Kenya
Kenya’s new constitution demonstrates several gains for the women of Kenya, including stronger protections for their health and lives. The constitution affirms that every person has the right to the highest attainable standard of health, [...]
Fact Sheet: Nepal Supreme Court’s Landmark Decision Upholding the Right to Abortion
The Center has authored a new fact sheet on an important decision from the Supreme Court of Nepal in the case of Lakshmi Dhikta v. Nepal that upholds a woman’s right to abortion. This case [...]
House Budget Bill Would Strip 60,000 Low-Income Women in the District of Columbia of Access to Abortion Services
The draft budget bill (H.R. 1) passed by the House of Representatives would overrule the decision of 400,000-plus voters in the District of Columbia to fund medically necessary abortions for low-income women. The bill would [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
