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Ex-Ob/Gyn Chief In Arizona, Fired For Advocating Abortion, Files New Claims Against Phoenix Officials

Doctor Says Officials Violated Freedom of Speech New York New York, May 5, 2006 -- The former director of an OB/GYN residency program at a Phoenix hospital has filed a newly amended complaint in an [...]

Abortion, Other Barriers, Censorship, Medical Education,United States,In the Courts,News

Council of Europe Finds Evidence of Forced Sterilization of Romani Women in Slovakia

Commissioner for Human Rights Calls on Slovak Government to Accept Responsibility for Failing to Protect Women from Illegal Sterilizations and to Enact Laws to End Practice On October 29, the Commissioner for Human Rights of [...]

Maternal Health, Coercive Policies,Europe, Slovakia, Accountability Bodies, European Human Rights System,Reporting on Rights,News

Slovak Investigation Covers Up Human Rights Abuses

At the conclusion of a criminal investigation tainted by strong-arm tactics, the Slovak Deputy Prime Minister of Human Rights and Minorities Pál Csáky rejected the findings of a human rights report that documented 110 cases [...]

Maternal Health, Coercive Policies,Europe, Slovakia, Accountability Bodies, European Human Rights System,Reporting on Rights,News

International Human Rights Settlement Expected to Improve Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Care in Peru

Policy Changes Come After Coerced Sterilization Case that Ended in Death Yesterday, the government of Peru signed an agreement before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) that should bring about sweeping changes in Peru's [...]

Maternal Health, Coercive Policies,Latin America & Caribbean, Peru, Accountability Bodies, Inter-American Human Rights System,In the Courts,News

ACLU, Center for Reproductive Rights, and Florida NOW Say Appointing a Guardian for a Fetus Threatens the Health and Rights of Pregnant Women in Florida

Appointing a guardian for a fetus would violate a woman's right not only to decide whether to continue her pregnancy, but also to choose medical care to protect her own health during pregnancy, the American [...]

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Coercive Policies,United States,In the Courts,News

Human Rights Groups Call on Slovakia to Address Illegal Sterilization of Romani Women

Amnesty International, Center for Reproductive Rights, European Roma Rights Center,Human Rights Watch, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights Today, nine international human rights groups joined forces to urge Slovakia to conduct an impartial and adequate [...]

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Romani Women Subject to Forced Sterilization in Slovakia

Rights Violated by Health Care System New York, NY – Romani women are being coerced or forced to undergo sterilization procedures in eastern Slovakia’s government-run health facilities, according to a new report released today by [...]

Maternal Health, Coercive Policies,Europe, Romania, Slovakia,Reporting on Rights,News

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