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U.S.-born Girls Face “Vacation Cutting”

U.S.-born Girls Face “Vacation Cutting” The practice of genital mutilation, while deeply embedded in a number of African and Middle Eastern cultures, has been banned in the United States for almost 20 years. However, as [...]

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Filipino Women React to New Rights

Filipino Women React to New Rights This week The Star Online, a Malaysian-based newspaper, explores the personal impact of the Philippine Supreme Court’s landmark decision to uphold a law expanding access to birth control and [...]

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U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Challenges to Birth Control Benefits in Affordable Care Act

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Challenges to Birth Control Benefits in Affordable Care Act Two for-profit companies, including arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby, attempting to impose religious beliefs on female employees by refusing [...]

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United Nations Human Rights Council Urged to Address Lack of Access to Contraceptives and Family Planning

United Nations Human Rights Council Urged to Address Lack of Access to Contraceptives and Family Planning (PRESS RELEASE) The governments of Argentina, Denmark, Ethiopia, and Morocco are leading a group of more than 60 states [...]

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New Federal Bill Restores Vital Health Care Services to Immigrant Women and Families

New Federal Bill Restores Vital Health Care Services to Immigrant Women and Families Center for Reproductive Rights Calls Measure “Crucial,” Urges Congress to Support Health Care Coverage for all Women (PRESS RELEASE) Today Congresswoman Michelle [...]

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U.S. Human Rights at the U.N.

U.S. Human Rights at the U.N. The United States government, like all nations that have ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), must periodically report to the U.N. Human Rights Committee. To [...]

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San Francisco Board of Supervisors Calls for Expanded Access to Safe, Legal Reproductive Health Care

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Calls for Expanded Access to Safe, Legal Reproductive Health Care Municipal resolution declares February “Women, Girls, and Transgender Women’s Health Month,” calls for passage of federal Women’s Health Protection Act [...]

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New Health and Human Rights Teaching Resource

New Health and Human Rights Teaching Resource We are very excited to report the launch of the Health and Human Rights Syllabus Database. Compiled by the Program on Global Health &, Human Rights, Institute for Global [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.

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Oklahoma EC Law Thrown Out of Court

Oklahoma EC Law Thrown Out of Court An Oklahoma state court judge threw out a recently passed law that tried to reinstate unnecessary governmental barriers to emergency contraception. The restrictions required prescriptions for those under [...]

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Oklahoma Judge: Restrictions on Emergency Contraception Violate State Constitution

Oklahoma Judge: Restrictions on Emergency Contraception Violate State Constitution Oklahoma women will continue to have same access to safe and effective emergency contraception as other women across the U.S. (PRESS RELEASE) Late yesterday, an Oklahoma [...]

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The State of the States 2013

The State of the States 2013 The Landscape of Abortion Restrictions Passed in 2013 Over the past year, we have had to double the size of our team of attorneys and experts who track state [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.