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Federal Court Rules FDA Must Reconsider Plan B Decision

On March 23, 2009, the Center scored a major victory when a federal court ruled that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had put politics before women's health when it decided to limit over-the-counter access [...]

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Science and Sex Education

"If President Obama follows his new science directive, then teenagers will have the medicine and knowledge to protect their health," writes Nancy Northup in a letter to the editor to The New York Times' today, [...]

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Time to Abandon Female Genital Mutilation

Today, on the Day for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), the Center for Reproductive Rights calls on governments worldwide to take immediate steps to end the practice.  They must enact and implement laws [...]

Adolescent SRHR, Female Genital Mutilation,Africa

Lesson One: Your Gender is Your Destiny – The Constitutionality of Teaching Sex Stereotypes in Abstinence-Only Programs

Lesson One: Your Gender is Your Destiny - The Constitutionality of Teaching Sex Stereotypes in Abstinence-Only Programs By Bonnie Scott Jones and Michelle Movahed, September 2008

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CRR/HRW Congressional Testimony

Written Testimony of Center for Reproductive Rights and Human RightsWatch to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the Human Rights Concerns of Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs

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Bringing Rights to Bear: Female Genital Mutilation and Other Harmful Practices

The Center has completed updating one of its signature publications, Bringing Rights to Bear. Initially published in 2002, Bringing Rights to Bear takes a long, hard look at the thousands of comments, statements, and recommendations [...]

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Emergency Contraception Legislative Advocacy Packet

Emergency Contraception Legislative Advocacy Packet

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