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U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Second Attack on ACA Birth Control Benefit

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Second Attack on ACA Birth Control Benefit Religiously affiliated employers attempting to undermine women’s guaranteed access to affordable contraception (PRESS RELEASE) Today the U.S. Supreme Court will hear [...]

Contraception, Funding for Reproductive Healthcare, Other Financial Barriers,United States,In the Courts,News

UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (U.N. CRC) Concluding Observations for Peru

   

Adolescent SRHR,Latin America & Caribbean, Peru,At the United Nations,Documents

Chile’s Cámara de Diputados Approves Abortion Bill

Chile’s Cámara de Diputados Approves Abortion Bill (PRESS RELEASE) Today Chile’s Cámara de Diputados (House) agreed to advance a proposed bill that would allow women to access safe and legal abortion services in cases of [...]

Abortion, Definitions, Legal Protections, Legal Restrictions,Latin America & Caribbean, Chile, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,News

U.N. Human Rights Expert Condemns Broad Range of Reproductive Rights Violations as Torture

U.N. Human Rights Expert Condemns Broad Range of Reproductive Rights Violations as Torture (PRESS RELEASE) Child marriage, forced pregnancy testing in schools, abuse of women seeking maternal health services and restrictive abortion laws can amount [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions, Other Barriers, Adolescent SRHR, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Maternal Mortality,Africa, Kenya, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,At the United Nations,News

Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

Abortion, Adolescent SRHR, Maternal Health,Accountability Bodies, United Nations,At the United Nations, Reporting on Rights,Documents

Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the 5th Periodic State Report of the Republic of Uganda (2010-2012)

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Abortion, Adolescent SRHR, Censorship, Discriminatory Policies, Maternal Health,Africa, Uganda,Engaging Policymakers,Documents

The Africa Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights: Uganda Shadow Letter

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Abortion, Adolescent SRHR, Censorship, Discriminatory Policies, Maternal Health,Africa, Uganda,Engaging Policymakers,Documents

Kenya Committee on the Rights of the Child: Full Session Letter

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Adolescent SRHR,Africa, Kenya,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,Documents

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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Obama Budget Advances Reproductive Health at Home & Abroad, But Leaves Too Many Low-Income Women Behind

Obama Budget Advances Reproductive Health at Home & Abroad, But Leaves Too Many Low-Income Women Behind (PRESS RELEASE) President Barack Obama’s proposed FY2017 budget released yesterday includes steps toward expanding and promoting reproductive health care coverage [...]

Funding for Reproductive Healthcare, Public Funding,United States,Engaging Policymakers, In Washington D.C.,News

President Obama Vetoes Congressional Measure Defunding Planned Parenthood

President Obama Vetoes Congressional Measure Defunding Planned Parenthood (PRESS RELEASE) President Barack Obama today vetoed a measure that attempted to defund Planned Parenthood and repeal key pieces of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The measure [...]

Funding for Reproductive Healthcare, Public Funding,United States,Engaging Policymakers, In Washington D.C.,News

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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