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Legal and Human Rights Centre and the Center for Reproductive Rights (on Behalf of Tanzanian Girls) Against the United Republic of Tanzania (ACERWC)
Case seeks to end the discriminatory practice of barring pregnant girls and adolescent mothers from school.
Speak Out Now Against Health Care Discrimination
Today, the Trump administration continued chipping away at civil rights protections by proposing a rule that endorses discrimination in health care settings—putting patients’ lives and health at risk. This rule, published by the Department of [...]
The Center wins a major victory for abortion rights in Africa
In a groundbreaking decision, the High Court of Kenya ruled that the Ministry of Health’s 2014 withdrawal of the “Standards and Guidelines for Reducing Morbidity and Mortality from Unsafe Abortion in Kenya” (Standards and Guidelines), and [...]
Nearly 200 Businesses Sign on to Publicly Support Reproductive Rights
CEOs Sign on for Repro Rights “Don’t Ban Equality” initiative is launched with full-page ad in the New York Times, backed by reproductive rights organizations, including the Center More than 180 CEOs, from a broad [...]
Strong Voices for Our Rights
Sponsors and supporters of the Women’s Health Protection Act explain why WHPA now At the reintroduction of the Women’s Health Protection Act on May 23, a powerful lineup of government representatives and leaders in the [...]
Members of House and Senate Make Bold Move to Protect Abortion Access
Congress Makes Bold Move to Protect Abortion Access Led by lead sponsors Rep Judy Chu (D-CA) and Sen Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), the Women's Health Protection Act is re-introduced, to protect equal abortion access, for everyone [...]
Kansas Supreme Court Says State Constitution Protects Abortion
Today, the Kansas Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in Hodes & Nauser MDs, P.A., et al. v. Schmidt & Howe, affirming that the state’s constitution protects Kansas women’s right to safe and legal abortion. [...]
Standing up Against Abortion Opposition in Nairobi
The Center for Reproductive Rights and ally organizations take a petition to the government demanding anti-abortion billboards come down UPDATE: SUCCESS! The billboards came down in May. The Nairobi County Government responded to our request, [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
Stop the Trump Administration from Erasing Women
New bill demands Department of State stop neglecting vital data on reproductive health care from its annual report on global human rights The Trump administration has made no secret of its commitment to erasing women [...]
Maine Family Planning v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(REVISED 01.07.2022) Just days after the Trump Administration published its Domestic Gag Rule, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a case on behalf of Maine Family Planning --the largest reproductive health care organization in the state and its sole [...]
Supreme Court Steps in to Protect Abortion Access in Louisiana
Tonight, the United States Supreme Court stood by its decades-long affirmation of abortion rights, blocking a Louisiana law that could have shuttered the state’s few remaining clinics. We filed an emergency request with the Court to block [...]
Center Files Emergency Motion with the U.S. Supreme Court to Block Louisiana Law
Update: The United States Supreme Court issued a temporary administrative stay on February 1, preventing the admitting privileges law from going into effect today, February 4. The Court now has until Thursday, February 7 to respond [...]
Trust Women Foundation Inc. v. Bennett
(REVISED 1.19.2022) The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit challenging section 6 of the Kansas Telemedicine Act (House Bill 2028), which seeks to ban abortions administered through telemedicine, and a provision of a Kasnas regulatory [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
