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Legal Retrogression and the Harms of Louisiana’s Near Total Abortion Bans: A Report to the Human Rights Committee 139 Session, United States

This human rights “shadow report,” jointly submitted by four organizations to the UN Human Rights Committee, represents early findings from fact-finding research underway in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana, where abortion is prohibited at [...]

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Retrogression in U.S. Reproductive Rights: The Ongoing Fight for Reproductive Autonomy

This human rights “shadow report” was submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee on September 12, 2023 by a coalition of fifteen reproductive rights, health, and justice organizations in preparation for a review of U.S. [...]

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Historic Decision: Mexico’s Supreme Court Decriminalizes Abortion

September 7, 2023 – The green wave in Latin America has reached a new milestone: in a historic decision, Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) decriminalized abortion on the federal level, establishing that criminalization in [...]

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Histórico: la Corte Suprema de México despenalizó el aborto

Declaración, 6 de septiembre de 2023 – La marea verde en América Latina alcanzó un nuevo hito. En una decisión histórica, la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación de México (SCJN) ordenó eliminar el [...]

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Crece la marea verde en México: la Suprema Corte despenalizó el aborto en Aguascalientes

Declaración, 1 de septiembre de 2023 – Celebramos la histórica decisión de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN) en México, que declaró inconstitucionales tres artículos del Código Penal del Estado de Aguascalientes [...]

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Corte IDH juzgará a Perú por esterilizaciones forzadas

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Ecuador da un paso en la lucha contra la violencia sexual en las aulas, pero faltan más

Declaración, 14 de agosto de 2023 – Hoy conmemoramos el Día oficial de lucha contra la violencia sexual en las aulas del año 2023 para recordar que Ecuador y los Estados de la región tienen [...]

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Un año después de la sentencia de Manuela, las mujeres en El Salvador siguen en riesgo de ser encarceladas por emergencias obstétricas

Cuatro mujeres fueron denunciadas en los últimos meses, después de buscar atención de urgencia en el sistema de salud. Los hechos son similares a los del caso Manuela, por el que El Salvador fue condenado [...]

Latin America & Caribbean, El Salvador,Press Releases

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Center for Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health Sector in Kenya Launch New Strategy to Implement Constitutional Provisions on Access to Safe and Legal Abortion card link

Center for Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health Sector in Kenya Launch New Strategy to Implement Constitutional Provisions on Access to Safe and Legal Abortion

06.15.2023 – (PRESS RELEASE) NAIROBI Today, the Reproductive Health Sector in Kenya launched the Nakuru Strategy. In June 2022, the reproductive health sector convened in Nakuru to develop strategies towards the full implementation of Article [...]

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Advocacy Manual on Legal Regulation of Abortion in India: Complexities and Challenges

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Submission on Poland to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (April 2023)

The Center for Reproductive Rights and the Federation for Women and Family Planning submitted updated information to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe regarding Poland’s implementation of three judgments of the European [...]

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Civil Society Organizations Call on Kenyan County and National Governments to Improve Maternal Health Policies

February 7, 2023 — The Center and its partners released this statement in response to recent instances of physical and emotional abuse and medical negligence involving maternal health care in Kenya.

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El Salvador debe acelerar implementación de la Sentencia de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos sobre emergencias obstétricas

Un año después de la sentencia en el caso de Manuela, no se identifican acciones definitivas del Estado para proteger a las mujeres y resguardar el secreto profesional médico. En El Salvador, entre los años [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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