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Joint Statement and Call to Action for Philippine Government to Address Grave Violations of Women’s Rights
Joint Call to Action for Philippine Government to Address Grave Violations of Women’s Rights Joint Statement for the Philippine Congress to Examine the Harmful Impact of the Total Criminal Ban on Abortion In commemoration of [...]
The Philippines In the Hot Seat
A momentous UN report exposes reproductive rights horrors in the Philippines. Tina Montales, her husband, and their eight children barely have enough to eat. A few rolls and coffee for breakfast. A couple of pounds [...]
Joint Statement and Call to Action for the Philippine Congress to Examine the Harmful Impact of the Total Criminal Ban on Abortion
Joint Statement for the Philippine Congress to Examine the Harmful Impact of the Total Criminal Ban on Abortion Joint Statement for the Philippine Congress to Examine the Harmful Impact of the Total Criminal Ban on [...]
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 [...]
The Only Clinic in N. Ireland Survives
The Only Clinic in N. Ireland Survives Northern Ireland, a country with limited abortion options, has just one private abortion clinic, which opened in 2012. This week, the Northern Ireland Assembly tried to shut down [...]
Huge Victory for Filipino Women
Huge Victory for Filipino Women A landmark reproductive health bill that has been in the making for more than a decade was passed just days ago in both the Philippines House of Representatives and the [...]
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Philippines Passes Reproductive Health Bill that Guarantees Access to Modern Contraceptives
Philippines Passes Reproductive Health Bill that Guarantees Access to Modern Contraceptives A reproductive health bill that has been in the making for more than a decade was passed in both the Philippines House of Representatives [...]
A World of Tragedy: The real-world consequences of a “human life” amendment
A World of Tragedy: The real-world consequences of a “human life” amendment The opponents of reproductive rights are once again calling for a "human life" amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Of course, the Constitution already [...]
Philippines: Time to Take Action
Philippines: Time to Take Action The Center for Reproductive Rights is calling on the Philippines—a country with one of the worst human rights records on protecting women's health— to adopt and implement a set of key [...]
Reproductive Rights Violations—Torture By Any Other Name
A woman living with HIV in Chile is forcibly sterilized while unconscious and undergoing a cesarean delivery. A Kenyan woman, along with her newborn child, is detained for weeks by hospital staff in miserable conditions. [...]
Human Rights Council Adopts Groundbreaking Resolution on Maternal Mortality
For the third year running, the UN's Human Rights Council has focused its attention on the global problem of preventable maternal mortality and morbidity. A ground-breaking resolution was adopted yesterday, in which States reaffirm their [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.