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Council of Europe Committee of Ministers Urges Poland to Ensure Access to Lawful Abortion Care

8 June 2023 (PRESS RELEASE) – Geneva—On 7 June 2023, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe issued a decision strongly urging Poland to ensure effective access to lawful abortion, without further delay, and [...]

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New Study Suggests Many Women Refugees from Ukraine are Returning Home Temporarily to Access Essential Reproductive Healthcare as a Result of Barriers in Parts of the EU

16.05.23 (PRESS RELEASE) Geneva – Women from Ukraine who sought sanctuary in the European Union often experience a series of entrenched barriers when seeking access to sexual and reproductive healthcare and gender-based violence support in [...]

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New Study Finds Many Refugees from Ukraine are Cut Off from Reproductive Health Care

Facing restrictive abortion and contraception laws and other quality of care barriers in Poland, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, many women feel they have no choice but to return to Ukraine to obtain care.

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Care in Crisis: Failures to guarantee the sexual and reproductive health and rights of refugees from Ukraine in Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia 

The Center for Reproductive Rights and eight partner organizations documented the gaps and barriers in access to sexual and reproductive healthcare and gender-based violence support services that are faced by refugees from Ukraine in Hungary, [...]

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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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The Latin American Green Wave Takes Los Angeles

Center and movement partners lead activities to bring attention to reproductive rights issues in Latin America.

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Conviction of Polish Human Rights Defender Sets Dangerous Precedent

The Center condemns the conviction of Justyna Wydrzyńska for helping a woman access abortion medication.

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In Ruling by Inter-American Court of Human Rights, New Legal Protections for Pregnant Women

In case involving the death of a pregnant woman in Argentina, Court requires states across Latin America to adopt policies to prevent obstetric violence.

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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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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Center for Reproductive Rights Condemns Prosecution of Polish Human Rights Defender Justyna Wydrzyńska 

13.07.2022 (PRESS RELEASE): On Thursday the Praga Południe District Court in Poland’s capital Warsaw will hold its next hearing in the case of human rights defender Justyna Wydrzyńska. Wydrzyńska has been accused of helping a woman [...]

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Amicus on the Prosecution of Polish Human Rights Defender

The Center for Reproductive Rights presented an amicus to the Praga Południe District Court in Warsaw, Poland in the case of human rights defender Justyna Wydrzyńska. Wydrzyńska has been accused of helping a woman in [...]

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Center and Partners File Third-Party Submissions to European Court of Human Rights in Cases Challenging Poland’s Abortion Restrictions

The Center and international human rights partners intervene in three groups of cases challenging Poland's restrictive abortion law.

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Center and Partners Call on Europe and Broader International Community to Address the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Women and Girls Impacted by the Conflict in Ukraine

In a Call to Action, the Center for Reproductive Rights joined more than 60 human rights organizations to urge the European Union, Member State governments, the United Nations, other donor governments, and the broader international [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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