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Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline’s “Kiss and Tell” Law goes before Appeals Court

WHAT: Oral argument in Aid for Women v. Foulston will be heard at U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. The Tenth Circuit will review the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas' [...]

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Adolescents Need Safe and Legal Abortion

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Religious Voices Worldwide Support Choice: Pro-choice Perspectives in Five World Religions

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Promote Access to the Full Range of Abortion Technologies: Remove Barriers to Medical Abortion

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Setting the Record Straight: The Facts on Some Popular Myths About Abortion

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Shame On the FDA: More Deception and Delay

Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights Today, the Food and Drug Administration announced that it would delay making a decision about Plan B, the emergency contraceptive commonly known as the morning-after pill, [...]

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Pregnant Women Living with HIV/AIDS: Protecting Human Rights in Programs to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV

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Contraceptive Equity Bills Gain Momentum in State Legislatures

In the United States almost 50% of pregnancies are unintended. Contraceptive equity legislation could reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and the need for abortion by providing affordable and reliable contraception for women. Women Deserve [...]

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Safe Abortion: A Public Health Imperative

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For First Time in NCLR’s History, Briefing on Reproductive Rights of Hispanic Women to be Held at Annual Conference

For the first time since the creation of the National Council of La Raza, two organizations focused on women's reproductive rights issues will host a briefing on the reproductive advancement of Latinas during La Raza's [...]

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Key Victory In Appeals Court Against 2003 Federal Abortion Ban

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held unconstitutional the "Partial Birth Abortion Act of 2003," because the law failed to provide any exception if a woman's health is at stake. The [...]

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The Teen Endangerment Act: Harming Young Women Who Seek Abortion

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Law Endangering Young Women Challenged in Federal Court:

Health Care Providers Say Law Imperils Health and Lives of Florida’s Young Women Today on behalf of four women's health care centers and two individual physicians, the Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood Federation [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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