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News Coverage: Kahoʻohanohano v. State of Hawaiʻi

Defending Reproductive Autonomy: Center Sues Hawaiʻi to Protect Midwifery Care, 02.27.24 "‘Medical colonialism’: midwives sue Hawaii over law regulating Native birth workers," The Guardian, 02.27.24 "Midwives Sue Hawai’i, Challenging Law Restricting Native Birthworkers," Teen Vogue, [...]

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Unsafe and Unjust: The Legal and Social Barriers That Deny Women and Girls Their Right to Safe Abortion Services in Sindh, Pakistan

This report by the Center for Reproductive Rights and AAHUNG examines the impact of Pakistan’s existing legal framework on the availability and access to safe abortion services in Sindh province of Pakistan and makes recommendations [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,Asia, Pakistan,Reporting on Rights,Publications

New “Criminalized Care” Report Shows How Louisiana’s Abortion Bans Endanger Patients and Clinicians  

Researchers document the stark reality of harm, erosion of medical trust, and human rights violations in Louisiana

Abortion, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Coercive Policies, Maternal Mortality,United States,Reporting on Rights,Press Releases

Criminalized Care: How Louisiana’s Abortion Bans Endanger Patients and Clinicians

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Llamado a la Corte Interamericana para reconocer el cuidado como derecho humano y su relación con la autonomía reproductiva

Organizaciones de la Sociedad civil piden a la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos reconocer el cuidado como un derecho humano y su directa relación con el derecho a la autonomía reproductiva de las mujeres, para [...]

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‘Medical colonialism’: midwives sue Hawaii over law regulating Native birth workers card link

‘Medical colonialism’: midwives sue Hawaii over law regulating Native birth workers

In this piece by the Guardian, Center plaintiff Kiʻi Kahoʻohanohano and Senior Staff Attorney Hillary Schneller discuss a new case seeking to protect midwifery care in Hawaiʻi.

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Pregnant Woman Forced to Deliver on Hospital Floor Wins Appeal in Landmark Case

Affirming the Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care in Kenya 

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Hawai‘i Law Restricting Midwives Challenged in Court 

Native Hawaiian midwives and others sue state to block law that prevents them from serving communities in traditional ways.

Maternal Health,United States,In the Courts,Press Releases

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The Center’s Nancy Northup Discusses “Patently Absurd” Alabama IVF Ruling card link

The Center’s Nancy Northup Discusses “Patently Absurd” Alabama IVF Ruling

In an interview with Kaitlan Collins on CNN, the Center's President and CEO highlights the damaging implications of the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling recognizing embryos as children.

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Pathways to Change: Building Stronger Legal Guarantees for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Pathways to Change presents the stories and strategies that have advanced sexual and reproductive health and rights in countries around the world.

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Pathways to Change: Building Stronger Legal Guarantees for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Pathways to Change presents the stories and strategies that have advanced sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in countries around the world.   Designed for activists and organizations working on SRHR issues, it features case [...]

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Refugees from Ukraine Still Cut Off from Reproductive Health Care Two Years into War

Center and partners advocate for the removal of barriers to sexual and reproductive health care for refugees from Ukraine in some parts of the EU.

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Michigan Abortion Restrictions Challenged in Court

02.06.24 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights, on behalf of Northland Family Planning Centers and Medical Students for Choice, filed a case in the Michigan Court of Claims challenging three abortion restrictions. [...]

Abortion,United States,In the Courts,Press Releases

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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