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Center for Reproductive Rights Calls on U.S. to Keep It’s Promise to Protect Reproductive Rights
United States Goes Before U.N. Human Rights Committee Geneva - Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights urged the United States to uphold the legal pledge it made under the International Covenant on Civil and Political [...]
Center Sends Bush Letter, Urging President To Put Position On Contraception To The Test
The Center for Reproductive Rights today urged the Bush administration to reconcile its recently stated position on contraception with the five-year long refusal by the Food and Drug Administration to make Plan B, known as [...]
Tummino v. von Eschenbach: Center’s Letter to President Bush Urging Support for Emergency Contraception
The Honorable George W. Bush President of the United States 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President, We write in reference to a May 15, 2006 letter from your Assistant Secretary of [...]
Supreme Court Declines to Review Controversial Louisiana “Choose Life” License Plates Case
Statement from Nancy Northup, President of the Center for Reproductive Rights Today, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review Keeler v. Stalder, a case that looked at whether states may issue specialty license plates with [...]
Former Head Of FDA To Be Desposed On Tuesday In “Morning-After Pill” Case As Agency Rejects Five-Year-Old Citizen’s Petition
New York, NY—On Tuesday, June 13, 2006, attorneys from the Center for Reproductive Rights will question former U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Mark B. McClellan in a court-ordered deposition about the FDA’s [...]
Observaciones finales: Costa Rica_HRC_2006_Espanol
Observaciones finales: Costa Rica_HRC_2006_Espanol
Observaciones finales: Chile_CEDAW_2006_Ingles
Observaciones finales: Chile_CEDAW_2006_Ingles
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Woodcock and Galson Depositions Released
Ex-FDA Chief Yanked Authority from Senior Staff in "Morning-After Pill" Decision, Officials Testify New York, NY— Since January 2005, former Commissioner for the Food and Drug Administration Dr. Lester Crawford repeatedly yanked decision-making powers on [...]
Landmark Decision By Colombia’s Highest Court Liberalizes One Of The World’s Most Restrictive Abortion Laws
Colombia’s Constitution Requires Government to Allow for Abortion in Some Cases New York, NY | More Info In a landmark decision, Colombia's highest court has ruled that abortion must be permitted when a pregnancy threatens [...]
Ex-Ob/Gyn Chief In Arizona, Fired For Advocating Abortion, Files New Claims Against Phoenix Officials
Doctor Says Officials Violated Freedom of Speech New York New York, May 5, 2006 -- The former director of an OB/GYN residency program at a Phoenix hospital has filed a newly amended complaint in an [...]
Court Sets Precedent, Stopping Kansas Attorney General’s Effort to Invade Teen Privacy
Judge Rules that "Kiss and Tell" Law Will Drive Teens Away from Seeking Medical Care New York, NY- Today, the U.S. District Court of the District of Kansas stopped the Kansas Attorney General from enforcing [...]
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