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Organizations Respond to U.N. Special Rapporteur’s Report
Human rights, women’s rights and health organizations released a signed letter this week in support of the report by the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Anand Grover, which was presented on October [...]
Haciendo de los derechos una realidad: Resumen
El Centro ha terminado la versión en español de su serie de publicaciones, Haciendo de los Derechos una Realidad. Publicado por la primera vez en inglés en 2002, Haciendo de los Derechos una Realidad examina [...]
Preliminary Injunction: Stuart et al v. Huff Memorandum Opinion and Order
On September 29, 2011, the Center for Reproductive Rights challenged a newly enacted North Carolina law which prohibits a woman from getting an abortion until four hours after her physician performs an ultrasound, places the [...]
Amicus Brief: Gauer and Others v. France
In August 2011, the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners filed an amicus brief to the European Court of Human Rights in support of Joëlle Gauer and Others —five women with mental disabilities in [...]
Progressive groups warn Congress off Policy Riders for 2012 budget vote
September 21, 2011 Dear Senator or Representative, The undersigned organizations, on behalf of our millions of members and supporters, write today to express our strong opposition to the addition of policy riders in [...]
The Center’s Comments to the Polish Parliament on a Proposal to Ban Abortion
The Center for Reproductive Rights and the Polish Federation for Women and Family Planning submitted these comments to members of the Polish Parliament with respect to the bill “On the Protection of Human Life from [...]
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Order: Texas Medical Providers Performing Abortion Services v. Lakey
IT IS ORDERED that Defendants are ENJOINED from penalizing a physician, criminally or otherwise, under the Act1 when multiple physicians perform an abortion, and any one of those physicians, or a combination of them, comply [...]
Decision: Alyne da Silva Pimentel v. Brazil
In the first maternal death case to be decided by an international human rights body, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) establishes that governments have a human rights obligation [...]
A.N. V COSTA RICA: Acceso a servicios de aborto legal
A A.N., una joven mujer costarricense que a los 26 años quedó embarazada de un feto al que se le diagnosticó una malformación severa incompatible con la vida extrauterina que le representaba una amenaza a [...]
UN Concluding Observations: Russia, 2011
The U.N. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights released their concluding observations from the 46th session on the fifth periodic report of the Russian Federation on May 20, 2011. The Center for Reproductive Rights [...]
UN Concluding Observations: The Republic of Moldova
The U.N. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights released their concluding observations from the 46th session on the second periodic report of the Republic of Moldova on July 12, 2011. The Center for Reproductive [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
