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Symposium on the Latin American Green Wave—October 27 in Washington, DC
Learn how this powerful movement confronted restrictions and achieved victories to liberalize abortion laws.
Lawsuit Filed to Restore Abortion Access in Arizona
10.4.22 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, an Arizona physician and the Arizona Medical Association filed a lawsuit in state court, asking the court to allow abortion care to resume through 15 weeks of pregnancy. The lawsuit [...]
Webinar: Legal and Practical Barriers to Self-Managed Abortion
Register today and hear from experts across the globe.
Center’s Enid Muthoni Ndiga Joins Global Leaders at the Clinton Global Initiative Event
September 19 session with global leaders will address reproductive and maternal health.
ACERWC Recommends Tanzania Reform Education Policy That Violates Rights of Pregnant and Married Adolescent Girls
DAR-ES-SALAAM, Sept 18, 2022: Today, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC, also “the Committee”), found that the United Republic of Tanzania violated multiple human rights and gender [...]
Federal Abortion Ban Proposed in Senate
09.14.2022 – (PRESS STATEMENT) Yesterday, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham introduced a nationwide ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Senator Graham has falsely claimed that the ban would put the U.S. in line with European countries. Statement [...]
Statement from Nancy Northup on the Biden-Harris Administration’s Announcement on Actions to Further Abortion Access
08.26.2022 — On Friday, August 26, the Biden-Harris administration announced further actions to implement President Biden’s Executive Orders on abortion access (EO 14076 and EO 14079). Statement from Nancy Northup, President & CEO of the [...]
State Court Blocks North Dakota’s Trigger Ban
8/25/22 UPDATE: A state court in North Dakota has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the state’s trigger ban from taking effect while litigation proceeds. The ban was set to go into effect on August 26, [...]
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Abortion “Trigger Bans” Take Effect in Three States Tomorrow
08.24.22 (PRESS RELEASE) – Tomorrow, “trigger” bans that prohibit abortion entirely will take effect in Idaho, Tennessee, and Texas, bringing the number of states where abortion is illegal to eleven. Abortion is currently available up [...]
South Carolina Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Six-Week Abortion Ban
08.17.22 — (PRESS RELEASE) Today, in a unanimous order, the South Carolina Supreme Court blocked the state’s ban on abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy (Senate Bill 1), granting an emergency request from abortion providers [...]
Abortion Now Banned After 20th Week of Pregnancy in North Carolina
08.17.22 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, a federal judge lifted an injunction blocking North Carolina’s ban on abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy, allowing the law to go into effect immediately. The ban had been [...]
Georgia State Court Denies Request to Block Six-Week Abortion Ban
08.15.22 — (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Superior Court of Fulton County refused to block Georgia’s six-week abortion ban, allowing the state to continue criminalizing essential health care. The law bans abortion just two weeks after a [...]
Florida’s 15-Week Abortion Ban Heads to State Supreme Court
08.10.22 (PRESS RELEASE) — Florida health care providers today sought review in the Florida Supreme Court in their case challenging the state’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy (House Bill 5). The move [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
