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Arizona’s Two Trip Law: Fear of Retaliation
Question: "Is there anyone in your life that would threaten you with violence if they knew you were having an abortion?" Answer: "There is someone in my life that would threaten me. In fact, if [...]
A Right to Contraception in the Philippines
The New York Times ran an eye-opening story about a bill in the Philippines that would require governments down to the local level to provide free or low-cost reproductive health services, including condoms and birth [...]
Remembering Dr. Sheldon J. Segal
Distinguished Scientist, Founding Board Member, and Friend Center for Reproductive Rights founding Board member Shelly J. Segal passed away at his summer home in Woods Hole, Massachusetts on Saturday, October 17. Dr. Segal was a [...]
NYT Misleads on Pouillon Murder and Clinic Violence
Originally posted on RH Reality Check There’s nothing new about the so-called liberal media bending over backwards to prove its impartiality — often at the expense of responsible reporting — but it doesn’t make it [...]
Abortion Funding and Social Justice: A Perspective from Mexico
Please join the Center for Reproductive Rights, the Guttmacher Institute, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health and Ipas for a special event with Eugenia López Uribe, a Mexican activist and coordinator of the MARIA [...]
Join the Fight on Healthcare Reform and Help the Center Win America’s Giving Challenge!
While Congress moves towards a healthcare reform bill that ignores the needs of women, you can voice your opposition by donating to the Center and helping us win $50,000 through America's Giving Challenge on Facebook! [...]
The Right to Information: A Must for Reproductive Freedom
Some of the most critical reproductive rights battles in the U.S. right now are being fought over information about reproductive health. On October 9, leading legal scholars explored how the law can protect a woman's [...]
Planned Parenthood of Alaska v. Campbell
This was a pre-election challenge to a ballot measure in Alaska proposing a law to require notification of one parent of a minor, followed by a 48-hour delay, prior to the performance of an abortion. [...]
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Tucson Women’s Center v. Arizona Medical Board
Case requesting that the U.S. District Court of Arizona invalidate certain provisions of Arizona House Bill 2564 that would significantly reduce women's access to abortion services in Arizona and put physicians at risk of losing [...]
Fighting Arizona’s Mandatory Delay Law
Tucson Women's Center v. Arizona Medical Board When Clara Jones* needed to go to the doctor's office, she traveled six hours roundtrip and needed to change her work schedule and arrange for childcare. If a [...]
Kalyani Meena v. Union of India & Ors
The Center filed a memorandum of support for Kalyani Meena v. Union of India &, Ors, a case developed in collaboration with the Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) of India in 2008 to address the overwhelming [...]
2008 Annual Report: Seizing Today Transforming Tomorrow
In 2008, the Center for Reproductive Rights deployed its unique legal and human rights expertise to secure access to reproductive healthcare, block assaults on abortion and birth control, and hold governments accountable for maternal deaths. [...]
Defending Human Rights: Teleconference and Webinar
Abortion Providers Facing Threats, Restrictions, and Harassment Karen Leiter, author of the Defending Human Rights report and the Center's Human Rights Researcher, lead a teleconference and webinar with Communications Connection, an interactive web forum for [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
