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SisterSong v. Kemp
(Revised July 20, 2022) This lawsuit challenges Georgia’s 2019 effort to ban abortion, which was set to take effect on January 1, 2020. House Bill 481 would ban abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy, before [...]
Stop Extreme Abortion Bans
Georgia is the latest state to target Roe v. Wade by banning abortion. We’re suing to stop them. Today, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Georgia, Planned Parenthood, and the Center for Reproductive [...]
Expulsion of Pregnant and Married Girls from School Must Stop
The Center has filed a complaint to bring this discriminatory and reprehensible practice to a halt On June 17, with our Tanzanian partner the Legal and Human Rights Centre, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed [...]
Legal and Human Rights Centre and the Center for Reproductive Rights (on Behalf of Tanzanian Girls) Against the United Republic of Tanzania (ACERWC)
Case seeks to end the discriminatory practice of barring pregnant girls and adolescent mothers from school.
Speak Out Now Against Health Care Discrimination
Today, the Trump administration continued chipping away at civil rights protections by proposing a rule that endorses discrimination in health care settings—putting patients’ lives and health at risk. This rule, published by the Department of [...]
The Center wins a major victory for abortion rights in Africa
In a groundbreaking decision, the High Court of Kenya ruled that the Ministry of Health’s 2014 withdrawal of the “Standards and Guidelines for Reducing Morbidity and Mortality from Unsafe Abortion in Kenya” (Standards and Guidelines), and [...]
Nearly 200 Businesses Sign on to Publicly Support Reproductive Rights
CEOs Sign on for Repro Rights “Don’t Ban Equality” initiative is launched with full-page ad in the New York Times, backed by reproductive rights organizations, including the Center More than 180 CEOs, from a broad [...]
Mapping Abortion Rights Worldwide
The Center for Reproductive Rights unveils our fully updated, interactive World's Abortion Laws Map Tonight, the fully revised and updated World's Abortion Laws Map—the definitive record of the legal status of abortion in countries around [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
Catalyzing Global Change for Women and Girls
Creating progress that can drive true gender equality for women and girls worldwide will be center stage at this week’s global international conference on the health and wellbeing of women and girls: Women Deliver officially [...]
Demanding Accountability
Latin America is the only region in the world in which the pregnancy rate for girls under 15 years of age is rising. Most of these pregnancies are the result of rape, frequently by family [...]
“They Are Girls, Not Mothers”—Protecting Sexual Abuse Victims from Forced Pregnancy and Childbirth (UN Human Rights Committee)
These cases against Guatemala, Nicaragua and Ecuador were brought on behalf of four girls—each age 14 or younger—who were raped and forced to give birth. The cases argue that by failing to protect these sexual abuse victims, the countries violated their human rights.
Strong Voices for Our Rights
Sponsors and supporters of the Women’s Health Protection Act explain why WHPA now At the reintroduction of the Women’s Health Protection Act on May 23, a powerful lineup of government representatives and leaders in the [...]
Members of House and Senate Make Bold Move to Protect Abortion Access
Congress Makes Bold Move to Protect Abortion Access Led by lead sponsors Rep Judy Chu (D-CA) and Sen Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), the Women's Health Protection Act is re-introduced, to protect equal abortion access, for everyone [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
