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New Research Report Documents How Louisiana’s Abortion Bans Harm Patients and Clinicians card link

New Research Report Documents How Louisiana’s Abortion Bans Harm Patients and Clinicians

Fact-finding report by the Center and its partners finds that criminalizing abortion care violates medical ethics, public health standards, and human rights—and undermines maternal health.

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Order of Dismissal: Tulsa Women’s Reproductive Clinic v. Drummond

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Concurrence: Tulsa Women’s Reproductive Clinic v. Drummond

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UN Side Event: The Impacts of Poverty and Criminalization on Abortion Access

Watch online this March 12 event being held at UN Headquarters during the 68th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

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U.S. Repro Watch, March 8

Major pharmacies to dispense abortion pills, Alabama scrambles to address alarming IVF ruling, and other news on U.S. reproductive rights.

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Honoring International Women’s Day

On International Women’s Day—and every day—the Center is working to build a world where every person participates with dignity as an equal member of society, regardless of gender.

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Victory in Kenya: Court of Appeal Affirms Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care

Court issues sweeping decision in Center’s case of pregnant woman physically and verbally abused by hospital staff and left to deliver on a concrete floor.

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Defending Reproductive Autonomy: Center Sues Hawaiʻi to Protect Midwifery Care 

Lawsuit asks state court to block a midwifery restriction law to restore access to safe, respectful, and culturally informed maternal care in Hawaiʻi communities.

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.

Complaint: Kahoʻohanohano v. State of Hawaiʻi card link

Complaint: Kahoʻohanohano v. State of Hawaiʻi

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Kenya Court of Appeal Decision in County Government of Bungoma v. Josephine Oundo Ongwen (Kenya Civil Appeal No. 61 of 2018)

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U.S. Repro Watch, February 22

Alabama Supreme Court rules embryos are children, data on patient clinic visits sold to anti-abortion campaign, and other news on U.S. reproductive rights.

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Center-led Program in Bangladesh to Improve Reproductive Health Services for Rohingya Refugees

Modeled on its successful accountability initiative in Uganda, program at Cox’s Bazar refugee settlement aims to enhance delivery of sexual, reproductive and maternal health services.

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U.S. Repro Watch, February 7

Anti-abortion lawmakers work to keep abortion off the ballot, premature births on the rise, and other news on U.S. reproductive rights.

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.