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Pregnant Women in Nigeria Die Due to Government Negligence, According to Center for Reproductive Rights’ New Report
Almost 60,000 women die every year in Nigeria from preventable pregnancy-related causes because the oil-rich country has failed to implement and enforce its own policies on maternal health, according to a new report published by [...]
High Court in Colombia Refuses to Outlaw “Morning-After Pill”
Council of State of Colombia Rules that Drug Doesn't Violate Right to Life NEW YORK -- Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights applauded a decision by Colombia's highest administrative court not to deny women legal [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Launches U.S. Law School Initiative and Selects First Fellow
NEW YORK -- The Center for Reproductive Rights today announced a joint fellowship program with Columbia Law School for outstanding law school graduates pursuing legal academic careers in reproductive health and human rights. This program [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Declares Victory Against Virginia Abortion Ban
Court Recognizes that Law Would Force Physicians to Stop Providing Services NEW YORK -- Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights hailed a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit striking down [...]
Kansas Supreme Court Limits Grand Jury’s Power in Abortion Patients’ Medical Records Case
NEW YORK -- Today, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that the grand jury investigating abortion provider Dr. George Tiller cannot embark on a fishing expedition into his patients' medical records. The court ordered the lower [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Calls on U.N. to Incorporate Reproductive Rights into New “Peer Review” Process
Geneva -- As the United Nations convenes its first "peer review" of member countries' human rights records, the Center for Reproductive Rights, along with ten other organizations from around the world, is expressing concern that [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Denounces Chilean Constitutional Tribunal’s Decision to Ban Distribution of “Morning-after Pill” in Public Facilities
"This ban treats women in Chile as second-class citizens by inhibiting their options and their ability to decide whether and when to have children. It is yet another abhorrent example of religiously motivated judges holding [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Argues Before Kansas Supreme Court to Stop Grand Jury from Obtaining Patient Medical Records in Abortion Case
NEW YORK- Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights argued before the Kansas Supreme Court to stop a citizen-petitioned grand jury from obtaining the medical records of approximately 2,000 women who sought services from Kansas abortion [...]
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Center for Reproductive Rights Announces New Fellowship With Columbia Law School For Reproductive Rights Scholars
NEW YORK-The Center for Reproductive Rights today announces a new fellowship with Columbia Law School for graduates pursuing legal academic careers in reproductive health and human rights.The Center-Columbia Fellow will be affiliated with both Columbia [...]
U.N. Committee Finds U.S. Is Falling Short in Tackling Racism in Reproductive Health Care
California Congresswoman Joins Center in Speaking Out against Disparities NEW YORK - Today, on the eve of International Women's Day, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said the United States was [...]
Filipino Women and Men Sue Manila Mayor For Ban on Contraception
Suit Follows Release of Human Rights Groups' Study Finding Ban has Triggered Reproductive Health Crisis MANILA - Twenty Manila women and men filed a case today in a Philippine high court against the mayor of [...]
Supreme Court Declines to Review Oklahoma “Choose Life” License Plates Case
Statement from the Center for Reproductive Rights New York, NY - Yesterday, the Supreme Court declined to review Hill v. Kemp, a case which centers on a license plate program in Oklahoma which offers specialty [...]
U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Review Legal Questions Raised in a Challenge to Michigan’s Abortion Ban
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court today refused to review legal questions raised in a challenge to Michigan's third attempt at a dangerous and extreme ban on abortion. The American Civil Liberties Union, Center for [...]
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