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News Coverage: Kahoʻohanohano v. State of Hawaiʻi

Defending Reproductive Autonomy: Center Sues Hawaiʻi to Protect Midwifery Care, 02.27.24 "‘Medical colonialism’: midwives sue Hawaii over law regulating Native birth workers," The Guardian, 02.27.24 "Midwives Sue Hawai’i, Challenging Law Restricting Native Birthworkers," Teen Vogue, [...]

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U.S. Repro Watch, March 21

Medication abortion on the rise, VA expands IVF coverage, prenatal care delayed by abortion bans, and other news on U.S. reproductive rights.

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New Report Provides Strategies for Building SRHR Protections Around the World

“Pathways to Change” features case studies from 13 countries that have increased legal guarantees to abortion, maternal health, emergency contraception, and more.

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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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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 card link

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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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

‘Medical colonialism’: midwives sue Hawaii over law regulating Native birth workers card link

‘Medical colonialism’: midwives sue Hawaii over law regulating Native birth workers

In this piece by the Guardian, Center plaintiff Kiʻi Kahoʻohanohano and Senior Staff Attorney Hillary Schneller discuss a new case seeking to protect midwifery care in Hawaiʻi.

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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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The Center’s Nancy Northup Discusses “Patently Absurd” Alabama IVF Ruling

In an interview with Kaitlan Collins on CNN, the Center's President and CEO highlights the damaging implications of the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling recognizing embryos as children.

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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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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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