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The Center takes the FDA Back to Court
Teva, the manufacturer of the emergency contraceptive (EC) Plan B, announced that it filed an application with the FDA requesting that EC be available over-the-counter without a prescription for women of all ages. When it [...]
Nancy Northup to Testify at NYC City Council Hearing on CPCs
11.15.10 - Tomorrow afternoon, Nancy Northup, President of the Center for Reproductive Rights, will be testifying before the New York City Council in support of a recently introduced bill that will regulate the deceptive practices [...]
CRR in the Field: Payal Shah
Since 1992, the Center's innovative legal work has fundamentally transformed the landscape of reproductive health and rights worldwide, and has already strengthened laws and policies in more than 50 countries. CRR in the Field is [...]
We Look Forward to Seeing You!
Thank you so much for registering for "Are Your Reproductive Rights on the Line?" A confirmation has been emailed to you. We look forward to seeing you on November 10, 2010 at 6:30pm. If you [...]
Annual Report: Defending Reproductive Rights
Since its inception, the Center for Reproductive Rights has catalyzed the power of law and the moral force of human rights standards to attain reproductive self-determination for women around the world. Our pioneering litigation, tireless [...]
Dignity Denied: Violations of the Rights of HIV-Positive Women in Chilean Health Facilities
More women than ever before are living with HIV around the world, and too many of them suffer cruel reproductive rights violations. The Center's newest fact-finding report, Dignity Denied: Violations of the Rights of HIV-Positive [...]
UN to Nicaragua: Youth Have the Right to Contraception and Safe Abortion
This week, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) sent a clear and urgent message to Nicaragua: adolescents must have access to safe, legal, and confidential sexual and reproductive health services, [...]
Concluding Observations of the Children’s Rights Committee on Nigeria
In May, the Center submitted a shadow letter to the Committee on the Rights of the Child highlighting the situation of girls’ and adolescents’ sexual and reproductive rights in Nigeria. The Committee issued concluding observations [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
Celebrating World Contraception Day
Did you know that the average U.S. woman who wants two children will spend five years pregnant, or trying to get pregnant, and 30 years trying to avoid pregnancy? Or that 215 million women worldwide [...]
Whose Choice: Download Report
How does Hyde affect a woman, the family she is working to take care of, and her community? This is the story that the new report, Whose Choice? How the Hyde Amendment Harms Poor Women, [...]
Whose Choice: A Timeline of the Hyde Amendment and Its Impact on Abortion Funding
When abortion was first legalized in 1973, federal funds were available to low-income women seeking medically necessary abortions who were reliant on the government for healthcare. In fact, at that time federal Medicaid funds paid [...]
Whose Choice: Press Room
Requests for interviews: Dionne Scott, Senior Press Officer (917) 637-3649 [email protected] If you are a reporter working on deadline during non-business hours, please send an email including your telephone number to our Senior Press [...]
Center Urges International Community to Utilize MDGs to Advance Human Rights
As world leaders gather in New York for the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Summit from September 20-22, the Center for Reproductive Rights is urging leaders to fully incorporate human rights into efforts to achieve the [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
