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The “Protect Life Act”: Allowing Hospitals to Ignore Women
On Wednesday, February 9, the Energy and Commerce Committee will hear testimony on Rep. Joe Pitts' "Protect Life Act" (H.R. 358). The Pitts bill would prevent women from using their own money to buy abortion coverage, effectively stripping millions of women [...]
The American Prospect: Q & A with Nancy Northup: Fighting for Women in the States
By Kay Steiger "The 2010 midterms brought into office 29 anti-choice governors, raising the number of states with both anti-choice majority legislatures and governors to 15. Pro-choice advocates fear the next two years will bring [...]
CRR in the Field: Stephanie Toti & Suzanne Stolz
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 [...]
2010 State Legislative Wrap Up
In the United States, state legislatures wield enormous power to control women’s access to abortion and other reproductive healthcare services. Each year, anti-choice state legislators propose measures intended to restrict women’s access to abortion, including [...]
Human Rights Day 2010
December 10 is Human Rights Day and a time to remind the world of the importance of taking a stand for reproductive rights. Sixty-two years ago this December, the U.N. adopted the Universal Declaration of [...]
Manila City Denounced for Contraception Ban
The Center applauds the Philippine Commission on Human Rights (PCHR) for its strong statement calling for the revocation of Manila City's ban on contraception, categorizing it as in violation of human rights obligations, and urging [...]
CRR Takes FDA Back to Court Over Morning-After Pill
Says Obama FDA is Still Ignoring Science and Playing Games with Women's Health Like Bush FDA (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a motion for contempt against the Food and Drug Administration [...]
A First Look Back at the 2010 State Legislative Session
Every year, anti-choice state legislators propose measures intended to restrict women's access to abortion, including mandatory delays, biased counseling provisions and other burdensome and unnecessary requirements. On average, more than six hundred bills are proposed [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
On ‘Friday Night Lights’, Abortion Stigma Goes Primetime
By Nancy Northup, originally posted on The Nation It's evident just how much of a taboo abortion has become when a television show gets lauded as bold for having a character go through with the [...]
New Report Links Philippines Abortion Law to Human Rights Abuses
(PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights released the first comprehensive human rights report on the impact of the Philippines' criminal ban on abortion. Through interviews and legal analysis, Forsaken Lives: The Harmful Impact [...]
Associated Press: Rights group slams Philippine abortion ban
By Teresa Cerojano "A U.S.-based rights group urged the Philippines on Monday to reform a tough anti-abortion law that it says has spawned widespread underground procedures that kill about 1,000 women each year in the [...]
New York Times: Rights Group Denounces Illegality of Abortion in Philippines
By Carlos H. Conde "A new study of abortion in the Philippines denounces the government for keeping it illegal, causing what the authors describe as a 'human rights crisis' that victimizes tens of thousands of [...]
NEW CASE: Indiana Doctor Files Lawsuit against Allen County Ordinance
(PRESS RELEASE) Today, Indiana Doctor Ulrich Klopfer, owner of abortion clinic Fort Wayne Women's Health, filed a legal challenge against a county ordinance that imposes a special set of stringent requirements on doctors who practice [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
