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Joint Statement and Call to Action for Philippine Government to Address Grave Violations of Women’s Rights
Joint Call to Action for Philippine Government to Address Grave Violations of Women’s Rights Joint Statement for the Philippine Congress to Examine the Harmful Impact of the Total Criminal Ban on Abortion In commemoration of [...]
A Dangerous Limit
A Dangerous Limit Women need abortion options after 20 weeks. Here’s why. Last week the U.S. House passed a bill prohibiting most abortions after 20 weeks, with only narrow exceptions for women with life-threatening conditions [...]
Chile Looks Forward
A promising piece of legislation could ease one of the world’s most extreme abortion bans. This past March, a 25-year-old woman suffering from terrible abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding sought emergency care at the hospital—where [...]
The Philippines In the Hot Seat
A momentous UN report exposes reproductive rights horrors in the Philippines. Tina Montales, her husband, and their eight children barely have enough to eat. A few rolls and coffee for breakfast. A couple of pounds [...]
Joint Statement with URGE regarding Teen Abortion Restrictions
Joint Statement with URGE regarding Teen Abortion Restrictions The Center for Reproductive Rights and URGE: Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity call on Texas lawmakers to reject attempts to make it harder for young people [...]
Paraguay Denies Abortion to Raped 10-Year-Old
Paraguay Denies Abortion to Raped 10-Year-Old International outrage has been building since late last week, when The Daily Beast reported on the case of a pregnant 10-year-old in Paraguay who has been denied an abortion [...]
Texas Teens Under Attack
A slew of new bills in Texas targets some of the state’s most vulnerable teenagers. Over the last 15 years, Houston family lawyer Rita Lucido has seen just about everything when it comes to young [...]
Lawmakers Force Doctors to Mislead Patients
Lawmakers Force Doctors to Mislead Patients Last week, the state of Arizona further invaded the doctor-patient relationship when the governor signed a new law requiring abortion providers to inform their patients about a scientifically unproven [...]
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Crisis in the South
Over the last four years, access to abortion care has been shrinking all across the United States. In the South, the situation has become particularly dire. Last month, under the cover of night, a hooded [...]
Texas Latinas Rising
A human rights hearing in Texas gave voice to the thousands of Latinas on the border whose health and rights are in jeopardy. On Monday, March 9, 2015, the forecast for the Lower Rio Grande [...]
An “Abortion Ban” for Poor Women
An “Abortion Ban” for Poor Women Anti-choice politicians have pushed hundreds of different sham laws over the last few years, but all are designed to do just one thing: Make abortion care more difficult to [...]
How (Not) to Protect Women
Numerous state policies have been shown to improve women’s and children’s health. Restricting abortion is not one of them. The notorious Texas law known as HB2 has closed more than half of the health clinics [...]
Moving in a New Direction
A new resource shares innovative and effective state policies that successfully improve women’s reproductive lives. Forced ultrasound. 72-hour waiting periods. Medically unnecessary clinic requirements. We often hear about the outrageousness of anti-abortion laws. Where are [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
