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Written Opinion on the Right to Care and its Relation to Reproductive Autonomy Submitted Before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights card link

Written Opinion on the Right to Care and its Relation to Reproductive Autonomy Submitted Before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Opinion by the Center and its partners argues that care—including caring for others, being cared for and self-care—should be considered a universal and autonomous human right.

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News Coverage: Seven New Plaintiffs Join Center Lawsuit Against Texas

Media coverage on more women denied abortion care who joined Zurawski v. Texas.

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News Coverage: Zurawski v. State of Texas

Center Argues Abortion Ban Medical Exceptions Case at Texas Supreme Court, 11.28.23 Center’s “Emergency Medical” Exceptions Case Heads to Texas Supreme Court November 28, 11.21.23 More Women Join Lawsuit Against Texas After Being Denied Abortion [...]

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“Allowing Domestic Violence Perpetrators to Carry Guns Will Worsen the U.S. Maternal Health Crisis”

The Center's Tamar Eisen and Diana Kasdan explain how the right to life and reproductive autonomy includes the right to live free from violence at the hands of intimate partners.

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News on the Case

Victory in Kenya: Court of Appeal Affirms Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care, 02.28.24 Kenya Court of Appeal Expected to Issue Judgment Friday in Case of Pregnant Woman Abused by Hospital Staff and Forced to [...]

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Two Plaintiffs in Idaho Case Discuss Being Denied Abortion Care on “This American Life” card link

Two Plaintiffs in Idaho Case Discuss Being Denied Abortion Care on “This American Life”

Despite facing fatal fetal diagnoses that endangered their health and lives, women were denied care under Idaho's abortion bans.

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Realizing the Full Decriminalization of Abortion: A Comprehensive Approach Through Public Health and International Human Rights Law

Developed in partnership by the Guttmacher Institute and the Center for Reproductive Rights, this in-depth report integrates evidence from demographic, health and legal perspectives to present arguments for the liberalization and decriminalization of abortion laws.

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Center Leaders in Latin America Discuss Mexico Ruling Decriminalizing Abortion

Historic decision by Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice will increase abortion access nationwide and marks another victory for the Latin American Green Wave movement.

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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Legal Retrogression and the Harms of Louisiana’s Near Total Abortion Bans: A Report to the Human Rights Committee 139 Session, United States

This human rights “shadow report,” jointly submitted by four organizations to the UN Human Rights Committee, represents early findings from fact-finding research underway in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana, where abortion is prohibited at [...]

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Retrogression in U.S. Reproductive Rights: The Ongoing Fight for Reproductive Autonomy

This human rights “shadow report” was submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee on September 12, 2023 by a coalition of fifteen reproductive rights, health, and justice organizations in preparation for a review of U.S. [...]

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European Abortion Laws: A Comparative Overview

Get an overview of abortion laws and policies in all 47 European countries (updated September 2023).

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Abortion Rights Are Advancing Across the Globe

A supplement to the Center's World’s Abortion Laws Map, this report outlines trends in the liberalization of abortion laws over the last 30 years. You’ll see the 60+ countries that have liberalized their abortion laws [...]

Abortion,Global,Reporting on Rights,Publications

Call for Submissions: 2023 Writing Prize for New Student Scholarship in Reproductive Rights and Justice

08.28.2023—If/When/How, the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice at UC Berkeley School of Law and the Center for Reproductive Rights now invite submissions for the 18th annual Writing Prize for New Student Scholarship in Reproductive [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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