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El Salvador violated rights of woman who died in prison while serving 30-year abortion sentence, international court finds

A piece in the Washington Post highlights a recent victory for the Center for Reproductive Rights in the case of Manuela v. El Salvador. In the case, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that [...]

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Scores Rally as U.S. Supreme Court Hears Most Consequential Abortion Case in Generations

Thousands rally in support of abortion rights at the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Inside the Last Abortion Clinic in Mississippi

This New York Times piece profiles Jackson Women's Health Organizaton, the only abortion clinic left in Mississippi and the Center's client in its upcoming case at the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, Dobbs v. Jackson [...]

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Resources for Journalists: 15 Things to Consider When Covering Abortion, the Supreme Court, and a Potential “Post-Roe World”

The Guttmacher Institute published an article for journalists covering the abortion rights space to provide context and prevent misinformation. Right now, the right to abortion is at risk and media outlets everywhere are covering the [...]

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Center to Hold Global Webinar on SRHR in Humanitarian Settings

The Center for Reproductive Rights and the Gender Centre at the Graduate Institute, Geneva, will hold a webinar on November 23 titled  "Accountability for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Humanitarian Settings."

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Inside Mississippi’s Last Abortion Clinic–And the Biggest Fight for Abortion Rights in a Generation

Time Magazine’s cover story focused on the Center’s upcoming Supreme Court case and its client, Jackson Women’s Health Organization--the last remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi. Shannon Brewer, the director of the clinic, was featured on the [...]

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Abortion is Essential to Democracy

After Texas’s abortion ban went into effect on September 1, Ms. Magazine and the Brennan Center for Justice joined forces to create a collection of essays that explore why the right to abortion is essential [...]

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‘Catastrophic implications’: UN health expert condemns US over threat to abortion rights

The Guardian reported on an amicus brief submitted by Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, the UN’s special rapporteur on the right to health, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, an upcoming Supreme Court case reviewing Mississppi’s [...]

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A 15-Week Abortion Ban Is a Coward’s Compromise

This article from Rewire News Group about the Center’s upcoming Supreme Court case on a Mississippi abortion ban explains that banning abortion after 15-weeks of pregnancy is not compromise, but “capitulation.” Upholding the ban would [...]

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Media Reports on Supreme Court Arguments in Texas Abortion Ban Case

On November 1, Marc Hearron, senior counsel for the Center, argued Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson before the Supreme Court. The case challenges Texas’s abortion ban that prohibits abortion care at about six weeks of [...]

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Marc Hearron, attorney for abortion providers, has deep Texas ties.

This piece in The New York Times provides an introduction of Marc Hearron, Senior Counsel at the Center, who is arguing the Center's case, Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson, before the U.S. Supreme Court on [...]

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What to Know About the Mississippi Abortion Law Challenging Roe v. Wade

In this explainer piece, The New York Times spells out what is at stake in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, in which the Center is challenging Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban. The Center will argue [...]

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SB 8 AND THE FUTURE OF ABORTION RIGHTS IN TEXAS

In this segment from The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, the Center’s president and CEO Nancy Northup explains that Texas’s abortion ban is “a massive violation of constitutional rights.” The Center is challenging the ban, [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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