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‘Give women options’: Advocates push for decriminalization of abortion

Rappler reports on a panel on abortion rights in the the Philippines featuring Center senior legal advisor Jihan Jacob: "if the government denies women's access to abortion, 'we're also violating their fundamental human rights.'"

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Body On the Ballot: How the 2020 Presidential Election Impacts You

Shape quotes the Center's Elisabeth Smith on the potential for damage to women's health and finances if the Affordable Care Act is struck down.

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How Abortion Ends Without Overturning Roe v. Wade

Writing in Gen, Andrea González-Ramírez quotes Amy Myrick, senior staff attorney at the Center, in an analysis of possible future developments in U.S. abortion law.

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What could the addition of Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court mean for women’s reproductive rights?

NBC News interviews Center president and CEO Nancy Northup on the Supreme Court nominee's potential impact on reproductive rights.

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Amy Coney Barrett’s record of advocating for limits to abortion rights

CNN Supreme Court reporter Ariane de Vogue quotes Center president and CEO Nancy Northup in an analysis of the Supreme Court nominee's judicial record.

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Es justo liberarlas: Mujeres privadas arbitrariamente de su libertad por emergencias obstétricas en El Salvador

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How the pandemic has affected abortion rules around the world

The Washington Post interviews Catalina Martinez, the Center's regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean, for a story on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected abortion access around the world.

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El Salvador frees woman jailed over miscarriage

Deutsche Welle quotes the Center's Carmen Martinez on the release of Cindy Erazo, one of the many women imprisoned in El Salvador after suffering miscarriages or other obstetric emergencies.

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Trump-appointed justice could signal major Supreme Court shift on abortion

Reuters quotes Julie Rikelman, senior director, litigation at the Center, on the prospects for abortion rights after Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death.

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Law Journal Names Center President and CEO Nancy Northup a 2020 Trailblazer

The New York Law Journal has honored Center president and CEO Nancy Northup by naming her one of its Trailblazers for 2020: "We are proud to spotlight a handful of individuals that are truly agents [...]

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Trump’s Supreme Court Pick May Need to Denounce Roe. Good.

The New York Times' Michelle Goldberg quotes the Center's president and CEO Nancy Northup for an opinion piece on Supreme Court nominees expressing their views on Roe v. Wade.

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Basic reproductive rights for women in the U.S. at risk in loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow interviews Center president and CEO Nancy Northup on the consequences of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death. Northup is also quoted on ABC News and elsewhere.

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Pregnant Immigrants and Asylum Seekers During COVID-19: U.S. Government Abuses at the Border and Beyond

This issue brief outlines evidence of the mistreatment of pregnant immigrants and people seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border and in U.S. immigration detention, and discusses how existing policies have created the conditions for escalating [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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