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Ecuador’s President Issues Public Apology for Human Rights Violations of 16-Year-Old Girl on Behalf of the State

Today, President Lenín Moreno of Ecuador, on behalf of the State of Ecuador, held a public act of recognition of responsibility for the sexual violence suffered by teenager Paola Guzmán Albarracín that led her to suicide nearly two decades ago.   [...]

Latin America & Caribbean, Ecuador,In the Courts,Press Releases

Ecuador Ofreció Disculpas Públicas por la Violencia que Vivió Paola Guzmán Albarracín

Este 9 de diciembre, Petita Albarracín ha logrado que el Estado ecuatoriano reconozca su responsabilidad y le pida disculpas públicas por no haber protegido a su hija Paola Guzmán Albarracín de la violencia sexual que [...]

Latin America & Caribbean,In the Courts,News

Ecuador’s President Issues Public Apology for Teenager’s Death in Landmark Sexual Violence Case

President Lenín Moreno of Ecuador today held a public act of recognition of responsibility for the sexual violence suffered by teenager Paola Guzmán Albarracín that led her to suicide nearly two decades ago. The apology [...]

Latin America & Caribbean, Ecuador, Inter-American Human Rights System,In the Courts,News

In New Testimony, Center Urges Congress to End Harmful Hyde Amendment

U.S. House of Representatives holds virtual hearing on anti-abortion policy that delays and blocks abortion access Today, the U.S. House of Representatives held a virtual hearing on the harms caused by the Hyde Amendment, a [...]

Abortion,United States,Engaging Policymakers,Story

How the states with the best access to abortion services compare to the worst

Insider quotes the Center's Elisabeth Smith and refers readers to the Center's What If Roe Fell tool in reporting on abortion care access in different U.S. states.

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Center Appeals to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for Release of Unjustly Imprisoned Salvadoran Women

Women at Risk of COVID-19 After Inaction by Salvadoran Government The Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners appeared before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on December 3 and urged it to recommend that [...]

Abortion,El Salvador, Inter-American Human Rights System,Around the World,Story

Medical Abortion and Self-Managed Abortion: Frequently Asked Questions on Health and Human Rights

This document was developed by the Center for Reproductive Rights and Ipas to answer some frequently asked health and human rights questions about medical abortion (also called medication abortion or abortion with medication) and self-managed [...]

Abortion,Fact Sheets

Catalina Martínez Coral on the Center’s Recent Human Rights Victory in Latin America

As a global organization, the Center for Reproductive Rights advances reproductive rights as human rights around the world. In August, the Center secured a landmark victory in a case at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights that established standards to [...]

Adolescent SRHR,Inter-American Human Rights System,In the Courts,News

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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Election 2020 Wrap-Up: The Reproductive Rights Landscape card link

Election 2020 Wrap-Up: The Reproductive Rights Landscape

From the record-turnout presidential election to referendums on state ballots, the results of Election 2020 will affect the reproductive rights landscape in both federal and state policy going forward. The election of Joseph R. Biden, [...]

United States,Engaging Policymakers,Story

Court Gives Tennessee Permission to Criminalize Certain Abortion Procedures

Jezebel quotes the Center's president and CEO Nancy Northup in its reporting on a ruling allowing a "reason ban" in Tennessee.

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Court Lets Part of Tennessee Abortion Ban Take Effect

Law banning abortion if sought for reasons related to Down syndrome, race, or gender will take effect in Tennessee Today, a 6th Circuit Court of Appeals panel granted a request from the state of Tennessee, [...]

Abortion,United States,In the Courts,News

New Center Publication Highlights Work with Boko Haram Refugees in Nigeria

In Nigeria, millions of women have been harmed by the decades-long Boko Haram insurgency. They have lost their homes, loved ones, and suffered layers of abuse, violence, and trauma from this ongoing conflict, which first [...]

Humanitarian Settings,Nigeria,Engaging Policymakers,News

What Mississippi’s 15-Week Abortion Ban Could Mean for Access Across the Country

Teen Vogue quotes the Center's Hillary Schneller on how the case of Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban poses a fundamental challenge to Roe v. Wade.

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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