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The Mississippi “Personhood” Amendment: Attacking Women’s Health and Rights
Amid a nationwide onslaught of attacks on women’s health and constitutionally protected reproductive rights, the Mississippi “personhood” amendment, aka Initiative 26, is unquestionably the most extreme. Proponents of recognizing every fertilized egg as a person [...]
Fact Sheet: CHARM v. Bihar
The Centre for Health and Resource Management (CHARM) v. State of Bihar is a public interest case that seeks to hold the Government of India accountable for the poor conditions in public health facilities in [...]
Peru: The Long March to Justice
Peru: The Long March to Justice Six years ago this week, the Center for Reproductive Rights won a groundbreaking victory for the women of Peru and around the world . For the first time, an [...]
New Russian Legislative Proposals Pose Major Threat to Women’s Rights
This month, the Center for Reproductive Rights sent a strong letter in opposition to proposed legislative changes related to abortion that, if passed, would threaten Russian women's rights, dignity, autonomy, and health. The letter was [...]
Zoom Out: A Global View of Reproductive Rights
In the heat of the current political climate, amid rampant assaults on reproductive rights across the United States, it’s easy to lose sight of the progress that’s being made around the world. But the trends [...]
Extreme Government Intrusion in North Carolina
Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners went to court to uphold the sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship. We’re challenging a new North Carolina law that forces doctors to describe in detail the [...]
Human Rights Council Adopts Groundbreaking Resolution on Maternal Mortality
For the third year running, the UN's Human Rights Council has focused its attention on the global problem of preventable maternal mortality and morbidity. A ground-breaking resolution was adopted yesterday, in which States reaffirm their [...]
World Contraception Day 2011
Around the world, the unmet need for safe and effective contraceptive services is staggering: Roughly 215 million women in developing countries rely on traditional contraceptive methods with high [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
Anniversary of Abortion Decriminalization in Nepal
Today marks the ninth anniversary of the historic 11th Amendment to the Muluki Ain, Nepal Country Code, that decriminalized abortion in Nepal. The decriminalization of abortion in Nepal in 2002 was a historic moment for [...]
Maternal Mortality in India: 2011 Update–Accountability in Action
While human rights bodies and governments around the world have recognized maternal mortality as a human rights concern, the Indian Government has continued to neglect the specific health needs and human rights of pregnant women [...]
In the Name of Alyne: A Historic Human Rights Victory
Alyne da Silva Pimentel would have been 37 years old today if Brazil’s government had honored its responsibility to protect her fundamental human rights. Instead, because she was poor and Afro-Brazilian, she died in 2002 [...]
Cartoon Caption Contest: Official Rules
No purchase or payment of any kind is necessary to enter or win this contest To enter, fill in the information on this page. There is no limit on the number of captions you can [...]
The votes are in and the message is clear: Reproductive rights are no joke.
Following our big victory in Texas, we’re congratulating two more winners: David P. from Texas and Lawrence A. from California, who won our cartoon caption contest and helped us send the message that anti-choice attacks [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.