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‘Medical colonialism’: midwives sue Hawaii over law regulating Native birth workers card link

‘Medical colonialism’: midwives sue Hawaii over law regulating Native birth workers

In this piece by the Guardian, Center plaintiff Kiʻi Kahoʻohanohano and Senior Staff Attorney Hillary Schneller discuss a new case seeking to protect midwifery care in Hawaiʻi.

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Defending Reproductive Autonomy: Center Sues Hawaiʻi to Protect Midwifery Care 

Lawsuit asks state court to block a midwifery restriction law to restore access to safe, respectful, and culturally informed maternal care in Hawaiʻi communities.

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Pregnant Woman Forced to Deliver on Hospital Floor Wins Appeal in Landmark Case

Affirming the Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care in Kenya 

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About the Plaintiffs: Kahoʻohanohano v. State of Hawaiʻi

More about the Hawai'i midwives, midwifery students and women who are plaintiffs in the case.

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The Center’s Nancy Northup Discusses “Patently Absurd” Alabama IVF Ruling card link

The Center’s Nancy Northup Discusses “Patently Absurd” Alabama IVF Ruling

In an interview with Kaitlan Collins on CNN, the Center's President and CEO highlights the damaging implications of the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling recognizing embryos as children.

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Kenya Court of Appeal Decision in County Government of Bungoma v. Josephine Oundo Ongwen (Kenya Civil Appeal No. 61 of 2018)

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Refugees from Ukraine Still Cut Off from Reproductive Health Care Two Years into War

Center and partners advocate for the removal of barriers to sexual and reproductive health care for refugees from Ukraine in some parts of the EU.

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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U.S. Repro Watch, February 22

Alabama Supreme Court rules embryos are children, data on patient clinic visits sold to anti-abortion campaign, and other news on U.S. reproductive rights.

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EU institutions endorse new law guaranteeing access to sexual and reproductive health care for survivors of sexual violence

15.02.24 (STATEMENT) - The Center for Reproductive Rights welcomes the groundbreaking inclusion of legal guarantees for access to sexual and reproductive healthcare for survivors of sexual violence in new EU legislation on violence against women. [...]

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Center-led Program in Bangladesh to Improve Reproductive Health Services for Rohingya Refugees

Modeled on its successful accountability initiative in Uganda, program at Cox’s Bazar refugee settlement aims to enhance delivery of sexual, reproductive and maternal health services.

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U.S. Repro Watch, February 7

Anti-abortion lawmakers work to keep abortion off the ballot, premature births on the rise, and other news on U.S. reproductive rights.

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Michigan Abortion Restrictions Challenged in Court

02.06.24 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights, on behalf of Northland Family Planning Centers and Medical Students for Choice, filed a case in the Michigan Court of Claims challenging three abortion restrictions. [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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