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Center Releases 2023 State Legislative Wrap-up Report card link

Center Releases 2023 State Legislative Wrap-up Report

State legislation reflects the polarizing nation, with some states acting to strongly protect reproductive rights and access, and others finding new ways to criminalize abortion care despite the health effects.

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2023 State Legislative Wrap-Up

This policy report by the Center provides an overview of the U.S. state policy landscape after tracking almost 2,000 bills proposed in state legislatures relating to reproductive care.

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Kenya Court of Appeal Expected to Issue Judgment Soon in Case of Pregnant Woman Abused by Hospital Staff and Forced to Deliver on Hospital Floor

The Center is defending a 2018 judgment recognizing that the neglect and abuse of women seeking maternity health services are rights violations under the Kenyan Constitution and international law.

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“Allowing Domestic Violence Perpetrators to Carry Guns Will Worsen the U.S. Maternal Health Crisis”

The Center's Tamar Eisen and Diana Kasdan explain how the right to life and reproductive autonomy includes the right to live free from violence at the hands of intimate partners.

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News on the Case

Victory in Kenya: Court of Appeal Affirms Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care, 02.28.24 Kenya Court of Appeal Expected to Issue Judgment Friday in Case of Pregnant Woman Abused by Hospital Staff and Forced to [...]

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Josephine’s Story card link

Josephine’s Story

More about plaintiff Josephine Majani.

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Corte IDH juzgará a Perú por esterilizaciones forzadas

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New Report Shows More Evidence of Harm Caused by Abortion Bans

Report by ANSIRH details poor-quality care post-Roe and its harm to patients and providers.

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

New Study Finds Many Refugees from Ukraine are Cut Off from Reproductive Health Care card link

New Study Finds Many Refugees from Ukraine are Cut Off from Reproductive Health Care

Facing restrictive abortion and contraception laws and other quality of care barriers in Poland, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, many women feel they have no choice but to return to Ukraine to obtain care.

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No One Could Say: Accessing Emergency Obstetrics Information as a Prospective Prenatal Patient in Post-Roe Oklahoma

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“Let’s Talk Repro” Series: Breana Lipscomb, Senior Advisor for Maternal Health & Rights

“Movements for change are most impactful when the communities that are most affected by human rights violations are leading on that change.”

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Black Maternal Health Week, April 11-17

Amidst an alarming rise in maternal mortality in the U.S., the week aims to raise awareness around racial inequities in maternal health outcomes.

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Civil Society Organizations Call on Kenyan County and National Governments to Improve Maternal Health Policies

February 7, 2023 — The Center and its partners released this statement in response to recent instances of physical and emotional abuse and medical negligence involving maternal health care in Kenya.

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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