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Why the Stupak-Pitts Abortion Ban Is An Unprecedented and Damaging Assault on Women’s Health
The House-passed Stupak-Pitts Amendment is a serious assault on women’s health, yet many remain unaware of its radical scope and dangerous implications. The bottom line is simple: Stupak-Pitts would make it nearly impossible for private [...]
No Abortion Ban: Learn More
Since 1976, the Hyde Amendment has been used to ban the federal government from spending money on abortion. Now, with the House of Representatives' passage of the Senate healthcare bill and President Obama's Executive Order [...]
No Abortion Ban: Get Involved
This is a do-or-die moment in the fight for women's reproductive rights, and we need as many people as possible to help us spread the word. Don't let Congress leave women's healthcare needs behind. You [...]
No Abortion Ban: In the Media
Requests for interviews: Dionne Scott, Senior Press Officer (917) 637-3649 [email protected] If you are a reporter working on deadline during non-business hours, please send an email including your telephone number to our Senior Press [...]
No Abortion Ban
“Some in Congress don’t want federal money going to fund abortions. I don’t want MY tax dollars spent on _________.” See how supporters around the country filled in the blank in their personal video message [...]
Arizona’s Two Trip Law: Fear of Retaliation
Question: "Is there anyone in your life that would threaten you with violence if they knew you were having an abortion?" Answer: "There is someone in my life that would threaten me. In fact, if [...]
A Right to Contraception in the Philippines
The New York Times ran an eye-opening story about a bill in the Philippines that would require governments down to the local level to provide free or low-cost reproductive health services, including condoms and birth [...]
World Abortion Laws 2009 Fact Sheet
Currently, 61% of the world's people live in countries where induced abortion is permitted either for a wide range of reasons or without restriction as to reason. In contrast, about 26% of all people reside [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
Remembering Dr. Sheldon J. Segal
Distinguished Scientist, Founding Board Member, and Friend Center for Reproductive Rights founding Board member Shelly J. Segal passed away at his summer home in Woods Hole, Massachusetts on Saturday, October 17. Dr. Segal was a [...]
NYT Misleads on Pouillon Murder and Clinic Violence
Originally posted on RH Reality Check There’s nothing new about the so-called liberal media bending over backwards to prove its impartiality — often at the expense of responsible reporting — but it doesn’t make it [...]
Abortion Funding and Social Justice: A Perspective from Mexico
Please join the Center for Reproductive Rights, the Guttmacher Institute, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health and Ipas for a special event with Eugenia López Uribe, a Mexican activist and coordinator of the MARIA [...]
Join the Fight on Healthcare Reform and Help the Center Win America’s Giving Challenge!
While Congress moves towards a healthcare reform bill that ignores the needs of women, you can voice your opposition by donating to the Center and helping us win $50,000 through America's Giving Challenge on Facebook! [...]
The Right to Information: A Must for Reproductive Freedom
Some of the most critical reproductive rights battles in the U.S. right now are being fought over information about reproductive health. On October 9, leading legal scholars explored how the law can protect a woman's [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.