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U.N. Committee: Malawi Should Expand Access to Safe and Legal Abortion, Address Reproductive Rights Violations

U.N. Committee: Malawi Should Expand Access to Safe and Legal Abortion, Address Reproductive Rights Violations (PRESS RELEASE) The government of Malawi should implement laws and policies to expand access to safe and legal abortion, as [...]

Africa, Malawi,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,News

Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on Violence Against Colorado Planned Parenthood

Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on Violence Against Colorado Planned Parenthood Below is a statement released this morning from Center for Reproductive Rights President and CEO Nancy Northup regarding yesterday's violent attack on a Planned [...]

Abortion, Anti-Choice Harassment,United States,News

U.N. Committee: Russia and Slovakia Must Remove Waiting Periods and Other Barriers to Safe and Legal Abortion

U.N. Committee: Russia and Slovakia Must Remove Waiting Periods and Other Barriers to Safe and Legal Abortion (PRESS RELEASE) The governments of Russia and Slovakia are undermining women’s human rights by introducing retrogressive barriers in [...]

Abortion, Legal Protections, Legal Restrictions,Europe, Russia, Slovakia, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,At the United Nations,News

Mandatory Waiting Periods and Biased Counseling Requirements in Central and Eastern Europe: Restricting Access to Abortion, Undermining Human Rights and Reinforcing Harmful Gender Stereotypes

Across Central and Eastern European countries, women’s access to abortion services is increasingly threatened by the introduction of regressive legal and policy measures that impose mandatory waiting periods and biased counseling and information requirements prior [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,Europe, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,Engaging Policymakers,Publications

New Research Finds Link Between Self-Induction and Abortion Restrictions

New Research Finds Link Between Self-Induction and Abortion Restrictions First-of-its-kind study suggests self-induction more common in Texas, where deceptive laws have reduced access to care (PRESS RELEASE) Today the Texas Policy Evaluation Project (TxPEP) released [...]

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U.S. Supreme Court to Review Texas Clinic Shutdown Law

U.S. Supreme Court to Review Texas Clinic Shutdown Law Deceptive law would close all but 10 clinics in Texas and restrict access to safe, legal care for millions of women. (PRESS RELEASE) The U.S. Supreme [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,United States,In the Courts,News

Raising Our Voices

Raising Our Voices Hundreds of guests gathered at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City for the annual gala celebration of the work of the Center for Reproductive Rights. On a crisp fall [...]

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Unnecessary Suffering

Unnecessary Suffering A new case filing in the Sindh province of Pakistan demands that the government take immediate action to help thousands of women afflicted each year with obstetric fistula. During what should have been [...]

Adolescent SRHR, Maternal Health,Asia, Pakistan,In the Courts, Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,News

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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Nepal Acknowledges Urgent Need to Eliminate Child Marriage and Violence Against Women and Girls at the Human Rights Council

Nepal Acknowledges Urgent Need to Eliminate Child Marriage and Violence Against Women and Girls at Human Rights Council (PRESS RELEASE) Nepal accepted recommendations from three countries to expedite the elimination of child marriage and effectively [...]

Adolescent SRHR,Asia, Nepal,At the United Nations, Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,News

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Second Attack on ACA Birth Control Benefit

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Second Attack on ACA Birth Control Benefit Nonprofits fighting to interfere with employees’ access to affordable health care despite existing accommodation (PRESS RELEASE) The U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to [...]

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China to End One-Child Policy

China to End One-Child Policy (PRESS RELEASE) This week the Chinese government announced plans to allow all married couples to have two children—ending the decades old one-child policy. This move away from the one-child policy is [...]

Maternal Health, Coercive Policies,Asia, China,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,News

Nancy Northup on MSNBC: Stop the Deception

Nancy Northup on MSNBC: Stop the Deception Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, appeared on a segment of MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry show to debate the continued public funding of “crisis pregnancy centers”—phony [...]

Abortion, Legal Protections, Legal Restrictions, Other Barriers, Biased Information, Censorship,United States,In the Courts, Engaging Policymakers, In the States (USA), Reporting on Rights,Center in the Spotlight

Oklahoma Supreme Court Blocks State Law Aimed at Criminalizing Women’s Health Care Providers

Oklahoma Supreme Court Blocks State Law Aimed at Criminalizing Women’s Health Care Providers Measure allowing warrantless searches of abortion providers and felony charges for administrative errors temporarily blocked while litigation continues (PRESS RELEASE) The Oklahoma [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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