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The Disproportionate Harm of Abortion Bans: Spotlight on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
Abortion bans like Mississippi's ban at issue in the Center's upcoming Supreme Court case exacerbate societal inequalities and disproportionately harm people of color and others who already face discriminatory obstacles to health care.
Lifting the Ban On Pregnant Schoolgirls and Adolescent Mothers by the United Republic of Tanzania
11.25.2021 - PRESS STATEMENT: The Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC), Tanzania, and the Center for Reproductive Rights (the Center) is pleased to learn that the United Republic of Tanzania has finally ended the oppressive [...]
Center and its Partner Argue Against Tanzania’s Expulsion of Pregnant Girls from School
The Center's case seeks to protect the right of Tanzanian girls to continue their education and pursue opportunities during and after pregnancy.
International Human Rights and Abortion: Spotlight on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
International and human rights organizations and legal experts weigh in to support the Center’s Supreme Court case challenging a Mississippi abortion ban.
Case Challenging Tanzania’s Discriminatory Expulsion of Pregnant Schoolgirls and Other Human Rights Violations is Heard
DAR-ES-SALAAM, Tanzania: Nov 22, 2021: Today, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) convenes to hear a complaint filed by rights organizations against the United Republic of Tanzania for [...]
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Abortion in Texas
According to the Center's "What if Roe Fell?" interactive tool, Texas is categorized as a "hostile" state for abortion. See more about Texas's abortion laws here. Even before Texas’s S.B. 8 abortion ban took effect, abortion access in the [...]
Precedent and the Rule of Law: Spotlight on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
In upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case nearly 50 years of precedent hang in the balance.
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Rally for Abortion Rights at the Supreme Court December 1
Join us for a rally at the Supreme Court Wednesday, December 1 as we present oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
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Oral Arguments
Mark your calendar now to listen to an audio livestream of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health on December 1.
Abortion and Gender Equality: Spotlight on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
For almost five decades, the right to abortion has helped advance gender equality in the U.S. by allowing generations of women to pursue their personal, educational, and employment opportunities and life goals.
Oral Arguments Presented at the Supreme Court in Texas Abortion Ban Cases
Cases challenging the Texas law brought by the Center and the Department of Justice were argued at the Court November 1.
Briefs Filed in Texas Abortion Ban Cases Cite Threats to Constitutional Rights, the Rule of Law, and Health and Wellbeing
Citing threats to constitutional rights and the rule of law—as well as harms to health and wellbeing—experts in constitutional law, health care, government, and civil rights filed amicus briefs in support of two cases challenging Texas’s extreme abortion ban.
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Amicus Briefs: Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson
A broad range of experts and leaders in constitutional law, health care, government, and civil rights have filed amicus briefs in two cases challenging Texas’s unconstitutional law, Senate Bill 8 (S.B. 8), which bans abortion [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
