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FDA Takes Steps to Expand Access to Medication Abortion
01.03.2023 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that mifepristone—one of two medications used in medication abortion—may now be dispensed directly to patients at pharmacies and through mail order pharmacies with [...]
La FDA toma medidas para ampliar el acceso al aborto con medicamentos
La autoridad de regulación de medicamentos en Estados Unidos permitirá de forma permanente el acceso al aborto con píldoras en farmacias y por correo
Statement from Nancy Northup on the Biden-Harris Administration’s Announcement on Actions to Further Abortion Access
08.26.2022 — On Friday, August 26, the Biden-Harris administration announced further actions to implement President Biden’s Executive Orders on abortion access (EO 14076 and EO 14079). Statement from Nancy Northup, President & CEO of the [...]
Statement on President Biden’s Executive Order Securing Access to Reproductive and Other Healthcare Services
Statement from Nancy Northup, President and CEO at the Center for Reproductive Rights: “Abortion services are now illegal in eight states, and the number of states enforcing radical bans and denying people life-saving care is [...]
En Honduras cada día la ley obliga a tres niñas violadas a ser madres
La prohibición absoluta del aborto es una violación a los derechos fundamentales de esas niñas.
Biden-Harris Administration Issues Proposed Rule to Strengthen Nondiscrimination Protections in Health Care
07.26.2022 -- On Monday July 25th, the Biden-Harris administration issued a proposed rule implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which would restore and strengthen vital nondiscrimination protections in health care. Section 1557 of [...]
Comisión de la Verdad de Colombia reconoce las violencias reproductivas y recomienda no asperjar glifosato
(Comunicado de prensa) Por primera vez en la historia de las comisiones para el esclarecimiento de la verdad, se reconoce la ocurrencia de formas de violencia reproductiva. El informe de la Comisión de la Verdad [...]
The European Parliament Expresses Concern About Backsliding on Reproductive Rights in the United States
06.09.2022 (PRESS RELEASE) -- In a resolution on global threats to abortion rights adopted today by a large majority, the European Parliament expressed serious concern about the potential eradication of constitutional rights protection for abortion [...]
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Report: Poor Policies Contributed to Spike in Unintended Pregnancies and Unsafe Abortions at the Height of COVID-19 Pandemic in Five African Countries
NAIROBI, 19 May 2022- A new report reveals that women and girls from households living on lower incomes in five African countries faced multiple barriers in accessing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services at the [...]
Bill to Protect Abortion Rights Falls Short of Passage in Second Senate Vote
PRESS STATEMENT 05.11.22 Statement from Nancy Northup, president & CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights: “This is an unprecedented moment. We are likely on the precipice of losing Roe v. Wade, and with it [...]
Historic Senate Vote Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
PRESS STATEMENT 04.07.22 Statement from Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights: The Center for Reproductive Rights congratulates Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on her confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court and [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on the Invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation
Following the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, the Center for Reproductive Rights expresses its deep solidarity with the people of Ukraine at this devastating time. We stand with our civil society partners and [...]
Bill to Protect Abortion Rights Falls Short of Senate Passage
02.28.22 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, the U.S. Senate voted on the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA), which would protect access to abortion in all 50 states. The historic vote took place against the backdrop of the Supreme Court [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
