Legal Action Readied Against Ex-Mayor Atienza
Various citizens' groups announced yesterday that they are readying legal action against former Manila Mayor Lito Atienza for damages done to women and poor families by his nine-year ban on contraception in the city's health [...]
Court Closes Curtain on Kansas “Kiss and Tell” Case
Success for Plaintiffs in Four-Year Legal Battle to Protect Teens’ Sexual Privacy New York - Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights announced that the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit dismissed the government's appeals [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on Senate’s Vote to Repeal the Global Gag Rule
The Center for Reproductive Rights calls on President Bush to sign the bill repealing the Global Gag Rule. The President has repeatedly stated his commitment to cultivating democracy abroad and should therefore, take this opportunity [...]
Women Suffer Decades of Abuse in Kenya’s Health Facilities, According to New Fact-Finding Report
For decades, women seeking maternity services in health facilities across Kenya have suffered serious human rights violations -- including verbal attacks, sexual assault, flagrant neglect and filthy conditions -- often while giving birth, according to [...]
Imposing Misery: The Impact of Manila’s Contraception Ban on Women and Families
Likhaan, ReproCen, and the Center for Reproductive Rights have released a report documenting the devastating impact of Manila's contraception ban on women and their families. In 2000, the mayor of Manila, Jose "Lito" Atienza, issued [...]
U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries: Privacy Law 1891-Present
The 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade was far from radical—it was the logical extension of Supreme Court decisions on the right to privacy dating back to the turn of the century and [...]
Roe v. Wade – Then and Now
On January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court struck down the State of Texas's criminal abortion laws, finding that the right to decide whether to have a child is a fundamental right guaranteed by [...]
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Abortion Politics: The Third Rail
In a recent letter to the editor, Nancy Northup refutes Melinda Henneberger’s remarks on the role of abortion in America’s two-party political system, citing that the majority of women, and Americans in general, support a [...]
Observaciones finales: Brazil_CEDAW_2007_Ingles
Observaciones finales: Brazil_CEDAW_2007_Ingles
Reproductive Rights Groups Hail Decision Striking Down Michigan’s Third Attempt at a Dangerous and Extreme Ban on Abortion
The American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Reproductive Rights, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America today hailed a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit striking down Michigan's third attempt at [...]
Center Advocates Reversal of Nicaraguan Abortion Ban
On May 17, The Center for Reproductive Rights and Yale University's Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic submitted a joint friend-of-the-court brief to the Supreme Court of Nicaragua. Filed in support of local groups [...]
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