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CBSnews.com: Where the U.S. Went Wrong on Abortion
Nancy Northup: While Our Parochial Discourse has Stagnated, Other Nations Are Undergoing Frank Policy Reassessments Now that "baby killer" is the new "you lie!", close observers of Congress could be forgiven for thinking that watching [...]
New Litigation Filed to Decriminalize Abortion in Nepal
Petition at the Supreme Court of Nepal seeks to hold government accountable for its commitments to abortion rights and access.
The CEDAW Committee Urges States to Protect and Promote Sexual and Reproductive Rights
In July 2011, the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) urged the governments of Nepal, Costa Rica, and Zambia to improve their record on reproductive rights. The Center for Reproductive Rights, [...]
Landmark Cases
Since its founding in 1992, the Center has shaped legal precedent on reproductive rights through victories in regional, federal and local courts around the world, as well at the United Nations, and has been involved [...]
“Let’s Talk Repro” Series: Prabina Bajracharya, Senior Manager for Asia
"I see reproductive rights as being at the core of gender equality and human rights, and this really resonates with the Center's mission."
KL v. Peru (United Nations Human Rights Committee)
UN Human Rights Committee Establishes Right to Abortion as a Human Right (Updated 3.18.21) The Center for Reproductive Rights persuaded the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) to recognize that women have a human right to access safe and legal abortion. In a ruling that [...]
Kharel v. Government of Nepal: Center’s Memos to Supreme Court of Nepal
I. Nepal’s existing abortion law, in permitting abortion during the first trimester without restriction as to reason or need for spousal consent, respects women’s basic human rights and should be reaffirmed.The current law on abortion [...]
Dhikta v. Government of Nepal: CRR Memo to Supreme Court of Nepal
I. Nepal’s existing abortion law, in permitting abortion during the first trimester without restriction as to reason or need for spousal consent, respects women's basic human rights and should be reaffirmed.The current law on abortion [...]
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Court Orders Nepal to Improve Women’s Access to Abortion
Government must set up abortion fund and promote availability of abortion services New York—Today, Nepal’s Supreme Court ordered the Nepal government to enact a comprehensive abortion law to guarantee that women have access to safe [...]
Himalayan Times: Safe and Affordable Abortion is a Woman’s Right
by Melissa Upreti, Asia regional director for the Center for Reproductive Rights Three years ago, Nepal’s Supreme Court (SC) catapulted the nation to the forefront of the global women’s rights movement by unequivocally ruling that [...]
Contraceptive Access Case Filed In Supreme Court of Nepal
Contraceptive Access Case Filed In Supreme Court of Nepal Last month, the first case to be developed by the Center for Reproductive Rights’ South Asia Reproductive Justice and Accountability Initiative (SARJAI) was filed in the [...]
Nepal: Ensure Reproductive Healthcare for Every Woman
Seven years ago this month, on September 27, 2002, Nepal took a historic step forward for women by decriminalizing abortion. The Center is now calling on the country to take concrete steps to fulfill its [...]
The Himalayan Times: The urgent need of comprehensive law
The Himalayan Times: The urgent need of comprehensive law By Sapana Malla Pradhan In Nepal, we just culminated a month long celebration acknowledging abortion law reform in this country, including the amendment to the Muluki [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
