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Law and Policy Guide: Rape and Incest Exceptions
← Return to the full Law and Policy Guide and the World's Abortion Laws Map The majority of countries worldwide allow abortion in cases of rape and/or incest, either through laws enumerating these grounds or [...]
New Resource Highlights Three Cases Against Poland
New Resource Highlights Three Cases Against Poland The newest addition to the Center’s Litigation Briefing Series (English version, Polish version) highlights three pending cases against Poland before the European Court of Human Rights: R.R. v. [...]
R.R. v. Poland (European Court of Human Rights)
European Court of Human Rights Rules Poland’s Denial of Legal Reproductive Care Violates Human Rights (Updated 4.01.21) The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Poland’s failure to ensure the applicant’s timely access to prenatal diagnostic examinations and information, which [...]
Center Continues Work to Ensure Access to Lawful Abortion Care in Poland
The Center’s joint submission leads to decision by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers recognizing Poland’s failure to comply with judgments in three cases.
Tysiac v. Poland (European Court of Human Rights)
In September 2005, the Center filed an amicus brief on behalf of Tysiac—a visually impaired Polish woman who was denied access to legal abortion on health grounds—arguing for States’ duty to ensure effective access to [...]
Poland Called on to Implement Long-Overdue Abortion Measures
More than a decade after Poland failed to stop creating barriers to abortion access—as required by three seminal European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rulings—the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe recently issued [...]
Law and Policy Guide: Conscientious Objection
← Return to the full Law and Policy Guide and the World's Abortion Laws Map In the context of abortion care, conscientious objection is when a health care worker or institution refuses to administer abortion [...]
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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 [...]
Law and Policy Guide: Availability, Accessibility, Acceptability and Quality Framework
← Return to the full Law and Policy Guide and the World's Abortion Laws Map The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR Committee) has set forth four essential elements of the right to [...]
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