https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/HRD-Cover.jpg The Center is proud to present its groundbreaking report, “Defending Human Rights: Abortion Providers Facing Threats, Restrictions, and Harassment.” Physicians and reproductive healthcare professionals who work to provide abortions are frequently denied government and societal support for their critical work. As a result, women in the U.S. are denied their fundamental human rights. Download […]
UN Committee Rules Treaty Obligations Guarantee Reproductive Health Services (Updated 3.18.21) The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) ruled that Peru’s failure to guarantee access to essential reproductive health services, including legal abortion, violates international treaty obligations, including the obligation to eliminate discrimination against women in the field of health care and to […]
After the murder of Kansas abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, Center President Nancy Northup spoke about the loss of the defender of women’s rights in various outlets including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and CNN. She also authored an editorial on CBSnews.com on the ramifications of Tiller’s murder and appeared on NPR in […]
Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights issued a statement following the shooting of Kansas abortion provider Dr. George Tiller. Dr. Tiller was murdered entering his church in Wichita, Kansas.As one of the few physicians in the country who provides abortions later in pregnancy, Dr. Tiller has been the target of anti-choice movement for over two […]
Filing date: , 6/7/2004 State: Louisiana Plaintif(s): Choice, Inc. Of Texas D/B/A Causeway Medical Clinic, Center Atorney(s): , Sandy Cohen Co-Counel/Cooperating Attorneys: , Morrison & Foerster LLP: Jamie Levitt, J. Alexander Lawrence, Sarah Rosell (co-counsel), Bill Rittenberg (Local Counsel) Summary: Beginning in 1993, William A. Graham co-opted the name of a well-known medical provider, and […]
European Court of Human Rights Sets Standards for the Rights of Adolescents to Reproductive Health Services (Updated 04.01.21) The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Poland violated an adolescent’s human rights when her access to a legal abortion after being sexually assaulted was repeatedly obstructed. The Court, for the first, time addressed the special vulnerability of adolescents in need of abortion care and confirmed young people’s […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/africa_article_0_0.jpg Women living with HIV in Kenya who seek medical care suffer multiple human rights violations and encounter daunting barriers to quality healthcare. At Risk: Rights Violations of HIV-Positive Women in Kenyan Health Facilities, a new report from the Federation of Women Lawyers—Kenya and the Center for Reproductive Rights, vividly illustrates the failure of the […]
The Center Spotlights Reproductive Rights at the XVII International AIDS Conference Human rights, including reproductive rights, must be at the center of the fight against HIV/AIDS. The Center for Reproductive Rights will be taking that message to the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on August 1 – 8. The conference is the world’s […]
On Thursday, July 3, a citizen-convened grand jury refused to indict Kansas abortion provider Dr. George Tiller. In a written statement, the jurors said they had not found sufficient evidence to accuse Dr. Tiller of any crime related to abortion laws in Kansas. The state prohibits post-viability abortions unless a woman’s life or health is […]
NEW YORK — Today, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that the grand jury investigating abortion provider Dr. George Tiller cannot embark on a fishing expedition into his patients’ medical records. The court ordered the lower court, the Eighteenth Judicial District court in Wichita, to undertake a number of steps before allowing any information from the […]