On June 5, 2008, in a landmark decision, the Colombian Council of State ruled against anti-choice groups’ efforts to ban emergency contraception. The court found that emergency contraception, commonly known as the “morning-after pill,” is a contraceptive method and not an abortifacient, and therefore, access to emergency contraception is in accordance with the right to […]
Council of State of Colombia Rules that Drug Doesn’t Violate Right to Life NEW YORK — Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights applauded a decision by Colombia’s highest administrative court not to deny women legal access to emergency contraception. In a landmark decision, which was issued on June 5, the Council of State ruled against […]
“This ban treats women in Chile as second-class citizens by inhibiting their options and their ability to decide whether and when to have children. It is yet another abhorrent example of religiously motivated judges holding fast to ideology at the sacrifice of the health and well-being of the very people they are mandated to protect.” […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2014-07-23-at-5.09.54-PM.png https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/pub_bp_govtswwec_0.pdf https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/pub_bp_PMCT_span.pdf
Today, with the support of international human rights groups, Paulina, a young rape victim from Mexico, is asking the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to formally admit her legal petition so that negotiations can begin with the Mexican government. Women’s Rights groups throughout Latin America have signed on to a letter urging the Commission to […]