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Virginia Governor McDonnell’s Anti-Woman Crusade

Virginia Governor McDonnell’s Anti-Woman Crusade Update: The Virginia Board of Health caved under intense political pressure from the state’s governor and attorney general this afternoon. The panel voted to require existing reproductive health care providers [...]

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Here’s A Story to Make You Nice and Mad

Here’s A Story to Make You Nice and Mad 07.26.12 - CNN.com is reporting that a pregnant teenager in the Dominican Republic is being denied cancer treatment because of the country's abortion ban. The 16-year-old is [...]

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The End of Abortion?

The End of Abortion? A new law threatens to shut down Mississippi's only abortion clinic. CRR fights back with lawsuit. On July 1st, Mississippi becomes the first state in the country with no abortion clinic. [...]

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Groundbreaking Victory in Oklahoma: Medication Abortion Protected

Today, a court delivered another stinging rebuke to the Oklahoma legislature, striking down the government’s latest attempt to choke off women’s access to reproductive health services—an arbitrary and severe restriction on medication abortion. Judge Donald [...]

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The Abortion Pill: Under Threat

The war against women is overrun with hostile combatants and legislative weapons of every form, and certain anti-choice measures naturally grab more spotlight than others. An increasing majority of the public has voiced their anger [...]

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The Real-Life Consequences of a Personhood Measure

Here we go again. Anti-choice extremists in Oklahoma are shooting for the pinnacle of reproductive rights rollbacks—a personhood amendment to the state constitution that would send reproductive rights back to the very dark days before [...]

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Human Rights Day 2011

“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” That’s the first sentence of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations 63 years ago on [...]

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2010 State Legislative Wrap Up

In the United States, state legislatures wield enormous power to control women’s access to abortion and other reproductive healthcare services. Each year, anti-choice state legislators propose measures intended to restrict women’s access to abortion, including [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.

Human Rights Day 2010

December 10 is Human Rights Day and a time to remind the world of the importance of taking a stand for reproductive rights. Sixty-two years ago this December, the U.N. adopted the Universal Declaration of [...]

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UN Looks at U.S. Healthcare Through a Different Lens

By Cynthia Soohoo, Originally published in RH Reality Check 12.8.10 - After the midterm elections, Republican leaders are claiming a mandate to undo healthcare reform. Last Friday, there was an opportunity to look at healthcare [...]

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A First Look Back at the 2010 State Legislative Session

Every year, anti-choice state legislators propose measures intended to restrict women's access to abortion, including mandatory delays, biased counseling provisions and other burdensome and unnecessary requirements. On average, more than six hundred bills are proposed [...]

Abortion, Anti-Choice Harassment, Legal Protections, Legal Restrictions, Other Barriers, Adolescent SRHR, Biased Information, Censorship, Contraception, Legal Protections, Legal Restrictions, Funding for Reproductive Healthcare, Public Funding, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,United States,In the Courts, Engaging Policymakers, In the States (USA), In Washington D.C., Reporting on Rights,News

Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.