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Nancy Northup on MSNBC’s The Ed Show

Nancy Northup on MSNBC’s The Ed Show The Center’s president and CEO, Nancy Northup, appeared on The Ed Show last night—along with Draw the Line supporter Martha Plimpton and NOW president Terry O’Neill—and talked about [...]

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Christian Science Monitor: Campaign against female genital mutilation gaining ground support, results

Christian Science Monitor: Campaign against female genital mutilation gaining ground support, results By Ryan Lenora Brown "In many parts of the Kween District of eastern Uganda, women are divided into two distinct categories 'There are [...]

Adolescent SRHR, Female Genital Mutilation,Africa, Uganda,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,Center in the Spotlight

War on Women Rages in Statehouses

War on Women Rages in Statehouses The Center’s president and CEO, Nancy Northup, appeared on the Rachel Maddow Show last night to talk about the latest onslaught of anti-abortion measures brewing in statehouses across the [...]

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Huffington Post: The Fight for Women’s Reproductive Rights Can’t Just Be About Winning or Losing the Abortion War

Women’s Health is Not a Political Game by Nancy Northup, President & CEO, Center for Reproductive Rights With the 40th anniversary this month of the historic Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade has come a [...]

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Wall Street Journal: Abortion Clinic Presses to Stay Open

Wall Street Journal: Abortion Clinic Presses to Stay Open By Cameron McWhirter "Mississippi's only abortion clinic says it won't be able to meet a requirement of a new state law that tightens regulations for abortion [...]

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Associated Press: Oklahoma Abortion Laws Unconstitutional, State Supreme Court Rules

Associated Press: Okla. Abortion Laws Unconstitutional, State Supreme Court Rules By Tim Talley "Oklahoma laws requiring women seeking abortions to have an ultrasound image placed in front of them while they hear a description of [...]

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DailyBeast: Martha Plimpton on Women’s Rights, Sandra Fluke, and Organization A is For

DailyBeast: Martha Plimpton on Women’s Rights, Sandra Fluke, and Organization A is For By Martha Plimpton “…[B]ack in February of this year, a young woman named Sandra Fluke was invited to testify before Rep. Darrel [...]

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DailyBeast: Isabel Allende-How a Mysterious Baby Girl Sparked My Fight for Women

DailyBeast: Isabel Allende- How a Mysterious Baby Girl Sparked My Fight for Women By Isabel Allende "Nearly two decades ago, I took a trip to India that would change my life. Touring some rural areas [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

AllAfrica: Rwandan Govt Takes Critical Step in Recognizing Women’s Fundamental Human Rights

Rwandan Govt Takes Critical Step in Recognizing Women's Human Rights Affirming the importance of women's access to safe and legal abortion, the Rwandan government has lifted its reservation to Article 14(2)(c) of the African Charter [...]

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PUBLIC SERVICE EUROPE: Spain and Romania Backslide on Abortion

Spain and Romania Backslide on Abortion by Nancy Northup, President & CEO at the Center for Reproductive Rights In recent decades—as an overwhelming preponderance of evidence has established an inextricable link between the availability of [...]

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The Hill: Attack the causes of gender discrimination – Not women

By Nancy Northup, president and CEO, Center for Reproductive Rights The opponents of reproductive rights have been trying rather desperately in recent months to turn around the perception that they’re engaged on a “war on [...]

Abortion, Legal Protections,United States,Engaging Policymakers, In Washington D.C.,Center in the Spotlight

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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