Submission to the Special Rapporteur on Torture regarding human rights abuses of incarcerated women in the U.S.
The U.S. Legal Program, together with the Rebecca Project for Human Rights and Women on the Rise Telling HerStory (WORTH), submitted a letter to Mr. Manfred Nowak, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman [...]
MKB v Burdick Order 02_16_2012
This case challenges provisions of North Dakota House Bill 1297, passed during the 2011 legislative session, which would effectively ban all medication abortions in the state by requiring compliance with conditions for the provision of [...]
Memo of Support: MKB Management Corp d/b/a Red River Women’s Clinic, Kathryn Eggleston, M.D., v. Birch Burdick and Terry Dwelle, M.D.
This case challenges provisions of North Dakota House Bill 1297, passed during the 2011 legislative session, which would effectively ban all medication abortions in the state by requiring compliance with conditions for the provision of [...]
Complaint: MKB Management Corp d/b/a Red River Women’s Clinic, Kathryn Eggleston, M.D., v. Birch Burdick and Terry Dwelle, M.D.
This case challenges provisions of North Dakota House Bill 1297, passed during the 2011 legislative session, which would effectively ban all medication abortions in the state by requiring compliance with conditions for the provision of [...]
Exhibit 1 to Amended Complaint—House Bill 15: Texas Medical Providers Performing Abortion Services v. Lakey
The Center is challenging a newly enacted Texas law which prohibits a woman from getting an abortion unless her physician first performs an ultrasound, places the ultrasound images in her view, describes the images to [...]
Amended Class Action Complaint: Texas Medical Providers Performing Abortion Services v. Lakey
The Center is challenging a newly enacted Texas law which prohibits a woman from getting an abortion unless her physician first performs an ultrasound, places the ultrasound images in her view, describes the images to [...]
RR v. Poland, S&T v. Poland, and Z v. Poland – Polish Language Litigation Briefing Series (PDF)
Poland has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe. R.R. v. Poland, S &, T v. Poland and Z v. Poland, three pending cases before the European Court of Human Rights, filed by [...]
Submission to the Special Rapporteur on violence against women regarding conditions in the United States and the state’s obligation to protect women
The U.S. Legal Program, alongside numerous other civil society organizations, submitted a briefing paper to Ms. Rashida Manjoo, Special Rapporteur on violence against women, in advance of her Mission to the United States from January [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
Discriminatory or Rights Based? CHR Advisory on the Local Ordinance by the City of Manila
"By the issuance of EO 003, the City of Manila, an instrumentality and essential element of the state, committed a clear breach of CEDAW obligation. By adopting an ordinance that limits the choice to natural [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Testimony before NYC Council on Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, testified before the New York City Council on November 16, 2010 on the recently introduced bill that will regulate the deceptive practices of pregnancy counseling centers [...]
Submission to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Maternal Mortality, Morbidity and Human Rights
Submission to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the preparation of the thematic study on Maternal Mortality, Morbidity and Human Rights This submission responds to the OHCHR Note Verbale's [...]
Oral Intervention re: Poland:14th Session of the Human Rights Council
06.04.10 - The Center for Reproductive Rights welcomes the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health on his visit to Poland. We share the concerns voiced by the Special Rapporteur in [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
