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The Colombian government should not restart glyphosate spraying because it causes reproductive health risks
September 3rd, 2020 — The Center for Reproductive Rights and the School of Public Health of the Universidad del Valle present an investigation that reveals the negative impacts of glyphosate exposure on people's reproductive health, [...]
Center Launches New Program to Protect Refugee Rights in Uganda
The Center and its partners at CARE International in Uganda have launched a new pilot program to protect the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of women and girls in one of Uganda’s largest [...]
The Center Releases New Report on Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Nigerian Conflict Zones
Since 2018, the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners at the Legal Defence and Assistance Project (LEDAP) have studied and documented the effects of the Boko Haram conflict on the sexual and reproductive health [...]
UN Human Rights Committee Asserts that Access to Abortion and Prevention of Maternal Mortality are Human Rights
UN Human Rights Committee Asserts that Access to Abortion and Prevention of Maternal Mortality are Human Rights (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights welcomes and firmly supports the United Nations Human Rights Committee’s General [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Condemns State Department for Dropping Reproductive Rights from Human Rights Reports
Center for Reproductive Rights Condemns State Department for Dropping Reproductive Rights from Human Rights Reports New reports strip analysis of reproductive health and rights around the world, signaling clear disregard for women and girls (PRESS [...]
Over 250 Reproductive, Civil and Human Rights Organizations Call on ICE to Discontinue Policy on Detaining Pregnant Individuals
Over 250 Reproductive, Civil and Human Rights Organizations Call on ICE to Discontinue Policy on Detaining Pregnant Indi Center for Reproductive Rights, ACLU, American Immigration Council, Women’s Refugee Commission and Others Urge Administration to Reinstitute [...]
Trump Administration to Strip Mention of Reproductive Health and Rights in State Department Human Rights Report
Trump Administration to Strip Mention of Reproductive Health and Rights in State Department Human Rights Report Move would signal clear disregard for women and reproductive rights around the world In the latest move of a [...]
Updated FDA Label Better Reflects Evidence-Based Medicine, Could Expand Access to Medication Abortion
Updated FDA Label Better Reflects Evidence-Based Medicine, Could Expand Access to Medication Abortion Change aligns Mifepristone label with current best medical practice and more than 15 years of scientific evidence (PRESS RELEASE) The U.S. Food [...]
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Chile’s Cámara de Diputados Approves Abortion Bill
Chile’s Cámara de Diputados Approves Abortion Bill (PRESS RELEASE) Today Chile’s Cámara de Diputados (House) agreed to advance a proposed bill that would allow women to access safe and legal abortion services in cases of [...]
A Crucial Option
A Crucial Option Medication abortion is safe, legal, and capable of revolutionizing reproductive health care. American women have been using legal medication abortion—an early abortion method that involves taking oral medication rather than having a [...]
Admitting that Abortion is Safe
Admitting that Abortion is Safe For years, extremist activists and politicians have offered up false science and feigned concern for women’s health as part of their strategy to limit abortion access. The safety of abortion [...]
Jurist: Examining the Constitutionality of Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones
Jurist: Examining the Constitutionality of Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones Stephanie Toti The US Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in McCullen v. Coakley, involving a Massachusetts statute that creates 35 foot buffer zones around abortion [...]
House Subcommittee Amends Federal Legislation to Ban Abortion at 20 Weeks Nationwide
House Subcommittee Amends Federal Legislation to Ban Abortion at 20 Weeks Nationwide Center for Reproductive Rights calls on members of House Judiciary Committee to reject unconstitutional and harmful bill (PRESS RELEASE) Today the Subcommittee on [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.