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Center’s New Factsheet Explains Recent Changes to the Abortion Law in India card link

Center’s New Factsheet Explains Recent Changes to the Abortion Law in India

Amendment to India’s 1971 law a step forward, but gaps remain.

Abortion, Legal Protections, Other Barriers,Asia, India,Reporting on Rights,Story

Washington Post Op-ed Counters Claims that U.S. Abortion Restrictions Are Aligned with European Laws

Leah Hoctor, the Center's senior regional director for Europe, calls claims by Senator Lindsey Graham and others "simply untrue."

Abortion,Europe, United States,Reporting on Rights,Story

With its Regression on Abortion Rights, the U.S. is a Global Outlier

The United States is one of only four countries that has rolled back abortion rights since 1994.

Abortion,Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America & Caribbean, United States, Global,Reporting on Rights,News

New Laws in India Regulate Assisted Reproduction and Surrogacy

Laws include some improvements, but gaps remain.

Assisted Reproduction, Surrogacy,India,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,News

Center for Reproductive Rights Condemns Prosecution of Polish Human Rights Defender Justyna Wydrzyńska 

13.07.2022 (PRESS RELEASE): On Thursday the Praga Południe District Court in Poland’s capital Warsaw will hold its next hearing in the case of human rights defender Justyna Wydrzyńska. Wydrzyńska has been accused of helping a woman [...]

Abortion,Europe, Poland,In the Courts,News
Joint Initiative Addresses SRHR Needs of Women and Girls Fleeing the War in Ukraine card link

Joint Initiative Addresses SRHR Needs of Women and Girls Fleeing the War in Ukraine

The Center for Reproductive Rights and national partners in key countries are undertaking a joint initiative aimed at addressing sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of women and girls impacted by the war in Ukraine.  

Adolescent SRHR, Humanitarian Settings, SRHR General,Europe, Ukraine,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,News

Leading Organizations From 28 Countries Call on European Leaders to Act Now to Protect Access to Abortion

28 June 2022 - Following last week’s decision by the United States Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, today leading organizations, working to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights in over [...]

Abortion,Europe,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,News

Germany Eradicates Harmful Ban on Abortion Information

06.24.22 (PRESS RELEASE) Today the German Bundestag has repealed §219a of the German Criminal Code removing a harmful ban on information provision on abortion by medical professionals. The ban prohibited doctors and other medical professionals [...]

Abortion,Europe,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,News

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

Center and Partners File Third-Party Submissions to European Court of Human Rights in Cases Challenging Poland’s Abortion Restrictions card link

Center and Partners File Third-Party Submissions to European Court of Human Rights in Cases Challenging Poland’s Abortion Restrictions

The Center and international human rights partners intervene in three groups of cases challenging Poland's restrictive abortion law.

Abortion,Europe, Poland, Accountability Bodies, European Human Rights System,Reporting on Rights,Story

Statement on the Needs of Women and Girl Refugees in Europe

The Center urges the European and international communities to guarantee the SRHR of all refugees and asylum seekers in Europe.

SRHR General,Europe, Ukraine,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,News

European Parliament Calls on U.S. to Protect Abortion Rights

Resolution expresses grave concern about the consequences to women’s rights if the U.S. Supreme Court were to revoke the constitutional right to abortion.

Abortion,Europe, United States, Accountability Bodies, European Human Rights System,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,News

The European Parliament Expresses Concern About Backsliding on Reproductive Rights in the United States

06.09.2022 (PRESS RELEASE) -- In a resolution on global threats to abortion rights adopted today by a large majority, the European Parliament expressed serious concern about the potential eradication of constitutional rights protection for abortion [...]

Abortion,Europe, United States,Reporting on Rights,Press Releases

Civil Society Calls on European and other Global Leaders to Protect the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women and Girls Fleeing Ukraine Conflict

Brussels, 17 March 2022 (Press Release) – Today more than 90 organizations called on European authorities and the international community to urgently protect the health of women and girls fleeing the conflict in Ukraine. In a [...]

Humanitarian Settings, SRHR General,Europe,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,Uncategorized

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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