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30 Years of Impact: Advancing Abortion Rights

Over the last 30 years, the Center has been working to transform abortion law and policy worldwide, so that every person has access to this care.

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The Center at 30: Changing Law, Changing Lives

Since its founding in 1992, the Center has advanced legal protections for reproductive rights in more than 65 countries.

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Video Replay: U.S. Abortion Regression in the Global Context

Watch the presentation from the International Conference on Family Planning by the Center's Katy Mayall.

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Webinar: Legal and Practical Barriers to Self-Managed Abortion

Register today and hear from experts across the globe.

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African Committee Recommends Tanzania Reform Policies That Barred Pregnant Girls from School

Ruling by ACERWC in case brought by the Center and its partner marks a victory for adolescent girls in Tanzania and beyond.

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Center’s Enid Muthoni Ndiga Joins Global Leaders at the Clinton Global Initiative Event card link

Center’s Enid Muthoni Ndiga Joins Global Leaders at the Clinton Global Initiative Event

September 19 session with global leaders will address reproductive and maternal health.

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Global Trends: Abortion Rights

The Center's new infographic shows the dozens of countries that have progressed on abortion rights--and the very few that have regressed, including the U.S.

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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.

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

New Report Examines Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Five African Countries card link

New Report Examines Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Five African Countries

Report by Center and partners also outlines recommendations for governments to improve access to SRHR services.

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Pilot Program at Uganda Refugee Settlement Improves Delivery of SRHR Services

New report outlines how a “circle of accountability” program by the Center and CARE Uganda brought refugee and host women and girls closer to decisions impacting their lives.

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Kenyan High Court Affirms the Right to Abortion Under the Constitution and Directs Parliament to Enact Reforms

Landmark ruling in case defending a minor and a clinician will protect patients and providers from arrest and prosecution for seeking and providing abortion services.

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Wrongfully Arrested for Seeking Abortion Care, Kenyan Woman and Nurse Exonerated with Help from the Center and its Partner

Despite constitutional protections for reproductive health care, law enforcement officers often harass, arrest, and prosecute patients and providers.

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In Op-ed, the Center’s Evelyne Opondo Calls on Kenya to Stop the Harassment of Women and Girls Seeking Abortion Care

The Kenyan government must align its penal code with the 2010 Constitution, says the Center’s Evelyne Opondo

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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