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The Real-Life Consequences of a Personhood Measure
Here we go again. Anti-choice extremists in Oklahoma are shooting for the pinnacle of reproductive rights rollbacks—a personhood amendment to the state constitution that would send reproductive rights back to the very dark days before [...]
Manuela v. El Salvador (Inter-American Court of Human Rights)
(Updated 12.02.21) In a landmark ruling, on November 30, 2021, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has for the first time established standards throughout the region to help protect women seeking reproductive health care, including [...]
A Girl Who Changed the World, A Victory for Women Everywhere
A Girl Who Changed the World, A Victory for Women Everywhere In 2009, a girl from Peru named L.C. demanded justice. Two years earlier, she needed an abortion—had a legal right to abortion—and was denied, [...]
Peru: The Long March to Justice
Peru: The Long March to Justice Six years ago this week, the Center for Reproductive Rights won a groundbreaking victory for the women of Peru and around the world . For the first time, an [...]
CRR in the Field: Alejandra Cárdenas
Since 1992, the Center's innovative legal work has fundamentally transformed the landscape of reproductive health and rights worldwide, and has already strengthened laws and policies in more than 50 countries. CRR in the Field is [...]
Civil Society in Central America, Mexico and the Spanish-Speaking Carribean Meet with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health
(Guatemala City - Guatemala, March 23) United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Anand Grover, visited Guatemala City on March 22 and 23 [...]
L.C. v. Peru (UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women)
UN Committee Rules Treaty Obligations Guarantee Reproductive Health Services (Updated 3.18.21) The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) ruled that Peru's failure to guarantee access to essential reproductive health services, including legal abortion, [...]
KL v. Peru (United Nations Human Rights Committee)
UN Human Rights Committee Establishes Right to Abortion as a Human Right (Updated 3.18.21) The Center for Reproductive Rights persuaded the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) to recognize that women have a human right to access safe and legal abortion. In a ruling that [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
María Mamerita Mestanza Chávez v. Peru (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights)
Peru Admits Responsibility for its Forced Sterilization Policies (Updated 3.18.21) In the first case on reproductive rights admitted to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Peru admitted responsibility for the forced sterilization of María Mamérita Mestanza, and her [...]
MM v. Peru (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights)
Peru Admits Responsibility for Violating Abuse Victim’s Human Rights (Updated 03.18.21) Before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Peru admitted its international responsibility for violating the human rights of a woman who was drugged and raped by a public health service doctor when she was seeking medical services. The Peruvian government [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
