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Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on President Trump’s Proposed FY 2018 budget

Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on President Trump’s Proposed FY 2018 budget President Trump's proposed budget would slash health programs for the most vulnerable and gut funding for global human rights bodies--threatening the wellbeing of [...]

Abortion, Other Barriers, Contraception, Funding for Reproductive Healthcare, Public Funding, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,United States,Engaging Policymakers, In Washington D.C.,News

Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on Congressional Proposal to Repeal the Affordable Care Act

Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on Congressional Proposal to Repeal the Affordable Care Actection Act “Repealing the Affordable Care Act would decimate access to health care for millions of people and unravel one of the [...]

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U.S. House Votes to Reverse Obama Administration Rule Protecting Women’s Access to Basic Health Care

U.S. House Votes to Reverse Obama Administration Rule Protecting Women’s Access to Basic Health Care (MEDIA ADVISORY)  By a vote of 230-188, the U.S. House of Representatives voted today to rescind a rule protecting health [...]

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31 Senators Call for Expanded Family Planning Services Worldwide in Response to the Zika Outbreak

31 Senators Call for Expanded Family Planning Services Worldwide in Response to the Zika Outbreak (PRESS RELEASE) Today U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Patty Murray (D-WA) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) led [...]

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United Nations Working Group: Women in the United States, Texas Face Extreme Barriers to Basic Health Care

United Nations Working Group: Women in the United States, Texas Face Extreme Barriers to Basic Health Care (PRESS RELEASE) Women in Texas and across the country continue to face discrimination and extreme barriers to basic [...]

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United States Rejects Calls by U.N. Human Rights Council to End Harmful Restrictions on Reproductive Rights

United States Rejects Calls by U.N. Human Rights Council to End Harmful Restrictions on Reproductive Rights U.S. position leaves women without access to essential health services (PRESS RELEASE) This week the United States government rejected [...]

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U.S. Senate Defeats Harmful Measure Stripping Planned Parenthood of All Federal Funding

U.S. Senate Defeats Harmful Measure Stripping Planned Parenthood of All Federal Funding (PRESS RELEASE) Pro-choice Senators blocked attempts to advance a measure today which would have stripped Planned Parenthood of all federal funding dedicated to [...]

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MKB Management Corp v. Burdick: Eighth Circuit Court Decision

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

Congresswoman Lujan Grisham Introduces Federal Bill Restoring Vital Health Care Services to Immigrant Women and Families

Congresswoman Lujan Grisham Introduces Federal Bill Restoring Vital Health Care Services to Immigrant Women and Families (PRESS RELEASE)—Women’s health advocates, health care providers, and immigrant’s rights leaders applaud Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01) for introducing [...]

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113th Congress Saw Significant Pushback Against Attacks on Reproductive Health

113th Congress Saw Significant Pushback Against Attacks on Reproductive Health Members countered relentless anti-choice efforts—from abortion bans to attacks on health care coverage—with Women’s Health Protection Act, other proactive measures (PRESS RELEASE) In the face [...]

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New Resource Provides State Policy Recommendations for Advancing Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice

New Resource Provides State Policy Recommendations for Advancing Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice Nearly 60 organizations release proactive vision to support women’s health in U.S. (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights—along with a broad [...]

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Women’s Health Advocates Call on United States to Address Widespread Discrimination in Health Care

Women’s Health Advocates Call on United States to Address Widespread Discrimination in Health Care New report presented during U.S. review before United Nations committee exposes massive gaps in maternal health care, reproductive health services (PRESS [...]

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San Francisco Board of Supervisors Calls for Expanded Access to Safe, Legal Reproductive Health Care

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Calls for Expanded Access to Safe, Legal Reproductive Health Care Municipal resolution declares February “Women, Girls, and Transgender Women’s Health Month,” calls for passage of federal Women’s Health Protection Act [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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