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Honoring International Women’s Day
On International Women’s Day—and every day—the Center is working to build a world where every person participates with dignity as an equal member of society, regardless of gender.
Joint Statement by CSOs Working on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Challenging Utterances Undermining the Right to Access Education for Pregnant Learners in Kenya
“The right to education… is an essential right for children, which has a long-lasting effect on the well-being of children. Education determines the future of children… The obligation of States to respect the right to [...]
Victory in Kenya: Court of Appeal Affirms Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care
Court issues sweeping decision in Center’s case of pregnant woman physically and verbally abused by hospital staff and left to deliver on a concrete floor.
‘Medical colonialism’: midwives sue Hawaii over law regulating Native birth workers
The Guardian
In this piece by the Guardian, Center plaintiff Kiʻi Kahoʻohanohano and Senior Staff Attorney Hillary Schneller discuss a new case seeking to protect midwifery care in Hawaiʻi.
Defending Reproductive Autonomy: Center Sues Hawaiʻi to Protect Midwifery Care
Lawsuit asks state court to block a midwifery restriction law to restore access to safe, respectful, and culturally informed maternal care in Hawaiʻi communities.
Pregnant Woman Forced to Deliver on Hospital Floor Wins Appeal in Landmark Case
Affirming the Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care in Kenya
Hawai‘i Law Restricting Midwives Challenged in Court
Native Hawaiian midwives and others sue state to block law that prevents them from serving communities in traditional ways.
Hawaiʻi Midwifery Litigation
About the Plaintiffs: Kahoʻohanohano v. State of Hawaiʻi
More about the Hawai'i midwives, midwifery students and women who are plaintiffs in the case.
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The Center’s Nancy Northup Discusses “Patently Absurd” Alabama IVF Ruling
CNN
In an interview with Kaitlan Collins on CNN, the Center's President and CEO highlights the damaging implications of the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling recognizing embryos as children.
Refugees from Ukraine Still Cut Off from Reproductive Health Care Two Years into War
Center and partners advocate for the removal of barriers to sexual and reproductive health care for refugees from Ukraine in some parts of the EU.
U.S. Repro Watch, February 22
Alabama Supreme Court rules embryos are children, data on patient clinic visits sold to anti-abortion campaign, and other news on U.S. reproductive rights.
EU institutions endorse new law guaranteeing access to sexual and reproductive health care for survivors of sexual violence
15.02.24 (STATEMENT) - The Center for Reproductive Rights welcomes the groundbreaking inclusion of legal guarantees for access to sexual and reproductive healthcare for survivors of sexual violence in new EU legislation on violence against women. [...]
Center-led Program in Bangladesh to Improve Reproductive Health Services for Rohingya Refugees
Modeled on its successful accountability initiative in Uganda, program at Cox’s Bazar refugee settlement aims to enhance delivery of sexual, reproductive and maternal health services.
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
