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As the Hyde Amendment Turns Forty, Center for Reproductive Rights Continues to Call for Repeal

As the Hyde Amendment Turns Forty, Center for Reproductive Rights Continues to Call for Repeal 40 years since passage of dangerous and discriminatory Hyde Amendment coincides with new national poll showing voters support lifting abortion [...]

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States Continue to Defend Unconstitutional Clinic Shutdown Laws in Spite of Supreme Court Ruling

States Continue to Defend Unconstitutional Clinic Shutdown Laws in Spite of Supreme Court Ruling (MEDIA ADVISORY) Earlier this week the Center for Reproductive Rights requested a federal district court permanently block Louisiana’s Texas-style clinic shutdown law [...]

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House Judiciary Subcommittee Holds Hearing Targeting Low-Income Women’s Access to Safe, Legal Abortion

(PRESS RELEASE) Despite facing a host of other issues related to access to critical health care services, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice earlier today held a hearing which focused on two [...]

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Federal District Court Ends Legal Challenge to Unconstitutional Arizona Law Restricting Women’s Access to Medication Abortion, Ensuring Measure Will Never Take Effect

Federal District Court Ends Legal Challenge to Unconstitutional AZ Law Restricting Access to Medication Abortion (PRESS RELEASE)—A federal district court yesterday ended the legal challenge to an unconstitutional Arizona law which severely restricted a woman’s [...]

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New Report Calls for Legal Accountability for States to Ensure Reproductive Rights

New Report Calls for Legal Accountability for States to Ensure Reproductive Rights (PRESS RELEASE) This week global human rights experts released a report calling for governments to provide greater resources and accountability to ensure reproductive [...]

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Chile’s Senate Health Commission Approves Abortion Bill

Chile's Senate Health Commission Approves Abortion Bill (PRESS RELEASE) This week Chile’s Senate Health Commission agreed to advance a proposed bill that would allow women to access safe and legal abortion services in cases of [...]

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Federal District Court Ends Legal Challenge to Unconstitutional Arizona Law Forcing Doctors to Lie to Women, Ensuring Law Will Never Take Effect

Federal District Court Ends Legal Challenge to Unconstitutional Arizona Law Forcing Doctors to Lie to Women Ruling comes less than two months after nation’s highest court issues historic ruling reaffirming a woman’s constitutional right to [...]

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Sia, Jessica Williams, Leslie Jones, and more, to perform in All Access concert supporting abortion access for all

Sia, Jessica Williams, Leslie Jones, and more, to perform in All Access concert supporting abortion access for all Abortion rights supporters will come together on September 10 in Cleveland, Miami, Chicago, Philadelphia and Atlanta for [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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Looking Forward

Watch a discussion hosted by the Center and Cosmopolitan magazine on the future of reproductive rights. Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Joanna Coles—whose tenure at the magazine has been marked by a commitment to advancing women’s health issues—moderated [...]

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Center for Reproductive Rights Calls on Texas to Abandon Latest Unconstitutional Attempt to Restrict Safe, Legal Abortion

Center Calls on Texas to Abandon Latest Unconstitutional Attempt to Restrict Safe, Legal Abortion (MEDIA ADVISORY) The Center for Reproductive Rights has submitted comments to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) in response [...]

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New Report Exposes Impact of Uganda’s Abortion Law Through Personal Stories

(PRESS RELEASE) Due to the unclear abortion law in Uganda, women and adolescents continue seeking unsafe abortions and are vilified by their families and communities—even the doctors and health workers who provide legal post-abortion care [...]

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U.N. Experts Call For Dominican Republic to Repeal Restrictive Abortion Laws

U.N. Experts Call For Dominican Republic to Repeal Restrictive Abortion Laws (PRESS RELEASE) A group of United Nations experts urged President Danilo Medina of the Dominican Republic to work with legislators to protect women and [...]

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U.N. Committee: Philippines Must Provide Access to Modern Contraceptives, Legalize Abortion in Certain Circumstances

U.N. Committee: Philippines Must Provide Access to Modern Contraceptives, Legalize Abortion in Certain Circumstances (PRESS RELEASE) The Philippine government must ensure access to modern contraceptives and legalize abortion in certain circumstances, according to the U.N. [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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