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Emergency Contraception (EC): A Safe and Effective Way to Prevent Unplanned Pregnancy
It is estimated that over three million American women have unplanned pregnancies each year, and over half of these end in abortion. Emergency contraception (EC), sometimes called the "morning-after pill," is an effective method of [...]
State of Wisconsin Seeks to Join Center’s Lawsuit Against the FDA Over the “Morning-After Pill”
New York, NY-Today, the state of Wisconsin filed legal documents with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York seeking to join the Center for Reproductive Rights' lawsuit against the Food and [...]
U.S. Women Face Unprecedented Assault on Reproductive Rights, Center for Reproductive Rights Testifies Before Human Rights Committee
New York, NY—Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights testified before the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC), informing the panel of the U.S. government’s failures to protect women’s reproductive rights as covered in the principal [...]
Mexico Admits Responsibility for Denying Child Rape Victim’s Rights
Landmark Settlement Reached in Case of 13-year-old Mexican Rape Victim Denied Abortion Washington, DC, March 8, -- the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners in Mexico, Alaide Foppa and GIRE (Information Group on Reproductive [...]
Supreme Court Agrees to Review Federal Abortion Ban
New York— Today, the Supreme Court agreed to review Gonzales v. Carhart, the case in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit struck down the Federal Abortion Ban, also known as the [...]
First-Ever Federal Ban on Abortion Violates Women’s Rights
On June 28, 2000 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a sweeping state ban on abortion. Despite that ruling, Congress passed an almost identical law that was signed by President George W. Bush on November [...]
Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline’s “Kiss and Tell” Law Goes to Trial
Kline Scheduled to Appear in Court on February 3 WHAT: The trial for Aid for Women v. Foulston, a federal civil rights lawsuit in U.S. District Court of the District of Kansas brought by the [...]
The Teen Endangerment Act (H.R. 748, S.8,396,403): Harming Young Women Who Seek Abortions
The Teen Endangerment Act, also called the "Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act" (CIANA) or the "Child Custody Protection Act" (CCPA), will harm young women who face unwanted pregnancies. The Teen Endangerment Act (H.R. 748, S. [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
