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Center for Reproductive Rights Denounces Chilean Constitutional Tribunal’s Decision to Ban Distribution of “Morning-after Pill” in Public Facilities
"This ban treats women in Chile as second-class citizens by inhibiting their options and their ability to decide whether and when to have children. It is yet another abhorrent example of religiously motivated judges holding [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Argues Before Kansas Supreme Court to Stop Grand Jury from Obtaining Patient Medical Records in Abortion Case
NEW YORK- Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights argued before the Kansas Supreme Court to stop a citizen-petitioned grand jury from obtaining the medical records of approximately 2,000 women who sought services from Kansas abortion [...]
Los Derechos Reproductivos a la Vanguardia
Una herramienta para la reforma legal. La reforma legal es fundamental para asegurar los derechos reproductivos y la igualdad de la mujer en la sociedad. Incluso si las nuevas leyes no se implementan ni se [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Announces New Fellowship With Columbia Law School For Reproductive Rights Scholars
NEW YORK-The Center for Reproductive Rights today announces a new fellowship with Columbia Law School for graduates pursuing legal academic careers in reproductive health and human rights.The Center-Columbia Fellow will be affiliated with both Columbia [...]
U.N. Committee Finds U.S. Is Falling Short in Tackling Racism in Reproductive Health Care
California Congresswoman Joins Center in Speaking Out against Disparities NEW YORK - Today, on the eve of International Women's Day, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said the United States was [...]
Gender-Based Violence Laws in Sub-Saharan Africa
Gender-based violence includes acts of violence in the form of physical, psychological, or sexual violence against a person specifically because of his or her gender. It constitutes one of the most widespread human rights abuses [...]
Filipino Women and Men Sue Manila Mayor For Ban on Contraception
Suit Follows Release of Human Rights Groups' Study Finding Ban has Triggered Reproductive Health Crisis MANILA - Twenty Manila women and men filed a case today in a Philippine high court against the mayor of [...]
Supreme Court Declines to Review Oklahoma “Choose Life” License Plates Case
Statement from the Center for Reproductive Rights New York, NY - Yesterday, the Supreme Court declined to review Hill v. Kemp, a case which centers on a license plate program in Oklahoma which offers specialty [...]
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U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Review Legal Questions Raised in a Challenge to Michigan’s Abortion Ban
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court today refused to review legal questions raised in a challenge to Michigan's third attempt at a dangerous and extreme ban on abortion. The American Civil Liberties Union, Center for [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
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