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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 [...]

Contraception, Emergency Contraception,Latin America & Caribbean, Chile,In the Courts,News

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 [...]

Abortion, Anti-Choice Harassment,United States,In the Courts,News

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 [...]

Abortion, Adolescent SRHR, Censorship, Contraception, Maternal Health,Latin America & Caribbean,Reporting on Rights,Publications

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 [...]

Abortion,United States,News

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 [...]

Adolescent SRHR, Sex Education, Contraception, Funding for Reproductive Healthcare, Maternal Health,United States,At the United Nations,News

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 [...]

Maternal Health, Coercive Policies,Africa,Reporting on Rights,Publications

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 [...]

Legal Restrictions, Contraception, Legal Restrictions,Asia, Philippines,In the Courts,News

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 [...]

Biased Information, Censorship,United States,In the Courts,News

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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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 [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,United States,In the Courts,News

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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