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On Behalf of Notre Dame Students, Groups Sue Trump-Pence Administration and University Over Backroom Deal to Take Away Coverage of Birth Control
On Behalf of Notre Dame Students, Groups Sue Trump-Pence Administration and University Over Backroom Deal SOUTH BEND, IN — Citing flagrant defiance of federal law and the U.S. Constitution, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), [...]
Virginia Health Care Providers File New Lawsuit Challenging Longstanding Abortion Restrictions
Virginia Health Care Providers File New Lawsuit Challenging Longstanding Abortion Restrictions Lawsuit brought by health care providers challenges abortion restrictions in the Commonwealth of Virginia — some of which have been on the books for [...]
New York State Senate Passes Legislation to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes
New York State Senate Passes Legislation to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes Action is still needed in the New York State Assembly to authorize a statewide maternal mortality review board (PRESS RELEASE) Yesterday, the New York [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights’ Statement Following U.S. Withdrawal From United Nations Human Rights Council
Center for Reproductive Rights' Statement Following U.S. Withdrawal From United Nations Human Rights Council Center for Reproductive Rights' statement following U.S. withdrawal from United Nations Human Rights Council. "The Center for Reproductive Rights is deeply [...]
UN Special Rapporteur on Poverty Calls on U.S. to Recognize Health Care as a Human Right
UN Special Rapporteur on Poverty Calls on U.S. to Recognize Health Care as a Human Right (PRESS RELEASE) – The Center for Reproductive Rights echoes concerns raised by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme [...]
UN Special Rapporteur on Poverty Calls on U.S. to Recognize Health Care as a Human Right
UN Special Rapporteur on Poverty Calls on U.S. to Recognize Health Care as a Human Right (PRESS RELEASE) – The Center for Reproductive Rights echoes concerns raised by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights President and CEO Nancy Northup Receives Brown University 2018 Honorary Degree
Center for Reproductive Rights President and CEO Nancy Northup Receives Brown University 2018 Honorary Degree Northup selected for Distinguished Doctorate of Humane Letters for advancing reproductive rights globally (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, Brown University awarded [...]
Outcome of Irish Referendum on Abortion is a Momentous Result for Reproductive Rights
Outcome of Irish Referendum on Abortion is a Momentous Result for Reproductive Rights (GENEVA) The Center for Reproductive Rights celebrates today’s referendum result in favour of repeal of the Irish constitutional prohibition on abortion as [...]
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Center for Reproductive Rights Denounces Trump Administration’s Attack on Title X Family Planning Program
Center for Reproductive Rights Denounces Trump Administration’s Attack on Title X Family Planning Program (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights denounced the Trump administration’s latest move to block women’s access to critical health [...]
Nigeria’s Federal High Court Strikes Out Civil Society Organization’s Case of a Woman Who Was Illegally Detained and Died During Confinement
(PRESS RELEASE) The family of a woman who was illegally detained for the inability to clear her medical bill and denied emergency services leading to her death, yesterday had their case dismissed by the Federal [...]
Louisiana Lawmakers Attack Reproductive Rights with Unconstitutional 15-Week Ban
Louisiana Lawmakers Attack Reproductive Rights with Unconstitutional 15-Week Ban (PRESS RELEASE) Louisiana is on track to adopting one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion laws—an unconstitutional ban on abortion after 15 weeks. After passing the [...]
Incomplete Human Rights Reporting at the State Department
Nancy Northup: Incomplete Human Rights Reporting at the State Department Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, called on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to reverse his predecessor’s decision to omit [...]
El Salvador Legislative Assembly Misses Opportunity to Reform Draconian Abortion Law
El Salvador Legislative Assembly Misses Opportunity to Reform Draconian Abortion Law (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador failed to bring up a vote to reform its abortion law. This was the last [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
