In this facial and as-applied challenge, Plaintiffs seek immediate injunctive relief against two provisions of 2009 AZ HB 2564 ("the Act"), an omnibus anti-abortion bill passed by the Arizona legislature earlier this year. If permitted [...]

In 2008, the Center for Reproductive Rights deployed its unique legal and human rights expertise to secure access to reproductive healthcare, block assaults on abortion and birth control, and hold governments accountable for maternal deaths. [...]

Abortion Providers Facing Threats, Restrictions, and Harassment Karen Leiter, author of the Defending Human Rights report and the Center's Human Rights Researcher, lead a teleconference and webinar with Communications Connection, an interactive web forum for [...]

New York Time's columnist Nicholas Kristof wants you to submit your story describing the best organization or project working toward the education of girls or empowerment of women. Have you had some poignant encounter underscoring [...]

Commemorating Advances, Calling for Greater Accountability The Center commemorates the 15 year anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), celebrating advancements for women's human rights and highlighting the ICPD's role in promoting [...]

Commemorating Advances, Calling for Greater Accountability In celebration of the 15th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), the German government and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will co-host the forum, Global [...]

A closer look at the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan (FEHBP) DJ and her husband were looking forward to having their first child. Then DJ´s doctor gave the couple devastating news: the baby DJ was [...]

Abortion Providers Facing Threats, Restrictions, and Harassment 40 Days for Life: An anti-choice religious organization that organizes bi-annual campaigns of forty-day long protests outside abortion clinics across the country. Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASC): Healthcare centers [...]

To State and Local Governments Lawmakers Adopt resolutions recognizing reproductive healthcare workers, including abortion providers, as human rights defenders Adopt resolutions recognizing that access to a full range of reproductive health services, including abortion, is [...]

Abortion Providers Facing Threats, Restrictions, and Harassment HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS In 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which recognized the inherent dignity and human rights [...]