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Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos condena a El Salvador y ordena reformas para que las mujeres no sean criminalizadas por acceder a salud reproductiva
1 de diciembre de 2021 — El Centro de Derechos Reproductivos y la Colectiva Feminista para el Desarrollo Local, con el acompañamiento de la Agrupación Ciudadana por la Despenalización del Aborto, lograron que la Corte [...]
Today! U.S. Supreme Court Hears Center’s Case Defending the Right to Abortion
Don’t miss as the Center presents its case against Mississippi’s unconstitutional abortion ban and fights to defend abortion rights. Get all the details here.
Inter-American Court of Human Rights Orders El Salvador to Reform Policies That Criminalize Women for Accessing Reproductive Health Care
11.30.2021 – (PRESS STATEMENT) Today, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights announced a ruling in the case of Manuela v. El Salvador ordering the State of El Salvador to reform its legal and health care [...]
Inside the Last Abortion Clinic in Mississippi
The New York Times
This New York Times piece profiles Jackson Women's Health Organizaton, the only abortion clinic left in Mississippi and the Center's client in its upcoming case at the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, Dobbs v. Jackson [...]
White House’s National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality to Help Guide Domestic and Foreign Policy
Last month, the Biden-Harris Administration issued the first-ever U.S. government National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality (“the National Strategy”). This groundbreaking strategy, developed by the White House Gender Policy Council, will serve as a roadmap for a government-wide effort to advance gender equity and [...]
Abortion and Liberty Rights: Spotlight on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
If the Supreme Court weakens the right to abortion, it will also undermine precedent that protects a broad range of liberty rights.
The Disproportionate Harm of Abortion Bans: Spotlight on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
Abortion bans like Mississippi's ban at issue in the Center's upcoming Supreme Court case exacerbate societal inequalities and disproportionately harm people of color and others who already face discriminatory obstacles to health care.
Lifting the Ban On Pregnant Schoolgirls and Adolescent Mothers by the United Republic of Tanzania
11.25.2021 - PRESS STATEMENT: The Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC), Tanzania, and the Center for Reproductive Rights (the Center) is pleased to learn that the United Republic of Tanzania has finally ended the oppressive [...]
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Center and its Partner Argue Against Tanzania’s Expulsion of Pregnant Girls from School
The Center's case seeks to protect the right of Tanzanian girls to continue their education and pursue opportunities during and after pregnancy.
International Human Rights and Abortion: Spotlight on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
International and human rights organizations and legal experts weigh in to support the Center’s Supreme Court case challenging a Mississippi abortion ban.
Resources for Journalists: 15 Things to Consider When Covering Abortion, the Supreme Court, and a Potential “Post-Roe World”
Guttmacher Institute
The Guttmacher Institute published an article for journalists covering the abortion rights space to provide context and prevent misinformation. Right now, the right to abortion is at risk and media outlets everywhere are covering the [...]
Case Challenging Tanzania’s Discriminatory Expulsion of Pregnant Schoolgirls and Other Human Rights Violations is Heard
DAR-ES-SALAAM, Tanzania: Nov 22, 2021: Today, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) convenes to hear a complaint filed by rights organizations against the United Republic of Tanzania for [...]
House Passes Build Back Better Act with Historic Maternal Health Investments
11.19.2021 – (PRESS STATEMENT) Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act, which includes key maternal health investments from the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 and permanent, mandatory year-long [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
