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The Loss of a Reproductive Rights Champion: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The Center for Reproductive Rights remembers Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a trailblazer for women's rights and gender equality.
UN Experts Say U.S. Abortion Restrictions During COVID-19 Crisis Violate Human Rights
Experts Condemn States’ Efforts to Restrict Access to Abortion Care UN human rights experts have declared that efforts by U.S. states to restrict access to abortion care during the COVID-19 crisis are violations of human [...]
Five North Carolina Abortion Restrictions Challenged in Lawsuit by the Center and Partners
Restrictions Disproportionately Harm Black People and People in Rural Areas The Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners have filed a wide-reaching lawsuit challenging five North Carolina abortion restrictions that have stigmatized essential health care [...]
Center Calls on Colombia to Halt Use of Herbicide Causing Harm to Reproductive Health
New Research Report by the Center and its Local Partner Shows Negative Effects of Herbicide Used to Eradicate Cocaine Production As Colombia prepares to restart its aerial fumigation program, the Center for Reproductive Rights and its local partners at [...]
Center and Partners Challenge Tennessee Medication Abortion “Reversal” Law
The Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners have sued to block a Tennessee law requiring doctors to lie to patients by telling them that medication abortions can be “reversed.” Such a “reversal” claim is [...]
On the 10th Anniversary of Kenya’s Constitution, Center Report Urges Government to Enforce Abortion Rights Protections
Each year in Kenya, more than 2,500 women and girls die from unsafe abortions—despite the fact that the government legalized abortion under specific circumstances a decade ago in its Constitution. Currently, unsafe abortions are a [...]
New Issue Brief Addresses Infertility and IVF Access for Military Servicemembers and Veterans
The Center for Reproductive Rights has issued the third issue brief in its “Serving Those Who Serve?” series, addressing the unique barriers to reproductive health care faced by servicemembers, veterans and their families. The new [...]
Landmark Ruling Will Help Protect Schoolgirls from Sexual Violence Throughout Latin America
The Center and partners win a major case before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights that sets standards in countries throughout the region. In a landmark ruling with wide-reaching impact, the Inter-American Court of Human [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
Center Launches New Program to Protect Refugee Rights in Uganda
The Center and its partners at CARE International in Uganda have launched a new pilot program to protect the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of women and girls in one of Uganda’s largest [...]
Center Advocacy Efforts Will Help Improve Maternal Health in Georgia
Law Enacted to Extend Postpartum Medicaid Coverage Aims to Reduce Maternal Mortality, Racial Disparity Advocacy efforts by the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners helped lead to the enactment of a new law in [...]
Serving Those Who Serve?
The Center for Reproductive Rights and partners have developed a set of three issue briefs focusing on reproductive health care for servicemembers, veterans and their families. The series, titled Serving Those Who Serve?, describes the [...]
Center and Coalition Lead Digital Campaign Urging Congress to Protect Abortion Access
Broad Coalition Urges Passage of the Women’s Health Protection Act The Center for Reproductive Rights today joined a broad coalition of more than 100 organizations in a digital campaign urging Congress to pass the Women’s [...]
Center Responds to Report from U.S. State Department’s Commission on Unalienable Rights
The Center for Reproductive Rights has issued its official response to the Trump administration’s latest attempt to remove reproductive rights from the global human rights framework. A draft report released July 16 from the State [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
