Washington Post: Advocates want abortion ban lifted for Peace Corps volunteers
Washington Post: Advocates want abortion ban lifted for Peace Corps volunteers "If a Peace Corps volunteer is raped and becomes pregnant as a result, she has to pay for an abortion herself, because the federal [...]
Media Roundup: Celebrating the EC Victory
Media Roundup: Celebrating the EC Victory The Center’s president and CEO, Nancy Northup, appeared on several programs on Friday after the news broke of the landmark victory in our emergency contraception case, including a roundtable [...]
New Republic: Fetal-Heartbeat Abortion Laws Are Dangerous Even If Judges Reject Them
New Republic: Fetal-Heartbeat Abortion Laws Are Dangerous Even If Judges Reject Them By Molly Redden On March 6, the Arkansas legislature enacted the toughest abortion law in the nation, banning the procedure after 12 weeks [...]
Wall Street Journal: States Harden Views Over Laws Governing Abortion
Wall Street Journal: States Harden Views Over Laws Governing Abortion By Louise Radnofsky States are becoming increasingly polarized over abortion, as some legislatures pass ever-tighter restrictions on the procedure while others consider stronger legal protections [...]
On MSNBC: “A Whole New Kind of Extreme”
On MSNBC: “A Whole New Kind of Extreme” The Center’s president and CEO, Nancy Northup, appeared on MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry to talk about how the constitutional protections afforded all women through Roe v. Wade are [...]
Guardian: Philippines needs resolute political support on reproductive health
A First Step Forward in the Philippines By Melissa Upreti, Regional director for Asia, Center for Reproductive Rights Women in the Philippines have lacked autonomy over their bodies for decades. The overwhelming political power of [...]
On Maddow: Center to Fight in Arkansas
On Maddow: Center to Fight in Arkansas The Center’s president and CEO, Nancy Northup, appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show to talk about Arkansas’ attempt to take a sledge hammer to the constitutional protections for [...]
Nancy Northup on NBC’s Nightly News
Nancy Northup on NBC’s Nightly News The Center’s president and CEO, Nancy Northup, appeared on NBC’s Nightly News to talk about Arkansas’ blatantly unconstitutional law that bans abortion within the first trimester of pregnancy.
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The Day that Will Live in Infamy
The Day that Will Live in Infamy by Aram Schvey, Policy Counsel for Foreign Policy and Human Rights at the Center for Reproductive Rights August 1, 2012: A date that will live in infamy. Or [...]
CR Hoy: El derecho a la vida no es un súperderecho que pueda anular la FIV
CR Hoy: El derecho a la vida no es un súperderecho que pueda anular la FIV Esta mañana se discutieron los alcances de la sentencia de la Corte Interamericana que obligó a Costa Rica a [...]
RH Reality Check: Something to Celebrate: Philadelphia Board of Health Calls for Public Funding, Insurance Coverage for Reproductive Health Care
Philadelphia Board of Health Calls for Public Funding, Insurance Coverage for Reproductive Health Care by Claire Cooper, Legislative Associate at the Center for Reproductive Rights Less than two months into 2013, state legislators around the [...]
Arkansas Pushing Most Extreme Ban in U.S.
Arkansas Pushing Most Extreme Ban in U.S. Arkansas politicians took another step in their mission to violate a woman's right to make decisions about whether and when to have children, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: [...]
Nancy Northup on MSNBC’s The Ed Show
Nancy Northup on MSNBC’s The Ed Show The Center’s president and CEO, Nancy Northup, appeared on The Ed Show last night—along with Draw the Line supporter Martha Plimpton and NOW president Terry O’Neill—and talked about [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.