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County Government of Bungoma & 2 Others v. Josephine Oundo Ongwen (a.k.a. Josephine Majani) & 2 Others (Kenya Civil Appeal No. 61 of 2018) card link

County Government of Bungoma & 2 Others v. Josephine Oundo Ongwen (a.k.a. Josephine Majani) & 2 Others (Kenya Civil Appeal No. 61 of 2018)

This case involves the appeal by the County Government of Bungoma of a landmark 2018 judgment on the right to maternity care.

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Africa, Kenya,In the Courts,Case

All Families Healthcare, Blue Mountain Clinic, and Helen Weems v. State of Montana and Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services

This case challenges restrictive licensing requirements for Montana abortion clinics.

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,United States,In the Courts,Case

Opinion for the Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine (Germany)

Stellungnahme für die Kommission zur Reproduktiven Selbstbestimmung und Fortpflanzungsmedizin (Deutschland)

Abortion,Germany, Europe,Engaging Policymakers, Reporting on Rights,Documents

Adkins v. State of Idaho

This case seeks to clarify and expand the medical exceptions to Idaho’s two abortion bans to ensure physicians can provide abortion care to preserve a pregnant person’s health and safety, including in cases of fatal fetal diagnoses.

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,United States,Case

Center Leaders in Latin America Discuss Mexico Ruling Decriminalizing Abortion

Historic decision by Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice will increase abortion access nationwide and marks another victory for the Latin American Green Wave movement.

Abortion, Legal Protections,Latin America & Caribbean, Mexico,Reporting on Rights,News

Blackmon v. State of Tennessee

This case challenges Tennessee’s total abortion ban as applied to pregnant people with emergent medical conditions.

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,United States,Case

Medical Emergency Exceptions to State Abortion Bans: Idaho, Tennessee and Oklahoma

Complaints filed to ensure pregnant people in dire situations can access abortion care and that doctors are given clarity on “medical emergency” exceptions in their state’s abortion bans.

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,United States,Case

Legal Retrogression and the Harms of Louisiana’s Near Total Abortion Bans: A Report to the Human Rights Committee 139 Session, United States

This human rights “shadow report,” jointly submitted by four organizations to the UN Human Rights Committee, represents early findings from fact-finding research underway in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana, where abortion is prohibited at [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,United States, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,At the United Nations,Documents

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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Retrogression in U.S. Reproductive Rights: The Ongoing Fight for Reproductive Autonomy

This human rights “shadow report” was submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee on September 12, 2023 by a coalition of fifteen reproductive rights, health, and justice organizations in preparation for a review of U.S. [...]

SRHR General,United States, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,At the United Nations,Documents

Call for Submissions: 2023 Writing Prize for New Student Scholarship in Reproductive Rights and Justice

08.28.2023—If/When/How, the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice at UC Berkeley School of Law and the Center for Reproductive Rights now invite submissions for the 18th annual Writing Prize for New Student Scholarship in Reproductive [...]

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Media Highlights: Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA

Several leaders from the Center for Reproductive Rights have been interviewed about Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA. Below are media highlights. “A federal judge suspends FDA's longtime approval of an abortion pill, but gives [...]

Abortion,In the Courts,Center in the Spotlight

News Coverage: Texas District Court Ruling in Zurawski v. State of Texas

Judge Jessica Mangrum’s August 4 ruling on Zurawski v. State of Texas clarified the medical exception in the state’s abortion bans, enabling physicians to use their “good faith judgment,” in consultation with their pregnant patients, [...]

Abortion,In the Courts,Center in the Spotlight

Women’s Stories in Center’s Texas Case ‘May Change the Abortion Narrative’

Mary Ziegler writes in the Boston Globe about the power of the women’s testimony in the Center’s Zurawski v. State of Texas case.

Abortion,United States,In the Courts,Center in the Spotlight

Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.