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The Rachel Maddow Show: Anti-abortion laws thwarted by Constitution
The Rachel Maddow Show: Anti-abortion laws thwarted by Constitution Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, talks with Rachel Maddow about recent legal victories to secure women’s reproductive rights.
The Irish Times: Irish women forced to travel for abortions to take cases to UN
The Irish Times: Irish women forced to travel for abortions to take cases to UN By Kitty Holland Three women who were forced to travel to Britain to terminate their pregnancies following diagnoses that their [...]
Senator Lindsey Graham Leads New Attack on Women’s Health and Rights
Senator Lindsey Graham Leads New Attack on Women’s Health and Rights Senate bill follows House in attempting to enact unconstitutional ban on abortion at 20 weeks (PRESS RELEASE) After anti-choice politicians in the U.S. House of [...]
Nation’s Highest Court Dismisses Case Concerning Oklahoma’s Unconstitutional Medication Abortion Ban
Nation’s Highest Court Dismisses Case Concerning Oklahoma’s Unconstitutional Medication Abortion Ban Law banning all medication abortion and use of medication to treat ectopic pregnancies remains permanently blocked (PRESS RELEASE) Following a recent ruling from the [...]
Texas Health Care Providers Take Fight Against Unconstitutional Law to U.S. Supreme Court
Texas Health Care Providers Take Fight Against Unconstitutional Law to U.S. Supreme Court (PRESS RELEASE) Following a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that allowed the immediate enforcement of a [...]
One-Third of Texas Women Will Soon Lack Access to Safe, Legal Abortion Following Appellate Court Ruling
One-Third of Texas Women Will Soon Lack Access to Safe, Legal Abortion Following Appellate Court Ruling 5th Circuit grants TX request to stay district court order blocking requirement all abortion providers must have admitting privileges [...]
Maternal Mortality and the Decriminalization of Abortion at the Human Rights Council
Maternal Mortality and the Decriminalization of Abortion at the Human Rights Council The UN Human Rights Council gathered for its 24th session in Geneva, from September 9-27, 2013, bringing together human rights activists, civil society [...]
New U.N. Report Links Adolescent Pregnancy to Human Rights Failures, Calls on States to Address Range of Contributing Issues
U.N. Report Links Adolescent Pregnancy to Human Rights Failures, Calls on States to Address Contributing Issues (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights commended the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today for linking adolescent pregnancy [...]
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Sharing Our Stories
Sharing Our Stories There was much to celebrate at the Center for Reproductive Rights 2013 Annual Gala. In the previous 30 hours, we secured crucial victories for women in Texas and Oklahoma. And we presented [...]
Access to EC in Latin America Takes Center Stage at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Access to EC in Latin America Takes Center Stage at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Center for Reproductive Rights Participates In Public Hearing Addressing Restrictions on Emergency Contraception at the 149th Period of Sessions [...]
Oklahoma Supreme Court Confirms Unconstitutional State Law Acts as a Total Ban on All Medication Abortion
Oklahoma Supreme Court Confirms Unconstitutional State Law Acts as a Total Ban on All Medication Abortion Ruling is in response to request from U.S. Supreme Court (PRESS RELEASE) In answering certified questions from the U.S. [...]
Texas State Officials Appeal Federal Court Decision Blocking Unconstitutional Abortion Restrictions
Texas Officials Appeal Federal Court Decision Blocking Unconstitutional Abortion Restrictions Attorney General also asks 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to stay the injunction, which would make abortion care nonexistent for one-third of Texas women (PRESS [...]
Court Decision Protects Abortion Access for Most Women in Texas, But Upholds Restrictions on Medication Abortion
Court Decision Protects Abortion Access for Most Women in Texas, But Upholds Restrictions on Medication Abortion Ruling blocks provision that would have made safe, legal abortion non-existent for one in three Texas women (PRESS RELEASE) [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
