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9th Circuit Court of Appeals Protects Arizona Women’s Access to Non-Surgical Abortion
9th Circuit Court of Appeals Protects Arizona Women’s Access to Non-Surgical Abortion Access to critical health care remains intact during court challenge (PRESS RELEASE) Late last night, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth [...]
Philippine Supreme Court Upholds Historic Reproductive Health Law
For recent updates on the Center's Work in the Philippines, click here. 04.08.14 (PRESS RELEASE) After more than a year deliberating the constitutionality of the country’s historic Reproductive Health Law passed in 2012, the Philippine [...]
Texas Continues to Fight Back: Center for Reproductive Rights To File Second Lawsuit Against HB2’s Devastating Abortion Restrictions
Center for Reproductive Rights To File Second Lawsuit Against HB2’s Devastating Abortion Restrictions New legal challenge to HB2 seeks to block admitting privileges requirement as it applies to two communities devastated by the law and [...]
Women’s Health Advocates, Providers Appeal Federal Court Decision Threatening Arizona Women’s Access to Non-Surgical Abortion
Women’s Health Advocates Appeal Federal Court Decision Threatening Arizona Women’s Access to Non-Surgical Abortions Unconstitutional law restricting medication abortion, which took effect April 1, now heads to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (PRESS RELEASE) Immediately [...]
Arizona Women to Lose Access to Non-Surgical Abortion on April 1st
Arizona Women to Lose Access to Non-Surgical Abortion on April 1st Federal court decision fails to block unconstitutional law restricting medication abortion from taking effect (PRESS RELEASE) A federal district court has refused to block [...]
Human Rights Organizations Condemn Perú for Ending Criminal Investigation into Mass Forced Sterilization
Human Rights Organizations Condemn Perú for Ending Criminal Investigation into Mass Forced Sterilization Center for Reproductive Rights calls out state for failing to comply with its obligations before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (PRESS [...]
Fifth Circuit Ruling Deepens Health Crisis Facing Texas Women by Continuing to Deny Texas Women Safe, Legal Abortion Services
Fifth Circuit Ruling Deepens Health Crisis Facing Texas Women by Continuing to Deny Safe, Legal Abortion Services (PRESS RELEASE) Failing to protect the lives and health of thousands of Texas women with virtually no access [...]
Brazilian Government Gives Monetary Reparations As Part of Historic United Nations Maternal Death Case
Brazilian Government Gives Monetary Reparations As Part of Historic United Nations Maternal Death Case (PRESS RELEASE) In a ceremony today, the Brazilian government gave monetary reparations to Maria Lourdes da Silva Pimentel, the mother of [...]
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Women’s Rights in the Dominican Republic Take Center Stage at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Women's Rights in the Dominican Republic Take Center Stage at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (PRESS RELEASE) Reproductive health and human rights advocates testified today in Washington, D.C. on women’s rights issues, including discrimination, [...]
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Challenges to Birth Control Benefits in Affordable Care Act
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Challenges to Birth Control Benefits in Affordable Care Act Two for-profit companies, including arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby, attempting to impose religious beliefs on female employees by refusing [...]
Organizations in several countries reject decision of the Colombian Constitutional Court allowing for sterilization of minors with disabilities without their consent
Organizations in several countries reject decision of the Colombian Constitutional Court allowing for sterilization of m (PRESS RELEASE) On March 11th, the Colombian Constitutional Court validated the practice of surgical sterilization of minors with intellectual [...]
Federal Court Permanently Strikes Down Arkansas 12-Week Abortion Ban as Unconstitutional
Federal Court Permanently Strikes Down Arkansas 12-Week Abortion Ban as Unconstitutional Ruling is the latest in a string of recent court decisions overturning extreme anti-choice laws across the country (PRESS RELEASE) A federal district judge [...]
Brazil Takes Step to Implement Historic United Nations Ruling in Maternal Death Case
Brazil Takes Step to Implement Historic United Nations Ruling in Maternal Death Case United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Approves Monetary Reparations Agreement with Brazilian Government for the Mother of [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
