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Biden’s Proposal to Lift Hyde Amendment Is a Step Toward Allowing Abortion Coverage for Medicaid Recipients
For the first time in decades, a president has submitted a budget without the Hyde Amendment, a policy that prohibits coverage of abortion care for people insured through Medicaid. It's now up to Congress to [...]
Bill Would Require U.S. Reporting on Reproductive Rights in Annual Human Rights Report
The Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act would ensure that the State Department, regardless of administration, is required to report on the status of sexual and reproductive rights in the Human Rights Reports.
Federal Bill Would Promote Youth Sex Education in U.S.
May is “National Sex Ed for All” month, and the Center is proud to support a new federal bill that would provide funding to improve access to comprehensive sex education and sexual health services for young people throughout the U.S.
Bills Would Improve Access to Reproductive Health Care for U.S. Servicemembers and Veterans
Two bills were recently introduced in the U.S. Congress that would improve access to contraception for servicemembers and their dependents and in vitro fertilization (IVF) services for veterans. The Center for Reproductive Rights—as part of [...]
The First 100 Days of the Biden-Harris Administration: Reproductive Rights, Health and Justice
In its first 100 days, the Biden-Harris administration has taken crucial steps to undo many Trump-Pence administration’s policies that undermined reproductive rights and access to health care in the U.S. and around the world.
Black Maternal Health Week is April 11-17
As the U.S. faces a maternal health crisis, with Black women three times more likely to die than white women from pregnancy complications, the Center for Reproductive Rights has partnered to sponsor Black Maternal Health Week, April 11-17—a seven-day series aimed at raising awareness, inspiring activism, and strengthening organizing for Black maternal health.
EACH Act Would Remove Major Economic Barriers to Abortion Access in the U.S.
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate introduced the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH) Act, a federal bill to ensure that every person who receives health care or insurance [...]
White House’s New Gender Policy Council to Advance Equality and Equity in Domestic and Foreign Policy
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration released two Executive Orders making clear its intention to advance gender equality and equity as a matter of human rights, justice and fairness in the United States and around the world. [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
Center Spotlight: Jennifer Jacoby Talks U.S. Maternal Health
Jennifer Jacoby is well-versed in racial bias in the U.S. maternal health care system and the unconscionably poor health outcomes that result from that bias. Guiding her each day, she says, are some stark and [...]
Center’s Concerns About Judge Barrett’s Reproductive Rights Views “Further Intensified” After Committee Testimony
Updated Report Examines the SCOTUS Nominee’s Testimony Before the Senate Judiciary Committee The Center for Reproductive Rights has issued an updated report after analyzing Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee October [...]
On Hyde Amendment’s 44th Anniversary, Center and Allies Call for its End
Amendment Prohibiting Federal Coverage of Most Abortion Care Harms Marginalized Communities Since 1976, the Hyde Amendment has institutionalized unequal access to reproductive health care by denying coverage of abortion care for people enrolled in Medicaid [...]
Issue Brief: U.S. Government Exploits COVID-19 to Mistreat Pregnant Immigrants and Asylum Seekers
A new issue brief from the Center for Reproductive Rights and partner organizations details how the U.S. government has exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to eviscerate humanitarian and human rights protections for immigrants and people seeking [...]
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 [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
