The FDA is Stalling on Contraception
The FDA is poised to remove age restrictions on the emergency contraception called Plan B One-Step by the end of the year. This is a monumental step forward after more than a decade of hard [...]
World AIDS Day
When doctors in India found out that Gita Bai was HIV-positive, they denied her pre-natal care. She soon returned to the hospital when contractions started—and the doctors physically barred her from entering the building. Gita [...]
International Women’s Human Rights Defenders Day
For the women and men who provide reproductive health services and fight for women's rights to the full range of reproductive healthcare, every day comes with not just the challenge of doing incredibly important work [...]
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Thirty years ago, women’s rights activists first marked November 25 as the day on which the world would demand an end to all physical and sexual abuse targeted at women. It took another 18 years [...]
CRR Applauds D.C. Leadership for Rejecting Budget Autonomy-for-Abortion Coverage Deal
(PRESS RELEASE) In an important next step in the District of Columbia’s long-fought battle for budget autonomy, Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) highlighted his intent to move forward with a bill that allows the District to [...]
CRR Welcomes Landmark Decision from European Court on Coerced Sterilization
On November 8, 2011 the European Court of Human Rights issued a judgment in V.C. v. Slovakia, a case of a Romani woman who was sterilized without informed consent. The court found Slovakia in violation [...]
In Focus: Uganda
In Focus: Uganda The Center for Reproductive Rights has embarked on a series of new projects in Uganda as part of its wider work in the African region. Working to highlight reproductive rights violations in [...]
Topeka Capital-Journal: New lawsuit attacks abortion clinic rules
"Two Kansas doctors have expanded their legal attack on state regulations for abortion providers. Dr. Herbert Hodes and his daughter, Dr. Traci Nauser have filed a lawsuit in the state court system. Attorney Bonnie Scott [...]
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A Girl Who Changed the World, A Victory for Women Everywhere
A Girl Who Changed the World, A Victory for Women Everywhere In 2009, a girl from Peru named L.C. demanded justice. Two years earlier, she needed an abortion—had a legal right to abortion—and was denied, [...]
Decision: L.C. v. Peru
In a groundbreaking decision issued in L.C. v. Peru—a case brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partner organization in Peru PROMSEX—the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) ruled [...]
State: Hodes & Nauser, MDs, P.A. et al. v. Robert Moser, M.D et al.
(REVISED 1.19.22) This case challenges a regulatory scheme that would have gone into effect on November 14, 2011. If enforced, the scheme would prevent the provision of abortion services in any medical establishment that does [...]
Mississippi Rejects Dangerous Personhood Amendment
(PRESS RELEASE) Closing the door to massive infringements on women’s reproductive rights in Mississippi, voters in the state rejected today an extreme and dangerous “personhood” measure which would have amended the state’s constitution to define [...]
Llamado para abordar la violencia sexual institucionalizada en las escuelas de América Latina
En la última década, miles de niñas y adolescentes latinoamericanas han asistido a la escuela esperando aprender y crecer en un ambiente seguro y confiable. Por el contrario, estas niñas inocentes han sido víctimas de [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
