Reform in Luxembourg
Reform in Luxembourg Luxembourg has voted to change its reproductive law and will now permit abortion procedures on request during the first trimester, according to the news site wort.lu: Under the [new law], women will [...]
U.S. Doctors Support Contraception
U.S. Doctors Support Contraception Two organizations that represent tens of thousands of doctors in separate medical fields have publicly expressed their support for expanded access to contraception. The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said [...]
HuffPost Voces: El derecho de construir una familia
El derecho de construir una familia Luisa Cabal, Vicepresidenta de Programas en el Centro de Derechos Reproductivos El temblor de tierra que estremeció a Costa Rica el 5 de septiembre fue poderoso, pero una audiencia [...]
UN CEDAW Pushes Chile to Guarantee Rights of Women Living with HIV
UN CEDAW Pushes Chile to Guarantee Rights of Women Living with HIV The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) finished its periodic reports on Chile and, in October, issued concluding [...]
CRR-CLS Fellow Published on Project Syndicate
CRR-CLS Fellow Published on Project Syndicate 2012-2014 CRR-CLS Fellow Margaux Hall recently published “From Bribery to Empowerment,” an op-ed inspired by her legal work on foreign bribery investigations and her time in Sierra Leone. To [...]
Ireland’s Abortion Law: Lives At Risk
Ireland’s Abortion Law: Lives At Risk Last month, Savita Halapannavar arrived at Galway Hospital 17 weeks into her pregnancy and suffering from severe back pains. Doctors informed her that she was having a miscarriage, and then, over [...]
RH Reality Check: Silence and Denial Don’t Work: Ireland, Malta, the European Union and the Lessons of Savita’s Death
RH Reality Check: Silence and Denial Don't Work: Ireland, Malta, the European Union and the Lessons of Savita's Death by Johanna Westeson, Regional Director for Europe at the Center for Reproductive Rights Much has been [...]
Abortion Pill: Keeping Women Safe in Iowa
Abortion Pill: Keeping Women Safe in Iowa Across the country, anti-choice legislators have tried to choke off access to medication abortion, especially its use through telemedicine. They have falsely claimed that their intent is to [...]
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El Estado peruano cumplirá con una nueva parte de su Acuerdo de Solución Amistosa en el caso MM v. Perú
El Estado peruano cumplirá con una nueva parte de su Acuerdo de Solución Amistosa en el caso MM v. Perú Durante el 146º período de sesiones de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH), el [...]
Texas At It Again
Texas At It Again This week, elected officials in Texas began pre-filing some of the bills they hope to pass during the 2013 legislative session. A pre-filing certainly doesn't guarantee that a law will pass, [...]
European Court of Human Rights Issues Judgment in Z v. Poland
European Court of Human Rights Issues Judgment in Z v. Poland This week the European Court of Human Rights issued a disappointing judgment in Z v. Poland, a case brought by a mother, known as [...]
Los pecados de Perú
Los pecados de Perú A pesar del amplio debate que se ha generado alrededor de si el aborto debería o no ser permitido para víctimas de violación, no ha habido mucha discusión sobre las consecuencias [...]
European Court of Human Rights Finds Slovakia violated Romani women’s rights in another involuntary sterilization case
European Court of Human Rights Finds Slovakia violated Romani women’s rights (PRESS RELEASE) Today the European Court of Human Rights re-affirmed its recognition of involuntary sterilization of Romani women as a major human rights violation [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
