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Hearing in the Case of Celia Ramos: Media Highlights
Multiple outlets
In Peru during the 1990s, thousands of women were forcibly sterilized as part of a State policy—including Celia Ramos, who died in 1997 after undergoing surgical sterilization without her valid consent. On May 22, the [...]
U.S. Repro Watch: Four Updates You Won’t Want to Miss, 05.21.25
Congress takes aim at law protecting clinics, Michigan court strikes down abortion restrictions, and more news on U.S. reproductive rights.
2024 Year in Review: Highlights of the Center’s Work Across the Globe
Building, enforcing and defending reproductive rights.
New Report Provides Strategies for Building SRHR Protections Around the World
“Pathways to Change” features case studies from 13 countries that have increased legal guarantees to abortion, maternal health, emergency contraception, and more.
Pathways to Change: Building Stronger Legal Guarantees for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Pathways to Change presents the stories and strategies that have advanced sexual and reproductive health and rights in countries around the world.
House Leaders Reintroduce Bill to Establish Federal Right to Abortion
03.30.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Members of Congress today reintroduced the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA), legislation that would protect access to abortion across the United States. The legislation—which was introduced with more than 200 co-sponsors—would [...]
2022 Global Highlights: Media Coverage
Multiple outlets
Select media coverage featuring Center leaders across the globe.
Elizabeth Banks Helps Raise $2.7 Million for the Center for Reproductive Rights at 30th Anniversary Gala
10.26.22 (PRESS RELEASE) —The Center for Reproductive Rights raised $2.7 million Tuesday night at its 30th anniversary gala in New York, with special guest Elizabeth Banks. The event was held just four months after the [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
Recent Case Highlights
The Center for Reproductive Rights is litigating dozens of cases in state, national and regional courts against harmful laws that restrict access to abortion and other reproductive rights.
Q&A: Reproductive Violence and the Colombia Truth Commission
Catalina Martínez Coral, Senior Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean for the Center, answers our questions about the Truth Commission of Colombia.
The Constitutional Right to Reproductive Autonomy: Realizing the Promise of the 14th Amendment
How constitutional rights and guarantees in U.S. law can help strengthen reproductive rights going forward.
President of Chile Issues Public Apology to Woman who was Sterilized Without Her Consent in Landmark Case at the IACHR
On May 26, President Gabriel Boric of Chile delivered a public apology to Francisca, a woman with HIV who was sterilized without her consent after giving birth in 2002. The apology is part of a [...]
Chilean Government Publicly Apologizes to a Woman Who was Sterilized Without Her Consent Based on HIV Status
Today, a Chilean woman named Francisca received a public apology from the Chilean government for having been sterilized without her authorization after giving birth in 2002.
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
