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Landmark Cases
Since its founding in 1992, the Center has shaped legal precedent on reproductive rights through victories in regional, federal and local courts around the world, as well at the United Nations, and has been involved [...]
Latin America’s Green Wave
The Green Wave reproductive rights movement advocates for expanded access to abortion throughout Latin America.
U.S. Repro Watch, January 15
New Center tool tracks Trump nominees, more young people opt for permanent contraception, and more updates on U.S. reproductive rights.
U.S. Repro Watch, September 5
Progress and pushback on abortion rights in the states, three years of Texas' S.B. 8 “vigilante” abortion ban, and more news on U.S. reproductive rights.
Olympics-host France Leads on Liberalizing Abortion
2024 is not only the year France hosts the Summer Olympics but it also marks the year the country became the first ever to explicitly protect abortion in its constitution.
Centuries-Old Abortion Ban Ruled Enforceable in Arizona
Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that a near-total abortion ban passed in 1864 can take effect
Even More Women Sue Texas After Being Denied Abortions for Dangerous Pregnancy Complications
11.14.2023 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, seven women who were refused medically necessary abortions joined a lawsuit filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights earlier this year against the state of Texas (Zurawski v. State of [...]
Human Rights Body Hears Firsthand Accounts of Fear and Danger Caused by U.S. Abortion Bans
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights holds first hearing on U.S. abortion access since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion.
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U.S. Repro Watch, November 2
A new anti-abortion House speaker, Idaho dismisses concerns of pregnant women, a first-in-decades rise in U.S. infant deaths, and other news on U.S. reproductive rights.
U.S. Repro Watch, October 4
Abortion battles in the states, a new SCOTUS term, and other news on U.S. reproductive rights.
U.S. Repro Watch, September 13
Center files complaints on behalf of women denied abortion care, research shows abortions increased in 2023, and other news on U.S. reproductive rights.
U.S. Repro Watch, September 6
Doctors flee restrictive states, anti-abortion protestors convicted, upcoming hearings in Center cases, and other news on U.S. reproductive rights.
The Center for Reproductive Rights at Women Deliver 2023
Conference inquiries: Plenary 3: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Tuesday, July 18 - 13:30 – 15:00 CAT, Plenary Hall, Kigali Convention Centre The Center’s President and CEO Nancy Northup will discuss urgent challenges in [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.