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2012: U.S. in Review

2012: U.S. in Review Put 2012 against any year since the U.S. Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade, in 1973, and you would be hard pressed to find a period that offered as many highs [...]

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Philippines Passes Reproductive Health Bill that Guarantees Access to Modern Contraceptives

Philippines Passes Reproductive Health Bill that Guarantees Access to Modern Contraceptives A reproductive health bill that has been in the making for more than a decade was passed in both the Philippines House of Representatives [...]

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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, [...]

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Contraception Benefit Rolls Out on August 1, 2012

Contraception Benefit Rolls Out on August 1, 2012 Beginning on August 1, 2012, millions of women across the United States can begin to access a wide range of affordable preventive and reproductive health services for [...]

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How To Find Out If and When Your Health Plan Will Begin Covering Women’s Preventive Services with No Co-Pay

How To Find Out If and When Your Health Plan Will Begin Covering Contraception Our partners at the National Women's Law Center have graciously let us share this Fact Sheet with you. Please visit their [...]

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Annual Report 2011-2012

Twenty years ago, the Center for Reproductive Rights was founded to advance a vision of equality, autonomy, and dignity for all women worldwide, based on the bedrock principle that reproductive rights are human rights. Today [...]

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New Beginning in Nepal

New Beginning in Nepal As the only global legal advocacy group dedicated to the advancement of reproductive rights worldwide, the Center set a goal several years ago to establish a strong presence in the places [...]

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States’ Rights and Anti-Choice Hypocrisy

States’ Rights and Anti-Choice Hypocrisy Anti-choice legislators have proven time and again their disregard for principle or consistency in their approach to important issues. Jezebel documents Iowa Rep. Steve King's manic approach to states' rights, [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.

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2012 At the Midpoint: The Assault Continues

2012 At the Midpoint: The Assault Continues There's no question that 2011 was a truly seismic year for reproductive rights in the U.S. More than 60 laws damaging women's access to reproductive health care passed [...]

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Not Easy Being a Woman in Texas

Not Easy Being a Woman in Texas Anti-choice legislators in Texas have long been in the business of violating reproductive rights, demonstrated ever so bluntly last year when they pushed one of the most demeaning, [...]

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Center for Reproductive Rights Resources and Materials on Refusal Laws

Center for Reproductive Rights Resources and Materials on Refusal Laws The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and other reproductive right opponents regularly proclaim that respect for religious liberty requires "conscience provisions," also known as refusal [...]

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Sandra Fluke: Life After the Infamous Limbaugh Attack

Sandra Fluke: Life After the Infamous Limbaugh Attack It's been four months since the national debate over women's access to copay-free birth control and religious freedom exploded. In February, the Obama administration confirmed its new [...]

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CRR Celebrates 20 Years

CRR Celebrates 20 Years Twenty years ago on June 15, 1992, the Center for Reproductive Rights opened its doors.  A small team of lawyers had a vision to start an organization that coalesced around the [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.