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137 State Legislators Express Support for Women’s Access to Safe, Legal Abortion
137 State Legislators Express Support for Women's Access to Safe, Legal Abortion 137 state leaders from Arizona to Texas have signed an open letter expressing their support for a woman’s access safe and legal abortion. [...]
Louisiana Governor Signs Ban on Most Common Method of Second Trimester Abortion
Louisiana Governor Signs Ban on Most Common Method of Second Trimester Abortion (PRESS RELEASE) Less than two weeks after signing a measure which triples the state’s mandatory waiting period from 24 to 72 hours for nearly all [...]
Oklahoma Governor Vetoes Abortion Ban
Oklahoma Governor Vetoes Abortion Ban Statement from Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights on Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin’s veto of the state’s total ban on abortion: “Governor Fallin did the [...]
Salvadoran Court Releases Woman Wrongfully Imprisoned
Salvadoran Court Releases Woman Wrongfully Imprisoned (PRESS RELEASE) A Salvadoran woman wrongfully imprisoned after a miscarriage is being released, according to the San Salvador Third Tribunal of Sentences (Tribunal Tercero de Sentencia de San Salvador) [...]
U.N. Committee: Philippines Should Liberalize Its Abortion Law and Guarantee Access to All Modern Contraceptives
U.N. Committee: Philippines Should Liberalize Its Abortion Law and Guarantee Access to All Modern Contraceptives (PRESS RELEASE) The absolute ban on abortion in the Philippines should be repealed and access to sexual and reproductive health [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Calls on Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin to Veto Blatantly Unconstitutional Abortion Ban (Veto Letter Included)
Center for Reproductive Rights Calls on Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin to Veto Blatantly Unconstitutional Abortion Ban The Oklahoma Senate advanced a measure today which bans abortion by making it a felony for any person to [...]
Arizona Governor Signs Measure Reversing Restrictions on Medication Abortion
Arizona Governor Signs Measure Reversing Restrictions on Medication Abortion Measure is intended to resolve legal challenges blocking restrictions (PRESS RELEASE) Arizona Governor Doug Ducey (R) signed a measure into law late yesterday which effectively repeals [...]
U.S. Supreme Court Sends Second Challenge to ACA Birth Control Benefit Back to Lower Courts
U.S. Supreme Court Sends Second Challenge to ACA Birth Control Benefit Back to Lower Courts (PRESS RELEASE) Today the U.S. Supreme Court remanded Zubik v. Burwell, the second major challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s [...]
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Louisiana Legislature Passes Measure Tripling State’s Mandatory Delay for Women Seeking Health Care
Louisiana Legislature Passes Measure Tripling State's Mandatory Delay for Women Seeking Health Care The Louisiana legislature passed a measure today which triples the state’s mandatory waiting period from 24 to 72 hours for nearly all [...]
10 Years of Legal Abortion in Colombia
10 Years of Legal Abortion in Colombia (PRESS RELEASE) Today marks 10 years since the Colombian Constitutional Court deemed the country’s blanket ban on abortion unconstitutional and mandated that abortion be legally accessible in some [...]
AZ Legislature Passes Measure Invalidating Many Recent Restrictions on Medication Abortion
AZ Legislature Passes Measure Invalidating Many Recent Restrictions on Medication Abortion The Arizona legislature passed a measure today which essentially invalidates many of the state’s most recent attempts to restrict access to medication abortion—a safe [...]
New Human Rights Case Filed on Behalf of Peruvian Rape Survivor Denied Emergency Contraception at Public Hospital
New Human Rights Case Filed on Behalf of Peruvian Rape Survivor Denied Emergency Contraception at Public Hospital (PRESS RELEASE) Peru’s ban on the distribution of emergency contraception in public hospitals denied a rape survivor access to [...]
Oklahoma House Passes Measure Banning Abortion
Oklahoma House Passes Measure Banning Abortion The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a measure (SB 1552) yesterday which bans abortion by making it a felony for any person to perform or induce an abortion. The bill contains [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
