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Child Marriage in South Asia: Stop the Impunity (Press Release)
Child Marriage in South Asia: Stop the Impunity Center for Reproductive Rights Details Human Rights Violations Against Girls and Women Stemming From Child Marriage (PRESS RELEASE) Despite international and local laws clearly condemning child marriage, [...]
Ireland President Michael D. Higgins Signs Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013 Into Law
Ireland President Michael D. Higgins Signs Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013 Into Law Legislation Only For Women Whose Live Are At Risk Fails to Expand Access to Safe and Legal Abortion (PRESS RELEASE) [...]
Ireland To Enact Abortion Legislation Only For Women Whose Lives Are At Risk
Ireland To Enact Abortion Legislation Only For Women Whose Lives Are At Risk Seanad Approves Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill, Legislation Fails to Expand Access to Safe and Legal Abortion (PRESS RELEASE) After a [...]
Dáil Approves Ireland Abortion Legislation Only For Women Whose Lives Are At Risk
Dáil Approves Ireland Abortion Legislation Only For Women Whose Lives Are At Risk Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013 Goes to the Seanad For Final Vote, Legislation Fails to Expand Access to Safe and [...]
Irish Government Agrees on Abortion Legislation For Women Whose Lives Are at Risk
Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill Does Little to Expand Access to Safe and Legal Abortion (PRESS RELEASE) The Irish government published yesterday the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013, new abortion legislation designed, [...]
New Legislation Introduced in Ireland Would Provide Needed Clarity on Legal Abortion For Women Suffering Life-Threatening Conditions
New Legislation in Ireland Would Provide Clarity on Legal Abortion For Women Suffering Life-Threatening Conditions (PRESS RELEASE) The Irish government published yesterday the first outline of new abortion legislation aimed at providing doctors and individuals [...]
Philippine Supreme Court Delays Implementation of Landmark Reproductive Health Law
Philippine Supreme Court Delays Implementation of Landmark Reproductive Health Law (PRESS RELEASE) Earlier today the Philippine Supreme Court ordered a three-month delay in the implementation of a new groundbreaking law that guarantees universal and free [...]
Filipino Women and Men Sue Manila Mayor For Ban on Contraception
Suit Follows Release of Human Rights Groups' Study Finding Ban has Triggered Reproductive Health Crisis MANILA - Twenty Manila women and men filed a case today in a Philippine high court against the mayor of [...]
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Legal Action Readied Against Ex-Mayor Atienza
Various citizens' groups announced yesterday that they are readying legal action against former Manila Mayor Lito Atienza for damages done to women and poor families by his nine-year ban on contraception in the city's health [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on Senate’s Vote to Repeal the Global Gag Rule
The Center for Reproductive Rights calls on President Bush to sign the bill repealing the Global Gag Rule. The President has repeatedly stated his commitment to cultivating democracy abroad and should therefore, take this opportunity [...]
Study Exposes Government Neglect Of Women’s Health In East And Southeast Asia
Provides Legal Strategies to Hold Policymakers Accountable Manila, Philippines- Governments in East and Southeast Asia must work much harder to serve the reproductive health needs and promote the autonomy of the women in their region, [...]
What’s Missing from the Beijing Platform?
Center Holds Panel on Using the Force of Law to Transform Beijing’s Commitments into Reality WHAT: Panel presentation and open discussion on legal strategies for implementing the reproductive rights commitments of the Beijing Platform for [...]
Report Exposes Failure of Law to Address Reproductive Health Problems in India
New Delhi, India Media AdvisoryWhat:Indian release of Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting Their Reproductive Lives - South Asia.A groundbreaking study, this report by the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights and local [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
