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Nigerian Kidnappings: Where’s the U.S.?
Nigerian Kidnappings: Where’s the U.S.? A provocative blog post at Ms. Magazine this week addresses some tough questions around the abduction and sexual enslavement of hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls. Why hasn’t there been more meaningful coverage in the U.S. press? [...]
Mind Boggling
Peace Corps volunteers risk their lives to serve, but Congress refuses to give them the same health coverage as other federal employees. When Peace Corps Volunteer Christine Carcano was raped during her service in Peru, [...]
Walker v. Jesson: Brief of Pro-Choice Resources as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondent
In 2013, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed an amicus brief before the Minnesota Court of Appeals in Walker v. Jesson on behalf of Pro-Choice resources, a reproductive justice organization based in Minnesota that helps [...]
Filipino Women React to New Rights
Filipino Women React to New Rights This week The Star Online, a Malaysian-based newspaper, explores the personal impact of the Philippine Supreme Court’s landmark decision to uphold a law expanding access to birth control and [...]
WATCH: The Battle in Mississippi
WATCH: The Battle in Mississippi Amanda Allen, our State Legislative Counsel at the Center for Reproductive Rights, appeared this past Sunday on MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry Show to discuss the developing story out of Mississippi where [...]
Five Ways Arizona is Hurting Women
Five Ways Arizona is Hurting Women In an April 21 article, Rolling Stone criticizes the state of Arizona as posing “some of the gravest threats to reproductive freedom” in the country, specifically because of its [...]
All Politics Are Local
When Hospitals Put Patients Last Update: A state judge just temporarily reinstated the two doctors' admitting privileges. But the fight is far from over. The case is still moving forward. We will continue to keep [...]
Tennessee Targets Pregnant Women
Tennessee Targets Pregnant Women Weighing in at Slate this past week writer Amanda Marcotte notes some unwelcome movement in the Tennessee legislature that would try to criminalize a woman’s behavior during pregnancy. Last year, the [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
Black Women & Bodily Autonomy
Black Women & Bodily Autonomy The May edition of Essence magazine takes a look at what’s at stake for African-American women in the battle over reproductive rights. With extremist politicians passing an inordinate number of [...]
2014 Sarah Weddington Prize Winners
Announcing the 2014 Sarah Weddington Writing Prize Winners Center for Reproductive Rights (the Center), in collaboration with Law Students for Reproductive Justice (LSRJ), is pleased to announce the winners of the ninth annual Sarah Weddington [...]
When Clinics Close
Texas’s sweeping law shuttered two more clinics recently, and one former clinic employee tells how the community will be affected. When Marva Sadler started out in health care, her job was to save lives. She [...]
The Risks of a New Norm
An Arizona doctor explains why non-surgical abortion is important to women—and what will happen if they can’t access it. Just weeks ago, the Center filed suit against Arizona because of a new law that we [...]
U.S. Human Rights at the U.N.
U.S. Human Rights at the U.N. The United States government, like all nations that have ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), must periodically report to the U.N. Human Rights Committee. To [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
