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STATEMENT: Supreme Court Rules in favor of Abortion Providers in June Medical Services v. Russo
Statement from Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, reacting to today’s pivotal ruling in favor of abortion providers: This is a big win that vindicates what we’ve said all along, which is that the Louisiana [...]
Inicia litigio contra Perú en la CIDH por no proveer servicios de salud integral a víctimas de violencia sexual
Lima y Bogotá — La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) admitió por primera vez un caso contra Perú por obstaculizar el acceso integral de atención en salud a una víctima de violación sexual. El [...]
International Leaders in Academia, Law, Public Health, and Finance join Center for Reproductive Rights Board
(Press Release) The Center for Reproductive Rights, a global legal advocacy organization that fights to ensure reproductive rights are guaranteed in law as human rights, today announced five new members of the organization’s Board of [...]
International Leaders in Academia, Law, Public Health, and Finance join Center for Reproductive Rights Board
(Press Release) The Center for Reproductive Rights, a global legal advocacy organization that fights to ensure reproductive rights are guaranteed in law as human rights, today announced five new members of the organization’s Board of [...]
Tennessee Abortion Ban Immediately Challenged in Court by the Center for Reproductive Rights, ACLU, and Planned Parenthood
Tennessee lawmakers have passed a bill banning abortion as early as six weeks of pregnancy; This new ban comes just two months after Tennessee unsuccessfully attempted to ban abortion procedures under the guise of COVID-19 [...]
U.S. Supreme Court’s LGBTQ Anti-Discrimination Ruling Comes Only Days After Federal Rule Strips Protections
Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark civil rights decision affirming that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects LGBTQ people from employment discrimination. This powerful ruling comes only four days [...]
Women who are unjustly imprisoned in El Salvador must be released in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
Amidst the imminent spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the precarious prison infrastructure in El Salvador, La Agrupación Ciudadana por la Despenalización del Aborto, La Colectiva Feminista para el Desarrollo Local , the Centre for [...]
Las mujeres que están encarceladas injustamente en El Salvador deben ser liberadas ante la pandemia por COVID-19
Ante el avance de la pandemia y la precaria infraestructura carcelaria en El Salvador, la Agrupación Ciudadana por la Despenalización del Aborto, la Colectiva Feminista para el Desarrollo Local, el Centro de Derechos Reproductivos (CRR, [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
Statement on the Racist Violence and Oppression Against African Americans in the United States
Statement from Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights: This has been a wrenching week in the United States as the violence of racism has again captured national attention. For people [...]
U.S. Unalienable Rights Commission Shouldn’t Cherry-Pick Rights
Don’t Use Religion to Justify Bias Against Women, LGBTQ People (Washington, May 1, 2020) — The U.S. State Department’s Commission on Unalienable Rights should uphold international human rights commitments and not use freedom of religion [...]
Appellate Court Says Oklahoma Abortion Clinics Can Stay Open During Pandemic
Last night, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of abortion providers, denying Oklahoma’s request to stay a lower court’s ruling from last week that blocked the state’s ban on abortion care during [...]
Appellate Court Allows Abortion Services to Continue in Tennessee During Pandemic
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirms lower court decision blocking Tennessee’s order restricting abortions during the pandemic Last night, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a preliminary injunction granted by a lower court, allowing [...]
Court Says Oklahoma Abortion Providers Can Stay Open as COVID-19 Lawsuit Continues
Last night, a federal district judge in Oklahoma granted a preliminary injunction allowing most abortion care to continue in the state, and allowing abortion access to resume fully on Friday, April 24, despite Gov. Kevin [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
