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Federal Court Strikes Down Georgia’s 2019 Abortion Ban
District court permanently blocks abortion ban from going into effect in a challenge from reproductive rights and justice activists, abortion providers, and reproductive rights organizations to the state’s 2019 law banning abortion. A federal court [...]
Tennessee Abortion Ban Blocked by Federal Court Minutes After Being Signed into Law
A Tennessee bill banning abortion at nearly every stage of pregnancy, which took effect earlier today after the governor signed the bill, has now been blocked in court Today, a federal district court in Tennessee [...]
STATEMENT: Center for Reproductive Rights Condemns the United States’ Withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO)
Statement of Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, in response to the United States’ withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO): “The Center for Reproductive Rights condemns the Trump administration’s unjustified and harmful withdrawal from the World Health Organization [...]
New Website Exposes Motives of Anti-Abortion Policymakers
While last week’s Supreme Court decision struck down a Louisiana anti-abortion law, hundreds of restrictive abortion laws remain on the books—a new online tool seeks to hold state lawmakers accountable for promoting women’s, children’s health. [...]
Supreme Court Gives Green Light for Employers to Deny Birth Control Coverage to Employees
Contraception rules permitting employers to deny coverage will remain in effect after high court ruling Today, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand the Trump-Pence rules allowing nearly any employer and university to deny birth control [...]
Supreme Court Follows Precedent in Victory for Abortion Rights
Abortion clinics in Louisiana will remain open after high court strikes down a law that would have forced most to close Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Center for Reproductive Rights, [...]
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 [...]
Sexual and Reproductive Rights During COVID-19 Response and Beyond: Standards from the United Nations
The potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of women and girls is profound. Women and girls in all regions of the world have been disproportionately affected [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
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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 [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
