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The Green Wave Reaches Brazil: Supreme Court to Decide on Abortion Decriminalization

PRESS STATEMENT, September 22, 2023 – Women, girls, and transgender and non-binary individuals in Brazil have a new hope for the protection of their rights. Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) has begun voting on a [...]

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A onda verde chega ao Brasil: Supremo Tribunal decidirá sobre a descriminalização do aborto

Declaração, 22 de setembro de 2023 - As mulheres, meninas, pessoas trans e não binárias no Brasil têm uma nova esperança para a garantia de seus direitos. O Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) do Brasil iniciou [...]

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La marea verde llega a Brasil: Tribunal Supremo decidirá si despenaliza el aborto

Declaración, 22 de septiembre de 2023 – Las mujeres, niñas y personas trans y no binarias en Brasil tienen una nueva esperanza para la garantía de sus derechos. El Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) de Brasil [...]

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Legal Retrogression and the Harms of Louisiana’s Near Total Abortion Bans: A Report to the Human Rights Committee 139 Session, United States

This human rights “shadow report,” jointly submitted by four organizations to the UN Human Rights Committee, represents early findings from fact-finding research underway in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana, where abortion is prohibited at [...]

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Retrogression in U.S. Reproductive Rights: The Ongoing Fight for Reproductive Autonomy

This human rights “shadow report” was submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee on September 12, 2023 by a coalition of fifteen reproductive rights, health, and justice organizations in preparation for a review of U.S. [...]

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Abortion Providers File New Case Challenging South Carolina Abortion Ban

09.14.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, Greenville Women’s Clinic, and two physicians filed a new legal challenge asking the South Carolina Supreme Court to resolve ambiguity raised in its decision to uphold a [...]

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Women Denied Abortions File Legal Actions in Idaho, Tennessee, and Oklahoma

09.12.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed legal actions in three states where abortion is banned—Idaho, Tennessee, and Oklahoma. These actions were filed on behalf of eight women who were denied [...]

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Florida Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Abortion Ban Challenge

09.08.2023 – (PRESS RELEASE) The Florida Supreme Court heard oral argument today in a case brought by abortion providers challenging the state’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy as a blatant violation of [...]

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Historic Decision: Mexico’s Supreme Court Decriminalizes Abortion

September 7, 2023 – The green wave in Latin America has reached a new milestone: in a historic decision, Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) decriminalized abortion on the federal level, establishing that criminalization in [...]

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Histórico: la Corte Suprema de México despenalizó el aborto

Declaración, 6 de septiembre de 2023 – La marea verde en América Latina alcanzó un nuevo hito. En una decisión histórica, la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación de México (SCJN) ordenó eliminar el [...]

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Crece la marea verde en México: la Suprema Corte despenalizó el aborto en Aguascalientes

Declaración, 1 de septiembre de 2023 – Celebramos la histórica decisión de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN) en México, que declaró inconstitucionales tres artículos del Código Penal del Estado de Aguascalientes [...]

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Corte IDH juzgará a Perú por esterilizaciones forzadas

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Abortion Providers File for Rehearing In S.C. Abortion Ban Case

08.24.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, the Greenville Women’s Clinic, and two physician plaintiffs filed a request for rehearing on yesterday’s South Carolina Supreme Court decision, which upheld a ban on abortion [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.