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Statement: House Passes Spending Bill Without Helms Amendment
07.29.2021 Statement by Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights: We applaud the House of Representatives on the historic passage of an appropriations bill that will significantly advance sexual and reproductive [...]
Statement: House Passes Spending Bill Free From Hyde
07.29.2021 Statement from Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights: Today, for the first time in more than 40 years, the House of Representatives passed an appropriations package free from the Hyde [...]
Press Statement: Mississippi Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Roe
07.22.21—Today, the state of Mississippi filed its opening brief in the Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The case—brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights—challenges the state’s unconstitutional ban on abortion after [...]
Lawsuit Filed to Stop Texas’ Radical New Abortion Ban
07.13.2021 – (PRESS RELEASE) Today, Texas abortion providers—led by Whole Woman’s Health—along with several abortion funds, practical support networks, doctors, health center staff, and clergy members filed a lawsuit to block a radical new Texas [...]
High Court of Malawi Clarifies Law on Abortion
BLANTYRE, 06.24.2021 - (Press Release): The Malawi High Court has reaffirmed the statutory protections for legal abortion under narrow circumstances. In its ruling, the court reiterated that despite the existing legal restrictions on access to [...]
New Report: Women and Girls in Kenya Lack Access to Comprehensive Information on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Despite Constitutional Framework
NAIROBI, 06.17.2021 (Press Release): A new report finds that women and girls in Kenya lack access to comprehensive information on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) despite the country’s constitutional framework guaranteeing reproductive health [...]
Appeals Court Affirms Decision Striking Down Unconstitutional Abortion Ban
06.16.2021 – (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of people seeking abortion care in North Carolina, upholding a lower court’s decision to strike down an abortion ban. The law [...]
Members of Congress Introduce Bill to Protect Abortion Access
06.08.21 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA)—a bill that would protect the right to access abortion throughout the country—was introduced in the House by U.S. Representatives Judy Chu (D-CA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), [...]
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Hyde Amendment Omitted from President’s Budget for First Time in Decades
05.28.2021 Statement from Nancy Northup, president & CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights: “Today’s release of President Biden’s budget proposal marks the first time in decades that a president has submitted a budget without the [...]
Center Applauds Reintroduction of Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act in U.S. Congress
5.26.2021 (PRESS RELEASE) -- The Center for Reproductive Rights commends Senators Robert Menendez(D-NJ), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-05), Gregory Meeks (NY-05), Barbara Lee (CA-13), Lois [...]
Statement on the Confirmation of Kristen Clarke for Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights
Statement from Lourdes Rivera, Senior Vice President of the Center for Reproductive Rights: We congratulate Kristen Clarke on her historic confirmation as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and are encouraged that a bipartisan majority [...]
United States: On Anniversary of George Floyd’s Murder, the Focus on Systemic Racism as Human Rights Violations Must Continue
05.25.21 Statement by Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights: One year ago today, the world witnessed the dehumanizing treatment and horrific murder of George Floyd by a Minnesota police officer. This event confronted American society, once again, with the brutality of systemic racism. While this chapter of racial reckoning is still [...]
Supreme Court to Hear Abortion Ban Case Challenging Roe v. Wade
5.17.2021 – (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the U.S. Supreme Court granted Mississippi’s request to review a case challenging the state’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. These kind of bans on abortion prior to [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
