U.S. Abortion Laws in Global Context (Fact Sheet)
In the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, an onslaught of abortion bans have gone into effect throughout the U.S. Half of U.S. states are currently poised [...]
Global Trends: Abortion Rights 2022
An infographic showing the global trends in abortion rights.
Legal and Policy Barriers to Self-Managed Abortion (Report)
We envision a world where individuals seeking abortion care can exercise full reproductive autonomy without any impediments or gatekeepers. This includes the ability of individuals to have self-managed abortions, which are those performed through self-care [...]
Call for Submissions: 2022 Writing Prize for New Student Scholarship in Reproductive Rights & Justice
If/When/How, the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice at UC Berkeley School of Law and the Center for Reproductive Rights now invite submissions for the 17th annual Writing Prize for New Student Scholarship in Reproductive Rights & Justice.
Caso Eulogia Guzmán y su hijo Sergio Vs. Perú
Eulogia es una mujer campesina y quechuahablante que quería tener un parto vertical y en casa, conforme a sus tradiciones y de la misma forma que había tenido a sus otros cinco hijos. Sin embargo, [...]
Eulogiamanta Sergio wawanmantawan Peru suyuman churapakusqankumanta
Eulogia is a Quechua woman who wanted to have a vertical birth according to her traditions and in the same way she had delivered her other five children, but the Peruvian government ignored her cultural [...]
Case of Eulogia Guzmán and her son Sergio v. Peru
Eulogia is a Quechua woman who wanted to have a vertical and home birth according to her traditions and in the same way she had delivered her other five children. However, the Peruvian state disregarded [...]
Caso Francisca: (F.S.) Violaciones a los Derechos Reproductivos de las Mujeres Viviendo con VIH
En 2002, Francisca decidió tener su primer hijo, pero en la primera etapa de su embarazo la diagnosticaron VIH. Ella tomó las medidas para reducir el contagio vertical al feto y dio a luz mediante [...]
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Systemic Racism and Reproductive Injustice in the United States
The Center for Reproductive Rights joined a broad coalition of reproductive rights, health, and justice organizations to submit a report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD Committee) in preparation for [...]
State Constitutions and Abortion Rights: Building Protections for Reproductive Autonomy (Report, July 2022)
This Center report provides detailed analysis of state high court cases litigated by the Center that built strong protections for abortion rights and access using personal autonomy, privacy, and equality frameworks prior to the Dobbs [...]
The Constitutional Right to Reproductive Autonomy: Realizing the Promise of the 14th Amendment
How constitutional rights and guarantees in U.S. law can help strengthen reproductive rights going forward.
(Report) The Constitutional Right to Reproductive Autonomy: Realizing the Promise of the 14th Amendment
This Center report delves into constitutional rights and guarantees in U.S. law that undergird the right to reproductive autonomy.
COVID-19 Resources
During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world have attempted to block or limit access to reproductive health care. The Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners have developed several initiatives, fact sheets, newsletters, and [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.