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Judge Condemns Latest Fed Delays on EC
Judge Condemns Latest Fed Delays on EC Just weeks after issuing a landmark decision in the Center’s epic battle to make emergency contraception available to all women without a prescription, Judge Edward Korman was back [...]
A Ban By Any Other Name
A Ban By Any Other Name by Nancy Northup, President & CEO, Center for Reproductive Rights Since the day the United States Supreme Court found in Roe v. Wade constitutional protections for women's right to [...]
Forced to Surrender
Forced to Surrender A New Orleans medical clinic had no choice but to close after a withering, years-long attack by the government designed to stop abortions. Maria Couevas is anything but a quitter. The facts [...]
Peace Corps Volunteers Speak Out Against Discriminatory Abortion Ban
Voices of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Speaking Out Against the Discriminatory Abortion Ban
CEDAW Committee addresses a wide range of reproductive rights violations in its review of Pakistan
CEDAW Committee addresses a wide range of reproductive rights violations in its review of Pakistan The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) recently issued concluding observations from its February review of [...]
Pursuit of Justice
Pursuit of Justice The story of Polish daughter and mother P and S is deeply complicated. P, a teenager, was raped and became pregnant as a consequence. She wanted to terminate the pregnancy and had [...]
How will you March on Miss?
How will you March on Miss? Jackson Women’s Health Organization—Mississippi’s last abortion clinic—could be just weeks away from closing its doors. Governor Phil Bryant and the overwhelmingly anti-choice state legislature have passed a law that [...]
USA Today: ‘Plan B’ contraception ruling correct
USA Today: 'Plan B' contraception ruling correct by Nancy Northup, President & CEO, Center for Reproductive Rights As a mother, I can understand the visceral reaction of many parents to the idea of teens having [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
Finally, EC Set Free!
Finally, EC Set Free! This story started more than a decade ago. From the time the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first approved emergency contraception for use, millions of women have used it to avoid [...]
France: Reproductive Health Care Now Free
France: Reproductive Health Care Now Free As of April 1, women in France who need an abortion can get one without worrying about whether they can afford it. The government will pay 100 percent of [...]
The Undue Burden Module: Updated Spring 2013
To advance the understanding of reproductive rights as human rights and help law teachers bring in a comparative and international law perspective, the Center has created Course Modules for six courses that involve reproductive health: [...]
Updated Undue Burden Module is now available
Updated Undue Burden Module is now available This newly updated Undue Burden Module serves to break down Casey’s undue burden standard, to analyze its separate components, and to introduce students to a variety of judicial [...]
UN Body Slams Abortion Laws
UN Body Slams Abortion Laws This month, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (the Committee) condemned Hungary for two types of abortion restrictions that are on the rise both in Europe [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
