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Amended Class Action Complaint: Texas Medical Providers Performing Abortion Services v. Lakey

The Center is challenging a newly enacted Texas law which prohibits a woman from getting an abortion unless her physician first performs an ultrasound, places the ultrasound images in her view, describes the images to [...]

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Trust Texas Women

On May 20, 2011, Texas Governor Rick Perry signed into law an intrusive and patronizing bill that will prevent a woman from getting an abortion unless she first has an ultrasound and listens to her [...]

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Poland: A Victory of Firsts

For the first time in its history, the European Court of Human Rights specifically found that an abortion-related violation amounted to inhumane and degrading treatment. The Center and its partners filed the case R.R. v. Poland [...]

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CRR in the Field: Adriana Lamačková

Since 1992, the Center's innovative legal work has fundamentally transformed the landscape of reproductive health and rights worldwide, and has already strengthened laws and policies in more than 50 countries. CRR in the Field is [...]

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Introducing the 2011-2013 CRR-CLS Fellow: Erez Aloni

Announcing the 2011-2013 CRR-CLS Fellow, Erez Aloni!  Erez will graduate from the Penn Law doctoral program this spring. At Penn, Erez is a Lecturer in Law, with course offerings in Sexuality and the Law. His [...]

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CRR in the Field: Alejandra Cárdenas

Since 1992, the Center's innovative legal work has fundamentally transformed the landscape of reproductive health and rights worldwide, and has already strengthened laws and policies in more than 50 countries. CRR in the Field is [...]

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Center for Reproductive Rights Supplemental Testimony: HR 3 and HR 358

The Center for Reproductive Rights uses the law to advance reproductive freedom as a fundamental human right that all governments are legally obligated to protect, respect, and fulfill. Reproductive freedom lies at the heart of [...]

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Center for Reproductive Rights Testimony: H.R. 3

Center for Reproductive Rights Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, Committee on Ways and Means, United States House of Representatives, March 16, 2011 The Center for Reproductive Rights uses the law to advance [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

Center for Reproductive Rights Supplemental Testimony: H.R. 3

Center for Reproductive Rights Supplemental Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, Committee on Ways and Means, United States House of Representatives, March 30, 2011 The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) submits the supplemental [...]

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CRR Testimony on H.R. 3 Before Committee on Ways and Means

Center for Reproductive Rights Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, Committee on Ways and Means United States House of Representatives, March 16, 2011. The Center for Reproductive Rights uses the law to advance [...]

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Center and UNFPA Launch New Briefing Paper on Family Planning and Human Rights

Around the world, the unmet need for safe and effective contraceptive services is staggering: Roughly 215 million women in developing countries rely on traditional contraceptive methods with high failure rates or do not use a [...]

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New Report: Slovak Women Struggle to Buy Birth Control

For too many Slovak women, modern contraceptives remain tragically out of reach, according to a new report released by the Center and its partners Freedom of Choice Slovakia and Citizen, Democracy, and Accountability. Contraception is [...]

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RH Reality Check: Nepal Advances As U.S. Backslides on Women’s Rights

By Melissa Upreti, Senior Regional Manager and Legal Adviser for Asia As the U.S. Congress launches one of the most vicious attacks against women’s health in recent history, the Supreme Court of Nepal has officially [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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