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Why Ending Child Marriage is a Critical Part of the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Why Ending Child Marriage is a Critical Part of the Post-2015 Development Agenda Melissa Upreti Twenty-five thousand children worldwide, most of whom are girls, are married every day. While many countries have laws that clearly [...]
Spotlighting Racial Bias
In LaKeisha’s hometown of Atlanta, African American women die in childbirth at a rate more than three times the national average. Following an emergency c-section, LaKeisha experienced a brush with this unsettling statistic when she [...]
CRR Announces New Columbia Law Fellow
CRR Announces New Columbia Law Fellow The Center is excited to announce Harvard law student Lisa Kelly as the 2014-2016 recipient of the Center for Reproductive Rights-Columbia Law School Fellowship. Lisa has been selected from [...]
The Post’s Sobering Look at Texas
The Post’s Sobering Look at Texas Amen, Washington Post. The Post’s editorial board has written a dead-on opinion piece that breaks down the alarming trend of anti-choice legislation that is essentially undermining Roe v. Wade [...]
TRAP: “Exceedingly Weak”
TRAP: “Exceedingly Weak” Center for Reproductive Rights President and CEO Nancy Northup appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show this week to discuss extremist politicians’ ongoing efforts to aggressively push Targeted Regulations of Abortion Providers or [...]
Trending in Texas: DIY Abortions
Trending in Texas: DIY Abortions A fascinating article from The Atlantic this month puts readers firmly on the ground in Texas, in middle of what the author calls “ground zero for state’s bitter abortion battle”—the [...]
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Combatting Child Marriage
Combatting Child Marriage The numbers are disturbing. According to a recent UNICEF study, one in nine girls in the developing world will marry before age 15, one in three will marry before 18. Some are [...]
Historic Hearing on the Hill
Historic Hearing on the Hill At the end of June, the Center for Reproductive Rights led an energized group of women’s health advocates to Capitol Hill to lobby for a piece of legislation called the [...]
Women’s Rights Leaders Talk to Cosmo
Women’s Rights Leaders Talk to Cosmo Three prominent voices of the women’s reproductive rights movement knock it out of the park in a compelling interview over at Cosmopolitan.com this week. Center for Reproductive Rights president [...]
Admitting that Abortion is Safe
Admitting that Abortion is Safe For years, extremist activists and politicians have offered up false science and feigned concern for women’s health as part of their strategy to limit abortion access. The safety of abortion [...]
NYT Editorial Endorses Women’s Health Protection Act
NYT Editorial Endorses Women's Health Protection Act On the eve of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s historic hearing on the Women’s Health Protection Act, The New York Times has published an opinion piece that endorses the [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
