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Northern Ireland Takes Critical Step Toward Decriminalization of Abortion
Northern Ireland Takes Critical Step Toward Decriminalization of Abortion In contrast to the recent proliferation of abortion bans and restrictions throughout the United States, the overall global trend is toward the liberalization of abortion laws [...]
Statement on Commission on Unalienable Rights
On Monday, July 8, Secretary Pompeo announced the creation of a Commission on Unalienable Rights, chaired by Professor Mary Ann Glendon, to advise on “human rights grounded in our nation’s founding principles” based on documents [...]
UK Parliament votes to extend abortion and same-sex marriage rights in Northern Ireland
(GENEVA)--In a 332 to 99 vote, the UK Parliament has just adopted provisions calling for the decriminalization of abortion in Northern Ireland. “This is a major step towards the advancement of reproductive rights in Northern [...]
Judge refuses to block Title X Rule in Maine, jeopardizing healthcare access for thousands of Mainers
Judge refuses to block Title X Rule in Maine, jeopardizing healthcare access Ruling will force Maine’s family planning clinics to eliminate key services, severely limiting healthcare options in many rural communities U.S. District Court Judge [...]
Trump Administration Postpones Denial of Care Rule
In response to the Trump administration’s announcement that the Denial of Care Rule will no longer go into effect on July 22, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Lambda Legal, Americans United for Separation of Church [...]
Stop Extreme Abortion Bans
Georgia is the latest state to target Roe v. Wade by banning abortion. We’re suing to stop them. Today, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Georgia, Planned Parenthood, and the Center for Reproductive [...]
ACLU, Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood File Lawsuit Challenging Georgia Abortion Ban
ACLU, Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood File Lawsuit Challenging Georgia Abortion Ban Extreme Law Takes Direct Aim at the Right to Abortion Guaranteed by Roe v. Wade The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU [...]
AMA files lawsuit to protect patient-physician relationship in North Dakota in partnership with the Center for Reproductive Rights
AMA files lawsuit to protect patient-physician relationship in North Dakota in partnership with the Center for Reproductive Rights State law would force physicians to provide false and misleading information to patients (PRESS RELEASE)– The American [...]
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Emergency Request to Block Title X Rule Filed in Maine
Emergency Request to Block Title X Rule Filed in Maine After a nationwide block of the Gag Rule was lifted yesterday, the Center for Reproductive Rights is asking a court in Maine to re-block the [...]
Expulsion of Pregnant and Married Girls from School Must Stop
The Center has filed a complaint to bring this discriminatory and reprehensible practice to a halt On June 17, with our Tanzanian partner the Legal and Human Rights Centre, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights and the Legal and Human Rights Centre file a complaint challenging the expulsion and exclusion of pregnant school girls in Tanzania
Dar es Salaam - (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) filed a Complaint before the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child challenging [...]
Speak Out Now Against Health Care Discrimination
Today, the Trump administration continued chipping away at civil rights protections by proposing a rule that endorses discrimination in health care settings—putting patients’ lives and health at risk. This rule, published by the Department of [...]
The Center wins a major victory for abortion rights in Africa
In a groundbreaking decision, the High Court of Kenya ruled that the Ministry of Health’s 2014 withdrawal of the “Standards and Guidelines for Reducing Morbidity and Mortality from Unsafe Abortion in Kenya” (Standards and Guidelines), and [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.