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Us Weekly: Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon and Amy Poehler Fight for Reproductive Rights in PSA

Us Weekly: Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon and Amy Poehler Fight for Reproductive Rights in PSA "Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon and Amy Poehler are ready to draw the line. In an effort to bring attention to [...]

Abortion, Adolescent SRHR, Contraception, Funding for Reproductive Healthcare, Maternal Health,United States,Engaging Policymakers, In the States (USA), In Washington D.C.,Center in the Spotlight

RH Reality Check: It’s Time to Draw the Line on Attacks Against Reproductive Freedom

RH Reality Check: It's Time to Draw the Line! By Nancy Northup As we approach the 40th anniversary of the historic U.S. Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade, it has never been clearer what is [...]

Abortion, Adolescent SRHR, Censorship, Contraception, Emergency Contraception, Funding for Reproductive Healthcare, Maternal Health,United States,Engaging Policymakers, In the States (USA), In Washington D.C.,Center in the Spotlight

Jezebel: Celebrities Have Had it Up to Here With This Anti-Woman Crap

Jezebel: Celebrities Have Had it Up to Here With This Anti-Woman Crap By Erin Gloria Ryan "Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights has launched a star-heavy initiative called Draw the Line, which controversially asserts that [...]

Abortion, Contraception, Funding for Reproductive Healthcare, Maternal Health,United States,Engaging Policymakers, In the States (USA), In Washington D.C.,Center in the Spotlight

Debate 2012: #NoSoftBalls

Debate 2012: #tktk Reproductive rights issues are frequently raised in the debates, but too often, the questions are softballs or the moderators don’t push back enough to get real, meaningful answers from evasive candidates. Supporters [...]

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Uruguay Set to Legalize Abortion

Uruguay Set to Legalize Abortion Uruguay is very close to becoming one of the few countries in Latin America to legalize abortion in the early stages of pregnancy. The country's Chamber of Deputies voted in [...]

Abortion, Legal Protections, Legal Restrictions,Latin America & Caribbean, Uruguay,Reporting on Rights,News

Guardian: Sonia Tábora and the risks of being poor and pregnant in El Salvador

Guardian: The risks of being poor and pregnant in El Salvador By Vickie Knox In the middle of the night of 19 February 2005, 20-year-old Sonia Tábora went into premature labour at seven months, alone, [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,Latin America & Caribbean, El Salvador,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,Center in the Spotlight

International Day of Decriminalization of Abortion: A Look at Nearly Two Decades of Abortion Law Reform

International Day of Decriminalization of Abortion In 2008, Manuela, a 33-year-old mother of two from El Salvador, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 30 years in prison after suffering severe complications giving birth. From the [...]

Abortion, Legal Protections, Legal Restrictions, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Maternal Mortality,Latin America & Caribbean, El Salvador, Accountability Bodies, Inter-American Human Rights System,Reporting on Rights,News

Bloomberg: Laws Revive ‘World Before Roe’ as Abortions Require Arduous Trek

Bloomberg: Laws Revive ‘World Before Roe’ as Abortions Require Arduous Trek By Amanda Crawford "Over the past two years, state lawmakers across the U.S. have been passing new abortion restrictions at a record pace. Dozens [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,United States,In the Courts, Engaging Policymakers, In the States (USA), In Washington D.C.,Center in the Spotlight

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

CRR-CLS Fellow Publishes Blog on Huffington Post

CRR-CLS Fellow Publishes Blog on Huffington Post On September 20, 2012, 2011-2013 CRR-CLS Fellow, Erez Aloni, published "The Future of Our Relationships" on the Huffington Post. In this blog, he explains what the U.S. might have [...]

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Contraception Confusion

Contraception Confusion Yet another clear argument for comprehensive science-based sex education for young people in this country. A new survey finds that young adult women in the U.S. are confused about birth control—specifically, when it [...]

Adolescent SRHR, Sex Education, Contraception, Emergency Contraception,United States,News

Mississippi’s Lone Abortion Clinic Fights to Stay Open

Mississippi’s Lone Abortion Clinic Fights to Stay Open When he signed it into law in April this year, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant lauded House Bill No. 1390 as the "first step" to making Mississippi the [...]

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When Women Pay the Price

When Women Pay the Price The Guardian publishes an interesting column from Turkish novelist Elif Shafak about a controversial rape case in her country. In the piece, Shafak argues that Turkey is stubbornly patriarchal, and [...]

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Virginia Governor McDonnell’s Anti-Woman Crusade

Virginia Governor McDonnell’s Anti-Woman Crusade Update: The Virginia Board of Health caved under intense political pressure from the state’s governor and attorney general this afternoon. The panel voted to require existing reproductive health care providers [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions, Other Barriers, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,United States,Engaging Policymakers, In the States (USA),News

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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