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Center for Reproductive Rights Calls on Texas to Abandon Latest Unconstitutional Attempt to Restrict Safe, Legal Abortion
Center Calls on Texas to Abandon Latest Unconstitutional Attempt to Restrict Safe, Legal Abortion (MEDIA ADVISORY) The Center for Reproductive Rights has submitted comments to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) in response [...]
New Report Exposes Impact of Uganda’s Abortion Law Through Personal Stories
(PRESS RELEASE) Due to the unclear abortion law in Uganda, women and adolescents continue seeking unsafe abortions and are vilified by their families and communities—even the doctors and health workers who provide legal post-abortion care [...]
Facing Uganda’s Law on Abortion
Maternal mortality continues to be a formidable factor in the realization of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Uganda. Indeed 343 women out of every 100,000 women die from preventable pregnancy-related complications each [...]
U.N. Experts Call For Dominican Republic to Repeal Restrictive Abortion Laws
U.N. Experts Call For Dominican Republic to Repeal Restrictive Abortion Laws (PRESS RELEASE) A group of United Nations experts urged President Danilo Medina of the Dominican Republic to work with legislators to protect women and [...]
Facing Uganda’s Law on Abortion: Experiences from Women and Service Providers
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U.N. Committee: Philippines Must Provide Access to Modern Contraceptives, Legalize Abortion in Certain Circumstances
U.N. Committee: Philippines Must Provide Access to Modern Contraceptives, Legalize Abortion in Certain Circumstances (PRESS RELEASE) The Philippine government must ensure access to modern contraceptives and legalize abortion in certain circumstances, according to the U.N. [...]
Alaska Supreme Court Overturns Parental Notice Law
Alaska Supreme Court Overturns Parental Notice Law Vulnerable teenagers relieved from additional burdensome hurdles. Ruling comes less than a month after nation’s highest court issues historic ruling reaffirming a woman’s constitutional right to safe, legal [...]
Game Changer
What does our historic win at the Supreme Court mean for abortion access? Stephanie Toti, lead attorney in the case, breaks it down. To keep calm on the evening before the U.S. Supreme Court was [...]
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Center for Reproductive Rights Files New Lawsuit Challenging Every Abortion Restriction Passed in Louisiana This Year
Center for Reproductive Rights Files New Lawsuit Challenging Every Abortion Restriction Passed in Louisiana This Year Louisiana passes seven abortion restrictions this session, the highest number of any state in 2016. New filing comes four [...]
Nancy Northup on PBS NewsHour
Nancy Northup on PBS NewsHour Watch Nancy Northup's appearance on the 6/27/16 episode of PBS NewsHour.
Nancy Northup on All In With Chris Hayes
Nancy Northup on All In With Chris Hayes Watch Nancy Northup's appearance on the 6/27/16 episode of All In With Chris Hayes.
Nancy Northup on Maddow
Nancy Northup on Maddow Two days after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its historic ruling strongly reaffirming abortion rights, Center for Reproductive Rights president and CEO Nancy Northup appeared on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow to discuss [...]
A Duty to Protect
The Zika outbreak threatens dire consequences in countries that have failed to prioritize women’s health and human rights. Katia lives in El Salvador, one of several Latin American countries where the government has advised women [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.