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Serving Those Who Serve?

The Center for Reproductive Rights and partners have developed a set of three issue briefs focusing on reproductive health care for servicemembers, veterans and their families. The series, titled Serving Those Who Serve?, describes the [...]

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New Trump Administration Rule Will Encourage Discrimination in Health Care

Changes Apply to the Implementation of ACA’s Section 1557 That Protects Women, LGBTQ People, and Immigrants The Trump administration just finalized a new rule that would harm health care access for women, LGBTQ people, and [...]

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Center CEO Urges Congress to Pass Legislation to Protect Abortion Access

House Hearing on Women’s Health Protection Act Held February 12 Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, testified on February 12 at a hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives in [...]

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Center CEO to Testify in U.S. Congress on Legislation to Protect Abortion Access

On February 12, Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, will be testifying at a hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives in support of the Women’s Health Protection Act. The [...]

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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 [...]

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Stop the Trump Administration from Erasing Women

New bill demands Department of State stop neglecting vital data on reproductive health care from its annual report on global human rights The Trump administration has made no secret of its commitment to erasing women [...]

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Protect, Defend, Extend: State of the States 2018

Protect, Defend, Extend: State of the States 2018 In 2018, state legislatures continued their unrelenting attack on abortion access—our report examines those tactics, as well as how advocates are fighting back Opponents of abortion rights [...]

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Hearing Recap: Judge Kavanaugh’s Testimony Confirms Hostile Record and Philosophy on Reproductive Rights

    Hearing Recap: Judge Kavanaugh’s Testimony Confirms Hostile Record and Philosophy on Reproductive Rights Read the summary of our report on the hearing         During his confirmation hearing, Judge Brett Kavanaugh [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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Day 3: Leaked Email Reveals Judge Kavanaugh’s Views on Roe and “Precedent”

Day 3: Leaked Email Reveals Judge Kavanaugh’s Views on Roe and “Precedent” Concept of “settled law” rules the day—but past Judge Kavanaugh emails are unsettling Today was the last chance for the Senate and the [...]

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Day 2: Judge Brett Kavanaugh Skirts Questions on Abortion

Day 2: Judge Brett Kavanaugh Skirts Questions on Abortion Kavanaugh vows to "follow Supreme Court precedent" — his record shows otherwise Judge Brett Kavanaugh, on the second day of his confirmation hearing, repeatedly refused to [...]

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Speak Out Now Against the “Domestic Gag Rule”

Speak Out Now Against the "Domestic Gag Rule" In June, the Trump administration proposed a dangerous new rule that would prohibit providers that receive federal Title X family planning funds from making referrals for abortion care. The rule would also prohibit granting Title [...]

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Nancy Northup Op-Ed: “Personal Liberties” Beyond Abortion are Enshrined in Roe

Nancy Northup Op-Ed: “Personal Liberties” Beyond Abortion are Enshrined in Roe The retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy raises serious concerns about the future of abortion access in light of President Trump’s promise to nominate Supreme [...]

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Members of Congress Speak Out in Support of the Women’s Health Protection Act

Members of Congress Speak Out in Support of the Women's Health Protection Act Since the landmark 1973 case Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld that abortion is a fundamental right. Two years ago today, [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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