Protecting Abortion Providers from Anti-Choice Harassment
On October 30, the Center's U.S. Legal Program submitted its first friend-of-the-court brief to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). The case, James Roger Demers v. Canada, pits the right to freedom of speech [...]
Czech Government Apologizes to Victims of Forced Sterilization
The Center for Reproductive Rights congratulates the Czech Republic on being the first country in the region to acknowledge that Roma women have been forcibly sterilized. In [...]
November 25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
On this year's anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Center calls on governments to enact laws and policies to protect women from all forms of abuse and ill [...]
No Abortion Ban: National Day of Action
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION HEALTHCARE REFORM DECEMBER 2, 2009 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Washington, DC Day of Action Schedule Documents You Should Bring to the Day of Action Key Messages to Deliver How [...]
Historic Vote in Senate to Open Debate on Health Reform Bill Protects Women’s Healthcare Coverage
(PRESS RELEASE) Late last evening, the Senate voted to open debate on Majority Leader Harry Reid's proposed healthcare bill. The legislation prohibits federal money from being used to pay for abortion, and requires that there [...]
Tummino v. von Eschenbach: GAO Report on FDA Refusal to Allow Plan B to go OTC
GAO Report to Congressional Requesters November 2005 FDA Decision Process to Deny Initial Application for Over-the-Counter Marketing of Emergency Contraceptive Drug Plan B Was Unusual
Morning-After Pill Conspiracy: Interview with Annie Tummino
Annie Tummino, 26, works at Realbirth, a childbirth education and post-partum support center in New York City. She is also chair of the Women’s Liberation Birth Control Project, and has been a coordinator with the [...]
No Abortion Ban: Audio of Campaign Launch
Couldn't make it to the launch of our campaign in Washington D.C.? No problem! You can listen to the recording by clicking below.
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No Abortion Ban: D.J. Feldman Audio Statement
D.J. Feldman is a 41-year-old federal employee from around Washington, DC. She became pregnant in 2008 with a baby she very much wanted. But three months later, her fetus was diagnosed with anencephaly, essentially a [...]
In Major Step Forward Towards Passage, Senate Reform Bill Protects Healthcare Coverage for Women
(PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights applauded Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's healthcare overhaul package released last night. The bill includes language similar to the abortion-neutral language agreed upon before the House of [...]
CBS: Dems Feel the Heat over Abortion
By Stephanie Condon "After years of appealing for a middle ground on the issue of abortion, Democrats are now directly confronting the issue in fairly black-and-white terms in the context of their larger health care [...]
Hope Medical Group for Women v. Lorraine LeBlanc: Strict Liability Statute
LSA-R.S. 9:2800.12 © 2007 Thomson/West. No Claim to Orig. US Gov. Works. West's Louisiana Statutes Annotated Currentness Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 9. Civil Code Ancillaries (Refs &, Annos) Code Book III--of the Different Modes of [...]
Richmond Medical Center for Women v. Herring: Virginia’s Partial Birth Infanticide Act of 2003
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-71.1 © 2008 Thomson Reuters/West. No Claim to Orig. US Gov. Works. WEST'S ANNOTATED CODE OF VIRGINIATITLE 18.2. CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLYCHAPTER 4. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON ARTICLE 9. ABORTION § [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
