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United Nations: Ireland Must Expand Access To Safe And Legal Abortion Services
United Nations: Ireland Must Expand Access To Safe And Legal Abortion Services (PRESS RELEASE) A United Nations (U.N.) Committee has ordered Ireland to amend its law and constitution to legalize abortion services for pregnant women [...]
Indian High Court Orders Chhattisgarh Government to Respond to Allegations of Denying Women Access to Safe Abortion Services
Indian High Court Orders Chhattisgarh Government to Address Allegations of Denying Women Access to Abortion Services (PRESS RELEASE) –The Chhattisgarh Government was ordered by judges to immediately address allegations that women in the state lack [...]
Despite Support of a Majority of Senators, Opponents of Contraceptive Coverage Block “Protect Women’s Health from Corporate Interference Act”
Despite Support of a Majority of Senators, Opponents Block “Protect Women’s Health from Corporate Interference Act” 56 Senators voted to advance the bill introduced last week in response to harmful, far-reaching Hobby Lobby decision (PRESS [...]
U.N. Committee Questions Ireland on its Track Record of Denying Women Access to Safe Abortion Services
U.N. Committee Questions Ireland on its Track Record of Denying Women Access to Safe Abortion Services (PRESS RELEASE) Ireland’s minister of justice, Frances Fitzgerald and other representatives of the Irish government were questioned this week [...]
Senate Judiciary Committee To Hear Testimony On Historic Women’s Health Protection Act
Senate Judiciary Committee To Hear Testimony On Historic Women's Health Protection Act (PRESS RELEASE) The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary will hear testimony today regarding the Women’s Health Protection Act— a historic piece [...]
United Nations Report Underscores Inequalities In Women’s Reproductive Health And Human Rights Worldwide
United Nations Report Underscores Inequalities In Women’s Reproductive Health And Human Rights Worldwide (PRESS RELEASE) Despite a 14-year-old international commitment to dramatically reduce maternal deaths, almost 300,000 women worldwide died in 2013 from pregnancy and [...]
Federal Legislation Introduced to Restore Full Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives in Wake of Hobby Lobby
Federal Legislation Introduced to Restore Full Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives in Wake of Hobby Lobby Center for Reproductive Rights Applauds Legislation, Calls the Bill “Bold” and “Necessary” (PRESS RELEASE) Congressional leaders introduced legislation today designed [...]
Women’s Access to Constitutionally Protected Health Care Still Under Siege in 2014
Women's Access to Constitutionally Protected Health Care Still Under Siege in 2014 Mid-year review released by the Center for Reproductive Rights highlights growing base of pro-choice advocates in the face of relentless attacks (PRESS RELEASE) [...]
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At U.N. Human Rights Council, Slovakia Announces Plan to Increase Access to Modern Contraceptives
At U.N. Human Rights Council, Slovakia Announces Plan to Increase Access to Modern Contraceptives (PRESS RELEASE) At the close of its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Slovak government [...]
Perú Takes Critical Step To Implement Historic United Nations Ruling On Denial of Access to Legal Abortion
Perú Takes Critical Step To Implement Historic UN Ruling On Denial of Access to Legal Abortion National Guidelines Adopted as Part of United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Ruling after Peruvian [...]
Nuestro Texas Campaign Returns to Rio Grande Valley
Nuestro Texas Campaign Returns to Rio Grande Valley Numerous challenges still remain for Latinas seeking basic health care in Texas (PRESS RELEASE) Reproductive health advocates will gather in the Rio Grande Valley today to celebrate [...]
U.S. Supreme Court Lets Private Companies Deny Birth Control Coverage to Employees
U.S. Supreme Court Lets Private Companies Deny Birth Control Coverage to Employees Setting a dangerous precedent, nation’s highest court allows bosses to discriminate against employees’ health care coverage based solely on personal, religious views (PRESS [...]
U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Buffer Zones for Massachusetts Abortion Clinics, Hinders Women’s Access to Constitutionally Protected Health Care in the State
(PRESS RELEASE) Today the U.S. Supreme Court hindered Massachusetts women's safe passage into reproductive health care facilities in striking down a state law requiring a buffer zone around abortion clinics. Although today's ruling finds that [...]
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