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U.S. Abortion Rights in Global Context
When the United States Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to abortion in 2022, it defied the overwhelming and decades-long global trend of liberalizing abortion laws and marginalized the U.S. on the international stage.
2022 Year in Review: Center Achievements Around the Globe
Highlights of the Center's work to build, enforce and defend reproductive rights.
With its Regression on Abortion Rights, the U.S. is a Global Outlier
The United States is one of only four countries that has rolled back abortion rights since 1994.
Landmark Cases
Since its founding in 1992, the Center has shaped legal precedent on reproductive rights through victories in regional, federal and local courts around the world, as well at the United Nations, and has been involved [...]
The Center wins a major victory for abortion rights in Africa
In a groundbreaking decision, the High Court of Kenya ruled that the Ministry of Health’s 2014 withdrawal of the “Standards and Guidelines for Reducing Morbidity and Mortality from Unsafe Abortion in Kenya” (Standards and Guidelines), and [...]
Detention and Abuse of Women Seeking Maternal Health Services
On September 17, 2015, the High Court of Kenya issued a groundbreaking judgment in the case of Millicent Awuor (Maimuna) & Margaret Anyoso Oliele v. Attorney General and others, Constitutional Petition No. 562 of 2012. [...]
In Pursuit of Justice
In Pursuit of Justice Imagine you go to the hospital or a doctor's office and receive the treatment that you need to stay healthy. On your way out the door, you are given a bill. [...]
Legal Threats to Autonomy, Choice, and Informed Consent in Labor and Childbirth
Research brief explores how the law makes pregnant and birthing people vulnerable to mistreatment and unconsented practices.
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
Catalysts: A Bold, Unapologetic, Africa-Led Alliance Advancing Abortion Rights in Africa
Catalysts is a coalition working to develop a coordinated strategy to advance abortion rights in Africa.
Pregnant Woman Forced to Deliver on Hospital Floor Wins Appeal in Landmark Case
Affirming the Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care in Kenya
News on the Case
Victory in Kenya: Court of Appeal Affirms Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care, 02.28.24 Kenya Court of Appeal Expected to Issue Judgment Friday in Case of Pregnant Woman Abused by Hospital Staff and Forced to [...]
Josephine’s Story
More about plaintiff Josephine Majani.
30 Years of Impact: Advancing Abortion Rights
Over the last 30 years, the Center has been working to transform abortion law and policy worldwide, so that every person has access to this care.
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
