New York, NY – ,In an historic decision, the U.S. Supreme Court today struck down a Texas sodomy law that singled out gay people for criminal prosecution. Ruling that the petitioners in this case “are entitled to respect for their private lives,” the Court overruled a 1986 ruling, Bowers v. Hardwick, in which it had […]
The state of Florida should stop interfering with a woman’s ability to make choices concerning the course of her pregnancy and medical care, said the American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Florida NOW, which filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a case involving a severely disabled pregnant woman. “This woman’s health and […]
Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting Their Reproductive Lives – Francophone Africa, is the result of an in-depth examination of laws and policies affecting women’s reproductive health and rights in seven countries of Francophone Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, and Senegal. The report makes clear that although these countries […]
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Peru Admits Responsibility for Violating Abuse Victim’s Human Rights (Updated 03.18.21) Before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Peru admitted its international responsibility for violating the human rights of a woman who was drugged and raped by a public health service doctor when she was seeking medical services. The Peruvian government compensated the victim, admitted responsibility for violating her rights under international law, and took steps to improve its legal and administrative policies on sexual violence M.M., a […]