“This ban treats women in Chile as second-class citizens by inhibiting their options and their ability to decide whether and when to have children. It is yet another abhorrent example of religiously motivated judges holding fast to ideology at the sacrifice of the health and well-being of the very people they are mandated to protect.” […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/pub_br_spanish_gaining_ground_2008.jpg Una herramienta para la reforma legal. La reforma legal es fundamental para asegurar los derechos reproductivos y la igualdad de la mujer en la sociedad. Incluso si las nuevas leyes no se implementan ni se cumplen a la perfección, cambiar la ley constituye un paso importante para mejorar la condición de la mujer y […]
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Filing date: Case admitted to IACHR in March 2004 Country/Region: , LAC Plaintiff(s): Patients of Dr. Gerardo Escalante López and Dr. Delia Ribas who were fertilized with in-vitro fertilization techniques Center Attorney(s): , Luisa Cabal and Lilian Sepúlveda Partners: Gerardo Trejos Salas Summary: In December 2004, the Center submitted an amicus brief before the Inter-American […]
Case Before Inter-American Commission Could Have Repercussions in U.S. Washington, D.C. In a case that could undermine women’s access to reproductive technologies, contraception and abortion across North, Central and South America— including the United States— the Center for Reproductive Rights today joined a legal battle against Costa Rica’s in-vitro fertilization ban. Ten Costa Rican couples […]
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Today, with the support of international human rights groups, Paulina, a young rape victim from Mexico, is asking the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to formally admit her legal petition so that negotiations can begin with the Mexican government. Women’s Rights groups throughout Latin America have signed on to a letter urging the Commission to […]
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