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Llamado a la Corte Interamericana para reconocer el cuidado como derecho humano y su relación con la autonomía reproductiva card link

Llamado a la Corte Interamericana para reconocer el cuidado como derecho humano y su relación con la autonomía reproductiva

Organizaciones de la Sociedad civil piden a la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos reconocer el cuidado como un derecho humano y su directa relación con el derecho a la autonomía reproductiva de las mujeres, para [...]

SRHR General,Latin America & Caribbean, Inter-American Human Rights System,News

Pregnant Woman Forced to Deliver on Hospital Floor Wins Appeal in Landmark Case

Affirming the Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care in Kenya 

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Africa, Kenya,In the Courts,Press Releases

Refugees from Ukraine Still Cut Off from Reproductive Health Care Two Years into War

Center and partners advocate for the removal of barriers to sexual and reproductive health care for refugees from Ukraine in some parts of the EU.

Humanitarian Settings, SRHR General,Europe, Ukraine,Engaging Policymakers, Reporting on Rights,News

Michigan Abortion Restrictions Challenged in Court

02.06.24 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights, on behalf of Northland Family Planning Centers and Medical Students for Choice, filed a case in the Michigan Court of Claims challenging three abortion restrictions. [...]

Abortion,United States,In the Courts,Press Releases

North Dakota Court Keeps Abortion Ban in Place for Now, Even for Those Facing Serious Health Risks

01.23.2024 (PRESS RELEASE) –Today, a North Dakota state court denied a request to block the state’s extreme abortion ban in situations where an abortion is necessary to preserve the life or health of a pregnant [...]

Abortion,United States,In the Courts,News

Andorra: Acquittal of Human Rights Defender Vanessa Mendoza Cortes  

01.17.24 (PRESS RELEASE, GENEVA) - Amnesty International, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Women’s Link Worldwide and Front Line Defenders welcome today’s court decision acquitting human rights defender Vanessa Mendoza Cortés, President of the women’s rights [...]

Abortion,Europe,Reporting on Rights,News

More Women Join Abortion Lawsuit Against Tennessee

01.08.24 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, four more women came forward to join a lawsuit filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights against the state of Tennessee (Blackmon v. State of Tennessee). The lawsuit, one of [...]

Abortion,United States,In the Courts,News

Supreme Court Says Idaho Hospitals Don’t Have to Provide Emergency Abortions Under Federal Law, for Now

High Court reinstates Idaho abortion ban despite federal law requiring hospitals to stabilize patients in emergency rooms; the Court will hear the case in full this April

Abortion,United States,Press Releases

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Idaho Court Rejects State’s Attempt to Throw out Case Brought by Women Denied Abortions card link

Idaho Court Rejects State’s Attempt to Throw out Case Brought by Women Denied Abortions

A case seeking to expand the medical exceptions in Idaho’s abortion bans will proceed despite the state’s attempt to dismiss the case

Abortion,United States,In the Courts,News

Polish Government Has a Momentous Opportunity to End Reproductive Rights Violations and Protect Women’s Health During Pregnancy

Decision-makers must take urgent steps to repeal the near total ban on abortion.

Abortion,Europe, Poland,Press Releases

Supreme Court Will Hear Case that Could Undermine Abortion Pill Access Nationwide

12.13.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take up a case that could ultimately eliminate access to mifepristone—one of two drugs used in medication abortion. The case was filed by an anti-abortion [...]

Abortion,United States,In the Courts,News

Texas Supreme Court Says Kate Cox Can’t Get An Abortion in Texas

12.12.2023—Late last night, the Texas Supreme Court ruled against a Texas woman with a lethal pregnancy diagnosis seeking access to an abortion in the state. “This ruling should enrage every Texan to their core. If [...]

Abortion,United States,In the Courts,News

Texas Woman Who Needs Emergency Abortion Forced to Flee State

12.11.2023 -- After a week of legal whiplash and threats of prosecution from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Kate Cox has been forced to leave Texas to get healthcare outside of the state. Kate has [...]

Abortion,United States,In the Courts,News

Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.