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World's Abortion Laws
After Roe Fell: U.S. Abortion Laws by State
What Are Shield Laws?
Shield laws protect abortion providers and patients from out-of-state legal threats. Learn what they are, why they matter, and where they are in effect across the U.S.
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Know Your State’s Abortion Laws: A Guide for Medical Professionals
Learn more about your state’s abortion laws so you can better advocate for yourself and your patients.
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What Are Human Rights?
Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms that all of us have just by virtue of being human. Learn more about…
Glossary of Legal Terms
Shore up your understanding of the legal system and expand your reproductive rights vocabulary by learning these key terms.
Forbidden Desires: Impact of Criminalization of Age-Mate Consensual and Non-Exploitative Sexual Activities Among Adolescents in Nepal
Youth-led report pushes legal reform to end the criminalization of adolescent sexuality in Nepal.
Towards 2040: Defining an African Human Rights Framework on the Right to Education of Pregnant Girls and Adolescent Mothers – Policy Brief
Across Africa, one in every five girls are pregnant before they turn 19. In 2024, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimated…
“They Are Girls, Not Mothers” Cases: Explainer Video
The Center’s Catalina Martínez Coral and Carmen Martínez discuss the recent victory at the UN in the “They Are Girls, Not Mothers”…
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