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New York’s Strengthened Shield Law Will Further Protect Doctors Prescribing Abortion Medication
Center’s state team provided legal expertise in drafting policy language.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Officially nominated, HHS Secretary | Department of Health and Human Services
FAQ: Pro Bono Legal Support for Organizations Affected by the Global Gag Rule
The Center is providing support to U.S. and non-U.S. organizations affected by this regressive policy.
Fact Sheet: The Global Gag Rule and Human Rights
Regressive policy reinstated by the Trump administration undermines health and human rights around the world.
Trump Administration Reinstates Policy to Restrict Abortion Worldwide
1.24.2025 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, as part of President Donald Trump’s first week in office, he reinstated the “Global Gag Rule”—a sweeping policy that will decrease abortion access in countries around the world. This far-reaching policy defunds [...]
Trump Administration’s Reinstatement of the Global Gag Rule Is a Setback for Health, Gender Equality and Human Rights
Regressive policy restricts funding for foreign organizations providing sexual and reproductive health care.
President Trump Pardons 23 People Who Harassed and Attacked Abortion Patients and Clinics
Those pardoned physically blocked patients from entering health care facilities, stole fetal tissue from clinics, and injured patients and health care workers.
Victory at the UN in the “They Are Girls, Not Mothers” Cases
Human Rights Committee establishes new worldwide standards for access to abortion, sex education, and protections for sexual abuse survivors.
UN Ruling: Ecuador and Nicaragua Must Legalize Abortion to End Violations of Girls’ Human Rights
22.01.2025 (PRESS STATEMENT) — In a major victory for girls' and women's rights, the United Nations Human Rights Committee ruled Monday that Ecuador and Nicaragua violated the human rights of three girls who were forced into [...]
New! Repro Red Flags: Agency Watch
A new Center tool mobilizing against the Trump administration’s anti-repro appointments.
Urgent action for UK Parliament to protect women’s essential reproductive rights
The Center for Reproductive Rights joined the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and over 30 medical, legal, and public health organisations in the UK in their call on the UK Parliament to take immediate action to safeguard women’s reproductive rights.
Center’s 2024 State Legislative Wrap-up Finds Laws Continue to Reflect a Divided Nation
Six takeaways from the Center's report examining nearly 2,000 state bills on abortion, maternal health care, and assisted reproduction.
2024 State Legislative Wrap-Up
During 2024, the Center for Reproductive Rights tracked almost 2,000 pieces of reproductive rights legislation across 50 states, and Washington, D.C. This report highlights 2024 legislative trends impacting access to abortion care, assisted reproduction, and [...]
Breaking Ground 2020-2024: Treaty Monitoring Bodies on Reproductive Rights
This report summarizes the jurisprudence from United Nations treaty monitoring bodies on reproductive rights, particularly the standards on reproductive health information and contraception, maternal health care, abortion, and emerging issues in international human rights law.
Rompiendo Barreras, 2020-2024: Órganos de supervisión de los tratados sobre los derechos reproductivos
Rompiendo Barreras, 2020-2024: Órganos de supervisión de los tratados sobre los derechos reproductivos resume la jurisprudencia de los órganos de supervisión de los tratados de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) sobre salud y derechos sexuales y [...]
Enforcing Arizona’s New Abortion Rights Amendment
Lawsuit filed by the Center and partners challenges the state’s 15-week abortion ban as a violation of the amendment approved by voters last month.