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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 [...]
Three Ways the Biden Administration Just Advanced Family Planning Access
Advancements by key agencies will improve access to health care and contraception from multiple angles.
Centuries-Old Abortion Ban Ruled Enforceable in Arizona
Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that a near-total abortion ban passed in 1864 can take effect
Ohio Voters Enshrine Abortion Rights Into Law in Historic Vote
11.07.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Ohio voters have passed a constitutional amendment that enshrines reproductive freedom – including the right to abortion – in the state constitution. Voters turned out in record numbers to support abortion [...]
World Refugee Day: Many Refugees Across Europe Continue to Be Denied Access to Essential Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, Prompting Call for Urgent Action
20.06.23 (PRESS RELEASE) Geneva – Many refugee women and girls who have sought sanctuary and safety in Europe are still being denied access to sexual and reproductive healthcare and gender-based violence support services, according to [...]
New Study Suggests Many Women Refugees from Ukraine are Returning Home Temporarily to Access Essential Reproductive Healthcare as a Result of Barriers in Parts of the EU
16.05.23 (PRESS RELEASE) Geneva – Women from Ukraine who sought sanctuary in the European Union often experience a series of entrenched barriers when seeking access to sexual and reproductive healthcare and gender-based violence support in [...]
New Study Finds Many Refugees from Ukraine are Cut Off from Reproductive Health Care
Facing restrictive abortion and contraception laws and other quality of care barriers in Poland, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, many women feel they have no choice but to return to Ukraine to obtain care.
Submission to the UN Human Rights Council Examines Pakistan’s Lack of Progress on SRHR Issues
Report outlines country’s failure on sexual and reproductive health rights and services and recommends laws and policies to improve access.
Biden’s First Year: Top 13 Ways the Administration Improved Reproductive Rights
Actions crucial as SCOTUS considers the future of U.S. abortion rights.
New Rule Restores Reproductive Health Services to Title X Family Planning Program
Biden Administration's Final Rule on Title X restores reproductive health services under nationwide family planning program.
EU Resolution Calls for Full Realization of SRHR in the EU
The European Parliament passed today a resolution affirming that sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are fundamental human rights that must be upheld by European Union (EU) Member States.
Report Highlights Lack of Access to SRHR Information in Kenya
A new report by the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health (TICAH) finds that women and girls in Kenya lack access to comprehensive information on sexual and reproductive health [...]
New Report: Women and Girls in Kenya Lack Access to Comprehensive Information on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Despite Constitutional Framework
NAIROBI, 06.17.2021 (Press Release): A new report finds that women and girls in Kenya lack access to comprehensive information on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) despite the country’s constitutional framework guaranteeing reproductive health [...]
Briefing Paper: Improving International Human Rights Standards on Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
This briefing paper discusses some gaps in jurisprudence by the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women with respect to the sexual and reproductive rights of adolescents in view of social and legal realities in the South Asia region. The paper makes recommendations to United Nations treaty monitoring bodies for improving standards in their Concluding Observations to South Asian countries and General Comments that would strengthen guarantees for adolescents' sexual and reproductive rights.
Bills Would Improve Access to Reproductive Health Care for U.S. Servicemembers and Veterans
Two bills were recently introduced in the U.S. Congress that would improve access to contraception for servicemembers and their dependents and in vitro fertilization (IVF) services for veterans. The Center for Reproductive Rights—as part of [...]
Coalition Letter Supporting the Access to Contraception for Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2021
The Center joined 32 organizations in submitting a sign-on letter on April 20, 2021, to lead sponsors Senator Shaheen and Congresswomen Speier, Escobar, and Strickland in support of the Access to Contraception for Servicemembers and [...]
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