Maternal Health: All Work

Six takeaways from the Center's report examining nearly 2,000 state bills on abortion, maternal health care, and assisted reproduction.

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 resume la jurisprudencia de los órganos de supervisión de los tratados de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) sobre salud y derechos sexuales y [...]

The Constitution of Kenya enshrines the right to health under the Bill of Rights. Notably, before the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya 2010, social and economic rights were not justiciable. Now, however, jurisprudence on [...]

“They are girls, not mothers” cases against Ecuador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua—brought on behalf of four girls denied access to abortion and other reproductive services—could lead to SRHR protections throughout Latin America and across the world.

Declaração. 1º de outubro de 2024 -  O Governo Federal do Brasil, com a participação do presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, lançou a política pública “Rede Alyne para a Atenção Integral à Mulher Gestante e [...]

El proceso penal en Perú contra otras autoridades responsables por las esterilizaciones forzadas y el caso de Celia Ramos ante la Corte Interamericana contra el Estado de Perú continúan en curso, pese a la muerte [...]

In attempts to reduce risks of maternal mortality and unintended pregnancies, Committee recommends that India address barriers to safe abortion access, eradicate forced sterilization practices, and provide access to reproductive health education and services.

Filings mark the latest Center work representing dozens of patients denied or delayed abortion care despite facing risks to their health, lives and future fertility.

In Center case defending reproductive autonomy, Court temporarily blocks law preventing traditional midwives from providing pregnancy and birth care in their communities.

07.24.2024 (PRESS RELEASE) – Yesterday, a Hawai‘i state court temporarily blocked part of the Midwifery Restriction Law, which prevents pregnant people in Hawai‘i from using traditional midwives for their pregnancies and births, as they have [...]

Released by Reproductive Health Impact, Lift Louisiana, and the Center for Reproductive Rights, this report draws from interviews with representatives from community-based organizations and Louisianans of reproductive age to demonstrate the harmful impact of Louisiana’s [...]