Maternal Health: Work in the United States
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Submission to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review of the U.S.: Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice
Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review of the U.S. outlines threats to SRHR.
Center for Reproductive Rights Position Statement on Congressional Attempt to Defund Planned Parenthood
House Leadership introduced a bill that would cut Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood and other health care providers
Trump’s First 100 Days: 5 Attacks on Reproductive Rights You Might Have Missed
The Trump administration’s attacks on reproductive rights have flown under the radar amidst the chaos of its first 100 days in office.
Raising Awareness: Black Maternal Health Week, April 11-17
Campaign calls out deepening racial inequities in maternal health outcomes and celebrates the role of Black-led organizations in driving change.
U.S. Maternal Health & Rights Initiative
This Center program focuses on improving maternal health equity and outcomes in the United States.
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 [...]
Center Files Complaints Against Texas Hospitals for Denying Women Emergency Care for Life-Threatening Ectopic Pregnancies
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.
Court Rules Native Hawaiian Midwives Can Resume Providing Care
In Center case defending reproductive autonomy, Court temporarily blocks law preventing traditional midwives from providing pregnancy and birth care in their communities.
Court Rules in Favor of Native Hawaiian Midwives
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 [...]
Community Perspectives, Experiences, and Recommendations on Louisiana’s Abortion Bans
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 [...]
New Guidance Expands the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to Cover Abortion Accommodations
A new federal regulation from the Equal Opportunity Commission entitles employees to unpaid time off for pregnancy-related medical conditions, including abortion.
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Its Second Major Abortion Case of the Term on April 24
Case will determine if states banning abortion can override federal law and deny pregnant patients emergency abortion care.
Raising Awareness: Black Maternal Health Week, April 11-17
As the U.S. continues to experience a maternal health crisis, the campaign aims to raise awareness around racial inequities in maternal health outcomes.
New “Criminalized Care” Report Shows How Louisiana’s Abortion Bans Endanger Patients and Clinicians
Researchers document the stark reality of harm, erosion of medical trust, and human rights violations in Louisiana
Criminalized Care: How Louisiana’s Abortion Bans Endanger Patients and Clinicians
Released March 2024 by Reproductive Health Impact, Lift Louisiana, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Physicians for Human Rights, this report documents the human rights impacts of Louisiana’s escalating attacks on reproductive rights and autonomy. [...]
New Research Report Documents How Louisiana’s Abortion Bans Harm Patients and Clinicians
Fact-finding report by the Center and its partners finds that criminalizing abortion care violates medical ethics, public health standards, and human rights—and undermines maternal health.
‘Medical colonialism’: midwives sue Hawaii over law regulating Native birth workers
The Guardian
In this piece by the Guardian, Center plaintiff Kiʻi Kahoʻohanohano and Senior Staff Attorney Hillary Schneller discuss a new case seeking to protect midwifery care in Hawaiʻi.
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