GENEVA, 23.09.2025—New analysis from the Center for Reproductive Rights highlights a trend of ongoing progress on abortion law across Europe, with an increasing number of countries reforming legal frameworks to expand access and move laws into line with international human rights and public health standards. Yet despite progress, harmful barriers to care persist in many […] The post Europe Continues to Advance on Abortion Rights, but Access Barriers Remain appeared first on Center for Rep...| Center for Reproductive Rights
This regional analysis presents a comprehensive legal overview of abortion access throughout 49 countries in the region. The post Europe Abortion Laws 2025: Policies, Progress and Challenges appeared first on Center for Reproductive Rights.| Center for Reproductive Rights
Center sues Trump administration over abortion pill records, court upholds Medicaid cuts to reproductive health clinics, and more news on U.S. reproductive rights. The post U.S. Repro Watch: Seven Updates You Won’t Want to Miss, 09.17.25 appeared first on Center for Reproductive Rights.| Center for Reproductive Rights
The Center is launching a Photography and Art Challenge under the theme "Safe Abortion is Life-saving Healthcare!" to commemorate International Safe Abortion Day 2025. The post Call for Submissions: Photography/Art to Commemorate International Safe Abortion Day 2025 appeared first on Center for Reproductive Rights.| Center for Reproductive Rights
Esta Nota Técnica aborda os direitos humanos e as obrigações éticas ameaçados por dispositivos legais brasileiros que exigem queos profissionais da saúde forneçam informações a autoridades policiais quando pacientes buscam aborto legal após serem vítimas de estupro. O regime de notificações compulsórias se desenvolveu ao longo de mais de meia década de revisões de leis […] The post Primeiro, não causar dano: Como a exigência de notificação a autoridades policiais por pro...| Center for Reproductive Rights
A criminalização do aborto no Brasil fez com que essa prática fosse vista como um desvio, e não como um direito, mesmo nas circunstâncias limitadas em que é legalmente permitido, como em casos de estupro, risco de vida para a gestante e anencefalia fetal. Em razão da criminalização do aborto ser a norma dominante, há […] The post Os impactos negativos dos requisitos de notificação à polícia em detrimento ao Código de Ética dos profissionais da área da saúde no Brasil appea...| Center for Reproductive Rights
The criminalization of abortion in Brazil has led to abortion being perceived as deviant rather than a right, even in the limited circumstances where abortion is permitted by law, which include cases of rape, risk to the pregnant woman’s life, and fetal anencephaly. Because abortion criminalization is the overarching norm, there is a presumption of […] The post The Negative Impact of Police Reporting Requirements on Health Professional Ethics in Brazil appeared first on Center for Reprodu...| Center for Reproductive Rights
This Technical Note sets out the human rights and ethical obligations put at risk by legal provisions in Brazil requiring health professionals to provide information to law enforcement authorities when patients seek legal abortion following rape. The regime of police reporting requirements has developed through over half a decade of interconnected revisions to laws and […] The post First, Do No Harm: How Police Reporting Requirements for Health Professionals Endanger Brazil’s Obligations ...| Center for Reproductive Rights
The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission released a strategy report, “Make Our Children Healthy Again,” outlining the administration’s plans to improve children’s health. The post The “Make Our Children Healthy Again” strategy report promotes blame-and-shame fertility appeared first on Center for Reproductive Rights.| Center for Reproductive Rights
This new publication explores rights-based accountability initiatives that embed human rights obligations within programming in humanitarian settings. The post Protecting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Humanitarian and Disaster Situations appeared first on Center for Reproductive Rights.| Center for Reproductive Rights
Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that Russell Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget and architect of Project 2025, has taken over as Acting Administrator of USAID. The post USAID control handed to the Office of Management and Budget appeared first on Center for Reproductive Rights.| Center for Reproductive Rights
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Administration for Children and Families (ACF), terminated over $12 million of California’s pregnancy prevention funding.| Center for Reproductive Rights
Requests to the Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Drug Administration for records under the Freedom of Information Act. The post Requests to HHS and FDA for Records under the Freedom of Information Act appeared first on Center for Reproductive Rights.| Center for Reproductive Rights
Complaint filed September 5, 2025 in the case Center for Reproductive Rights v. HHS. The post Complaint: Center for Reproductive Rights v. HHS appeared first on Center for Reproductive Rights.| Center for Reproductive Rights
The Center for Reproductive Rights is suing the Trump administration over its failure to respond to multiple Freedom of Information Act requests seeking transparency around its re-evaluation of abortion pill safety. The post Center Sues Trump Administration for Withholding Records on Abortion Pill appeared first on Center for Reproductive Rights.| Center for Reproductive Rights
Comments on the Reproductive Health Services Proposed Rule of the Department of Veterans Affairs The post Comment: Reproductive Health Services Proposed Rule of the Department of Veterans Affairs appeared first on Center for Reproductive Rights.| Center for Reproductive Rights
GENEVA, 26.08.2025—One year after the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) issued landmark findings that Poland’s restrictive abortion law causes grave and systematic human rights violations, the government has yet to fully implement its recommendations. Poland is one of only two European Union member states that has not legalised abortion on request. […] The post One Year On, Poland Has Yet to Act on UN Recommendations for Abortion Law R...| Center for Reproductive Rights
08.25.2025 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, a federal district court in Maine ruled that the Trump Administration can continue to deny Medicaid funding to Maine Family Planning (MFP), despite the fact that nearly half their patients rely on Medicaid. As the largest network of reproductive health care clinics in the state, MFP serves thousands of low-income […] The post Court Says Trump Administration Can Continue to Block Medicaid and Decimate Maine’s Family Planning Network appeared first on C...| Center for Reproductive Rights
Officially nominated, Surgeon General | Office of the Surgeon General (OSG), Department of Health and Human Services The post Casey Means appeared first on Center for Reproductive Rights.| Center for Reproductive Rights
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Texans will continue to be denied abortion access after the Texas court rules the case can’t proceed against state licensing officials.| Center for Reproductive Rights
If the U.S. Supreme Court takes away the constitutional right to abortion, here are the states poised to ban it.| Center for Reproductive Rights
New legislation makes sexual and reproductive health services accessible to Rwandan adolescents without parental consent and, for the first time, establishes a clear framework for assisted reproductive technologies. The post Center Drives Landmark Law Expanding Health Care Access for Adolescents in Rwanda appeared first on Center for Reproductive Rights.| Center for Reproductive Rights
Guayaquil, agosto 14 de 2025. (COMUNICADO DE PRENSA) Cinco años después de que la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos condenara al Estado ecuatoriano en el emblemático caso de Paola Guzmán Albarracín, la violencia sexual en el ámbito educativo no solo persiste, sino que se ha agravado. Según datos recopilados por el Observatorio Paola Guzmán, entre […] The post Cinco años después de la sentencia de Paola Guzmán, la violencia sexual en las aulas de Ecuador sigue en aumento ap...| Center for Reproductive Rights
Trump administration proposes new abortion ban, states sue over federal Medicaid cuts, and more news on U.S. reproductive rights. The post U.S. Repro Watch: Six Updates You Won’t Want to Miss, 08.13.25 appeared first on Center for Reproductive Rights.| Center for Reproductive Rights
Commissioner and Acting Chair | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) The post Andrea Lucas appeared first on Center for Reproductive Rights.| Center for Reproductive Rights
The Trump administration's proposed ban on abortion care and counseling through the VA would harm veterans across the country. Learn more.| Center for Reproductive Rights
Explore the Center’s research and analyses about the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 ruling eliminating the federal constitutional right to abortion, the ruling's impact, and the path forward.| Center for Reproductive Rights
Statement from Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights: "With the passage of this legislation, the federal government has| Center for Reproductive Rights
Anti-abortion lawmakers are trying to dismantle the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. Learn more about this decades-long law protecting patients and providers from violent protesters and take action to stop its repeal. Just days after the bombing of a fertility clinic, anti-abortion advocates work to dismantle the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.| Center for Reproductive Rights
Fact Sheet Explaining In Vitro Fertilization, the Most Commonly Used Method of Assisted Reproductive Technology| Center for Reproductive Rights
Seeking clarity to Texas's "emergency medical" exceptions under its extreme abortion bans.| Center for Reproductive Rights
Four Texas women who were denied abortion care after facing severe and dangerous pregnancy complications tell their stories.| Center for Reproductive Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, so it’s crucial to understand abortion laws by state, and where abortion is protected. Learn more now.| Center for Reproductive Rights