- Center for Reproductive Rights
- 06.04.15 - A new study on fetal survival rates underscores the highly individual nature of reproductive health decisions and the importance of entrusting these decisions to those most affected by them, writes Center for Reproductive Rights president and CEO Nancy Northup in a powerful op-ed this week in Time magazine. (reproductiverights.org)
- Watch the video below to support the Center for Reproductive Rights in their efforts, then spread the word and talk to your friends and your local politicians about this extremely important issue. (care2.com)
- 08.23.13 - (PRESS RELEASE) The Costa Rican government continues to violate women's fundamental human rights and its own laws by denying pregnant women medically necessary abortion services, according to a new petition filed today by the Center for Reproductive Rights and Colectiva por el Derecho a Decidir before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. (reproductiverights.org)
- Separately from "Aurora," the Center for Reproductive Rights and Colectiva por el Derecho a Decidir filed a petition in 2008 before Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of "A.N.", a 26 year-old Costa Rican who was told that she was carrying an unviable anencephalic fetus (without a brain) 6 weeks into her pregnancy. (reproductiverights.org)
- woman's right
- as well as on other issues, NOMAS affirms and supports the individual woman's right to choose, without governmental, judicial and familial interference. (nomas.org)
- 5 Over the past decade, organizers have also begun to cast access to midwifery as a "consumer rights" issue- one in which a woman's "right to choose" has been restricted by ill-informed public policies concerning midwives and homebirth. (xlibx.info)
- women's health
- We invite you to also join our Facebook community or follow us on Twitter to get the most up to date news on issues affecting women's health and rights. (reproductiverights.org)
- fundamental human
- The bill calls for U.S. Congress and the President to guarantee and protect reproductive rights as fundamental human rights and stop the attacks by politicians who want to take those rights away. (care2.com)
- legislators
- They have nothing to do with the safe delivery of services for women and everything to do with legislators' views on reproductive rights. (wordpress.com)
- sexual
- 09.27.10 - In September, the Center submitted a shadow letter to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) on the situation of sexual and reproductive rights in Uganda. (reproductiverights.org)
- women
- Being a pro-feminist organization, NOMAS defers to the position of the National Organization for Women on the issue of reproductive rights of women. (nomas.org)
- Access to professional midwifery care is a basic reproductive right that women in the United States have long been denied. (xlibx.info)
- American women will be able to reclaim their basic reproductive right to midwifery care. (xlibx.info)
- Access to EC and other reproductive technologies that work is vitally important for women. (wordpress.com)
- Women need the ability to prevent pregnancy as part of their reproductive rights. (wordpress.com)
- The Center's legal victories brought us closer to our vision of a world where women have the reproductive autonomy to fulfill their destinies. (reproductiverights.org)
- There are no easy answers," says Northup, citing a range of reproductive decisions women regularly encounter-including abortion, fertility treatments and surrogacy, health risks during childbirth, and aggressive medical interventions for preemies. (reproductiverights.org)
- As the war on women sallies forth, the state of reproductive rights scales backward in time. (care2.com)
- Extremist politicians believe anti-choice legislation supports women s rights, when in fact it only limits accessibility and criminalizes the women who seek abortions. (care2.com)
- While these three ways of supporting reproductive health won t amend all the problems within the reproductive health sphere, they will help women in your community and at the national level. (care2.com)
- women are finally standing up for their rights and look at how hard it has been thus far! (care2.com)
- Inter-Americ
- The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights held a hearing in the case of Paola del Rosario Guzmán Albarracín, an Ecuadorian teenager who was sexually abused repeatedly by her school's vice-principal for two years. (reproductiverights.org)
- abortion
- Many midwifery supporters have initially been hesitant to describe their struggle as one for reproductive rights because of associations with feminist efforts for women's choice regarding abortion and contraception. (xlibx.info)
- In its long history of abortion rights decisions, the Supreme Court has rejected defining viability by a fixed gestational age and has repeatedly affirmed that personal decision-making about ending a pregnancy is integral to our right to privacy and liberty. (reproductiverights.org)
- Despite recent legislation and the expansion of abortion rights in certain parts of the nation , the tide is largely turning in the opposite direction. (care2.com)
- It is these types of sentiments that propel politicians of the pro-life movement to seek more limited abortion rights. (care2.com)
- When and where will the line on restrictive abortion rights be drawn? (care2.com)
- past
- Information that extends outside of Canda to past and current reproductive rights and the ways they relate to Canadian reproductive rights. (wordpress.com)
- Legislative maneuverings are nothing new, but the Virginia General Assembly, with some last minute shenanigans during this past session, may have just maneuvered itself into reproductive rights morass with very real legal implications. (wordpress.com)
- bill
- The Bill of Reproductive Rights is a historic effort spearheaded by thousands of concerned citizens who want equal reproductive rights for all. (care2.com)
- health care
- Denying any woman essential health care when her health is at risk is a clear and serious violation of her human rights. (reproductiverights.org)
- work
- Since 1992, the Center's innovative legal work has fundamentally transformed the landscape of reproductive health and rights worldwide, and has already strengthened laws and policies in more than 50 countries. (reproductiverights.org)
- efforts
- 2 A second national effort aimed at gaining federal recognition of CPMs was spearheaded in 2009 by the Midwives and Mothers in Action (MAMA) Cam- paign, a collaborative effort by several professional organizations for midwives and "consumer" groups supporting midwives.3 Both of these campaigns have 2 Introduction drawn nationwide public attention to the recent efforts aimed at expanding women's reproductive rights to include access to midwifery care. (xlibx.info)
- access
- This intensified "push" is the continuation of growing support for access to midwives across the nation since the 1970s that has paralleled (but in some cases been at odds with) the broader reproductive rights movement. (xlibx.info)
- If I were a man I would be fighting for my reproductive rights for the creation of and access to more then just vasectomies. (wordpress.com)
- issue
- Recent scholarly and popular books have described midwifery as "a global feminist issue"4 and have positioned the right to birth where and with whom one chooses as a "basic reproductive right. (xlibx.info)
- importance
- Yet midwifery organizers-including those who identify as pro-choice and pro-life-have adopted the language of "rights" and "choice" to describe the importance of expanding women's maternity care options. (xlibx.info)
- power
- For as much power as politicians have in taking away reproductive rights, individuals have just as much impact and agency in taking steps to protect their health and the health of those around them. (care2.com)
- available
- Materials of this site are available for review, all rights belong to their respective owners. (xlibx.info)