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June 18, 2019 News Release

Dominican Republic: Policies Fuel Teen Pregnancy

Girls Need Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Health Services, Safe Abortion

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June 10, 2019 Commentary

What Life is Like When Abortion is Banned

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June 6, 2019 News Release

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June 6, 2019 Witness

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Women Tell Their Stories

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Intersecting Human Rights Issues Central to UN Discussion of Surrogacy

Rights of Children, Surrogates, and Would-Be Parents Implicated

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May 15, 2019 Dispatches

Alabama’s Abortion Ban Is A Dark Day for Women

Criminalizing Abortion Puts Women and Girls’ Health at Serious Risk

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April 25, 2019 News Release

US Stance at UN a Backward Step on Women’s Rights

Trump Administration Threats to Veto Security Council Resolution on Sexual Violence

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April 25, 2019 Background Briefing

Ecuador: Memorandum on Abortion and International Human Rights Law

April 15, 2019 Dispatches

South Korea’s Abortion Reform A Model for Others

More Countries Should Join Global Trend Toward Easing Abortion Restrictions

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April 1, 2019 News Release

Ecuador: Decriminalize Abortion in Rape Cases

Assembly Should Ease Abortion Laws

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A Bleak 24 Hours for Women’s Rights in the US

Abortion Bills in Five States Threaten Reproductive Rights

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US Again Cuts Women from State Department’s Human Rights Reports

Trump Administration Removes Data on Global Reproductive Rights

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The BBC Let Down Women On Abortion

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February 7, 2019 Dispatches

Pushing Back Trump’s Attack on Reproductive Choice

Lawmakers Seek to Reverse “Global Gag Rule” on Abortion Information

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February 6, 2019 News Release

Poland: Women’s Rights Activists Targeted

Attacks by Government Put Women, Services at Risk

Women’s rights supporters at a demonstration for International Women’s Day in Krakow, Poland, on March 8, 2018. The center sign uses the slogan “No Woman, No Country.”

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