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February 1, 2019 Dispatches

Brazil Vice President Supports ‘Right to Decide’ on Abortion

Bolsonaro Government Should Protect Reproductive Rights

Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourão publicly supported a woman’s right to decide to have an abortion
November 19, 2018 Interview

Interview: Defying the Dominican Republic’s Abortion Law

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November 19, 2018 News Release

Dominican Republic: Abortion Ban Endangers Health

Criminal Penalties Violate Rights

People take part in a march in Santo Domingo for the decriminalization of abortion in three circumstances: when the life of a pregnant woman is in danger, when the pregnancy resulted from rape, or when the fetus will not survive outside the womb.
October 3, 2018 Dispatches

Once Optimistic, Poland’s Women’s Rights Activists Live in Climate of Fear

On Black Protest Anniversary, Support for Women’s Rights Needed

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September 28, 2018 Dispatches

Escalating Global Effort for Safe, Legal Abortion

A Day to Highlight Women’s Struggle

Demonstrators hold up green handkerchiefs, which symbolize the abortion rights movement, during a demonstration in favor of legalizing abortion outside the Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 31, 2018.
September 24, 2018 Commentary

Presidential Candidates Need to Heed Abortion Debate

Activists demonstrate in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 19, 2018 in favor of abortion legalization.
September 6, 2018 Statement

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights on Argentina

August 31, 2018 News Release

Guatemala: Reject ‘Life and Family Protection’ Law

Dangerous Attack on Rights of Women and LGBT People

An indigenous woman holds a placard reading 'My Body My Territory Is to be Respected' as she demonstrates on International Women's Day in Guatemala City on March 8, 2018.
August 8, 2018 News Release

Argentina: Pass Law to Legalize Abortion

Senate Should End Harmful Policy

Demonstrators hold up green handkerchiefs, which symbolize the abortion rights movement, during a demonstration in favor of legalizing abortion outside the Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 31, 2018.
July 31, 2018 News Release

Brazil: Decriminalize Abortion

Court Considering Petition to Expand Access

Activists demonstrate in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 19, 2018 in favor of abortion legalization.
July 26, 2018 Dispatches

Brazil Death Signals Need for Abortion Reform

Court Case Challenges Strict Laws

Activists demonstrate in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 19, 2018 in favor of abortion legalization.
July 23, 2018 Commentary

A Move to Undermine Women’s Reproductive Health

People rallied outside the U.S. Supreme Court while the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra case remained pending, in Washington, U.S., June 25, 2018.
July 7, 2018 Dispatches

Changes on US Supreme Court Heighten Importance of Ballot Initiative

Rights of Alabama Women are at Risk

Protesters for and against abortion rights huddle under umbrellas as they rally in groups outside while the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the abortion case National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra, in Washington, U.S
June 29, 2018 Statement

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on El Salvador

79th session, 2018

June 27, 2018 Dispatches

US Supreme Court Chips Away at Women’s Right to Information

Ruling Threatens Women’s Reproductive Rights and Health

People rallied outside the U.S. Supreme Court while the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra case remained pending, in Washington, U.S., June 25, 2018.

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