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November 10, 2016 Commentary

Abortion should not be a crime

October 1, 2016 Dispatches

Polish Women Rally to Protect Rights and Lives

Draft Law Would Push Abortion into Back Alleys

Woman holds a placard as she takes part in an abortion rights campaigners' demonstration in front of the Parliament in Warsaw, Poland September 22, 2016. The placard reads: "Let's save women".

June 27, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: US Supreme Court Strikes Down Abortion Restrictions

Calls Texas Measures an ‘Undue Burden’

Demonstrators celebrate at the U.S. Supreme Court after the court struck down a Texas law imposing strict regulations on abortion doctors and facilities that its critics contended were specifically designed to shut down clinics in Washington June 27, 2016

March 18, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Chile’s Welcome Move on Abortion

Demonstrators raie their thumbs in approval during a rally inside congress in favor of a draft law by the government, which seeks to ease the country's strict abortion ban, in Valparaiso, Chile March 17, 2016. The banner reads: "Chile makes history today,

March 14, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: New Plan to Help Women in Kenya, but What About Rape Survivors?

Fatma W. with her 7-year old son born from rape.

March 8, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Life and Death in Papua New Guinea

March 2, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Regulating US Abortion Providers Off the Map

Pro-abortion supporters demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court (not pictured) during the National March for Life rally in Washington January 22, 2016.

February 29, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Sexual Assault in the Name of Science in Afghanistan

An Afghan woman in Chaghchran capital of Ghor province June 2, 2014.

February 4, 2016 News Release

Sierra Leone: Sign Bill Allowing Safe Abortions

Could Help Address High Maternal Mortality Rates

An estimated 400 women showed up in support of the safe abortion bill wearing “children by choice, not by chance” T-shirts on December 8, 2015 outside of Sierra Leone's Parliament. © 2015 Ipas

February 4, 2016 Letter

Letter to President Koroma of Sierra Leone

RE: Passage of “Safe Abortion Act”

January 26, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Zika Warnings Versus Realities Women Face

A woman walks away from her apartment as health workers fumigates the Altos del Cerro neighborhood as part of preventive measures against the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases in Soyapango, El Salvador January 21, 2016.

January 20, 2016 Statement

Submission on the combined eighth and ninth periodic reports of Haiti to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

January 11, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Backward Step for Philippine Women

An NGO health worker holds contraceptive pills during a family planning session with housewives availing free pills in Tondo, Manila August 6, 2012.

December 9, 2015 News Release

Africa: Strengthen Steps to End Child Marriage

Finance, Carry Out National Action Plans

A young, unmarried girl stands amid a herd of cattle outside Bor, the capital of Jonglei State. Cattle carry significant social, economic, and cultural importance for South Sudan's pastoralist ethnic groups, which use cows for payment of dowry.

December 9, 2015 Statement

Ending Child Marriage in Africa

Opening the Door for Girls' Education, Health, and Freedom from Violence

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