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October 28, 2021 News Release

Illinois: Legislature Repeals Harmful Abortion Restriction

Move Will Protect Young People’s Rights, Dignity, Access to Health Care

Abortion rally in Chicaco, Illinois, US.
September 16, 2021 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Review of Ecuador

80th Session

September 14, 2021 News Release

Mexico: Landmark Reproductive Rights Rulings

Women’s Autonomy Should Be at Center of Abortion Regulation

A woman holds up a banner that reads "My body, I decide" during a rally to celebrate the decision of the Mexican Supreme Court that found the total criminalization of abortion to be unconstitutional, in Saltillo, Mexico September 7, 2021.
September 8, 2021 Dispatches

Texas and US Supreme Court Deal Blow to Reproductive Rights

New Law Prohibits Nearly All Abortion Essentially After Six Weeks of Pregnancy

Protesters march from City Hall to the federal courthouse in protest of the new state abortion law in Houston, Texas on September 5th, 2021.
August 24, 2021 Statement

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

69th Pre-Session

Skyline with the skyscrapers in the financial area of Doha, the capital of Qatar. © 2017 Sergi Reboredo/AP Images
August 24, 2021 Statement

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

69th Pre-Session

July 14, 2021 News Release

Ecuador: Criminalizing Abortion Affects Rights, Health

Greatest Harm for Indigenous, Afro-Descendent People Living in Poverty

Feminist activists and pro-choice groups witness a debate at Ecuador’s National Assembly on Criminal Code reform, in which there was a possibility that legislators would approve the decriminalization of abortion in cases involving rape, in Quito, Ecuador, on January 3, 2019.
July 1, 2021 Report

Germany: Inaction on Heat Plans Threatens Health

Pregnancy Risks Left Out of Climate Change Planning

A woman shields herself from the sun with an umbrella on a hot summer day in Cologne, Germany, July 25, 2019. 
June 16, 2021 News Release

Africa: Prioritize Education to Safeguard Children’s Rights

Guarantee Free Education for All; Tackle Abuses

“Angela,” 20, walks with her son near her home after returning from school in Migori county, western Kenya
June 10, 2021 Statement

The Right of Everyone to Sexual and Reproductive Health: Challenges and Opportunities During Covid-19

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health

Banners and posters from a sit-in by pro-choice activists at the Ministry of Health in Rome on July 2, 2020.
May 6, 2021 News Release

Afghanistan: Health Care for Women Hit by Aid Cuts

Dropping Donor Support Threatens Essential Services

A new mother holds her hour-old baby in the maternity ward at Dasht-e-Barchi hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 2020. She had travelled from neighboring Laghman province to give birth at the hospital. On May 12, 2020, unidentified gunmen attacked the hospital’s maternity ward, killing 24 people, including 16 mothers, 2 children, and a midwife. Three new mothers were killed in the delivery room. Another 20 people, including babies, were injured in the four-hour attack. Ongoing security concerns have lef
April 22, 2021 News Release

Dominican Republic: End Total Abortion Ban

Lawmakers Should Enact Proposed Criminal Code Reform

An abortion rights activist holds a plastic medallion reading "For the #3Causales (#3LegalGrounds), Life, Health and Dignity" during a protest to urge parliament to approve a proposed reform to the penal code that could end the total ban on abortion, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic March 18, 2021. 
April 20, 2021 Letter

Coalition Letter to President Biden: Addressing the Climate Crisis’ Domestic Impacts on Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes

US President Joe Biden signs a series of executive orders on tackling climate change on January 27, 2021 in Washington, DC.
April 20, 2021 Report

US: Include Maternal Health in Climate Change Action

Pregnant People, Infants, Children Particularly Vulnerable

US President Joe Biden signs a series of executive orders on tackling climate change on January 27, 2021 in Washington, DC.
March 29, 2021 Statement

Human Rights Watch Testimony to the DC Legislature Council In Support Of Bill 24 - 0026

Provided by Skye Wheeler on March 29, 2021

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