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June 3, 2019 Dispatches

Intersecting Human Rights Issues Central to UN Discussion of Surrogacy

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

May 15, 2019 Dispatches

Alabama’s Abortion Ban Is A Dark Day for Women

Criminalizing Abortion Puts Women and Girls’ Health at Serious Risk

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

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

A green handkerchief with the hashtags #DéjameDecidir (let me decide) and #AbortoPorViolación (abortion in cases of rape) has become emblematic of the campaign for the decriminalization of abortion in Ecuador.

March 14, 2019 Dispatches

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

Abortion Bills in Five States Threaten Reproductive Rights

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.

March 13, 2019 Dispatches

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

Trump Administration Removes Data on Global Reproductive Rights

Then-Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 13, 2018. © 2018 Reuters

February 15, 2019 Dispatches

The BBC Let Down Women On Abortion

Institution Says Issue is too ‘Contentious’

A promo shot from Season 7 of Call the Midwife

February 7, 2019 Dispatches

Pushing Back Trump’s Attack on Reproductive Choice

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

A woman walks past a mural on a Family Health Options clinic in the Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya, May 16, 2017. © 2017 Reuters

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.”

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

Rosa Hernández, une femme dominicaine photographiée devant une photo de sa fille, Rosaura Almonte Hernández, décédée en 2012 à l'âge de 16 ans. Rosaura, surnommée «Esperancita» (« petit espoir »), était enceinte et atteinte de leucémie.

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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