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Americas

June 18, 2019 News Release

Dominican Republic: Policies Fuel Teen Pregnancy
Americas

June 10, 2019 Commentary

What Life is Like When Abortion is Banned

Margaret Wurth
Senior Researcher, Children's Rights Division

Published In: The Progressive
Americas

June 6, 2019 Witness

Life or Death Choices for Women Living Under Honduras’ Abortion Ban

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November 19, 2018 Video

Dominican Republic: What happens when abortion is totally banned?
May 22, 2017 Video

Sudan: Obstruction of Aid Denies Women Lifesaving Health Care
February 28, 2017 Video

Video: Trump's New Gag Rule Puts Women's Lives at Risk

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June 18, 2019

“I Felt Like the World Was Falling Down on Me”

Adolescent Girls’ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Dominican Republic
February 6, 2019

“The Breath of the Government on My Back”

Attacks on Women’s Rights in Poland
November 19, 2018

“It’s Your Decision, It’s Your Life”

The Total Criminalization of Abortion in the Dominican Republic

News

June 6, 2019 News Release

Honduras: Abortion Ban’s Dire Consequences
June 3, 2019 Dispatches

Intersecting Human Rights Issues Central to UN Discussion of Surrogacy

Heather Barr
Acting Co-Director, Women's Rights Division
May 15, 2019 Dispatches

Alabama’s Abortion Ban Is A Dark Day for Women

Amanda Klasing
Acting Co-Director, Women's Rights Division
April 25, 2019 News Release

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

Janet Walsh
Deputy Director, Women’s Rights Division
April 1, 2019 News Release

Ecuador: Decriminalize Abortion in Rape Cases
March 14, 2019 Dispatches

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

Philippa H Stewart
Senior Media Officer
March 13, 2019 Dispatches

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

Amanda Klasing
Acting Co-Director, Women's Rights Division
February 15, 2019 Dispatches

The BBC Let Down Women On Abortion

Philippa H Stewart
Senior Media Officer
February 7, 2019 Dispatches

Pushing Back Trump’s Attack on Reproductive Choice

Amanda Klasing
Acting Co-Director, Women's Rights Division
February 6, 2019 News Release

Poland: Women’s Rights Activists Targeted

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Double Drama for Democracy in Turkey: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

Turkey sees a significant opposition victory as a major trial begins; all-out human rights crisis in the Philippines; Australia needs to be heard; attack on journalists in the Central African Republic; torture in Uzbekistan; flying the flag for human rights; and details of the conditions children face in US border jails continue to shock the world...