Reproductive Rights and Abortion

Americas

August 31, 2018 News Release

Guatemala: Reject ‘Life and Family Protection’ Law
Americas

August 8, 2018 News Release

Argentina: Pass Law to Legalize Abortion
Brazil

July 31, 2018 News Release

Brazil: Decriminalize Abortion

Videos Watch More

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

Reports More Reports

July 12, 2017

Neglected and Unprotected

The Impact of the Zika Outbreak on Women and Girls in Northeastern Brazil
May 22, 2017

“No Control, No Choice”

Lack of Access to Reproductive Healthcare in Sudan’s Rebel-Held Southern Kordofan
August 23, 2013

Rape Victims as Criminals

Illegal Abortion after Rape in Ecuador

News

September 6, 2018 Letter

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights on Argentina
July 26, 2018 Dispatches

Brazil Death Signals Need for Abortion Reform

Margaret Wurth
Senior Researcher, Children's Rights Division
July 23, 2018 Commentary

A Move to Undermine Women’s Reproductive Health

Kelly Flannery
NYU School of Law Fellow

Published In: The Hill
July 7, 2018 Dispatches

Changes on US Supreme Court Heighten Importance of Ballot Initiative

Kelly Flannery
NYU School of Law Fellow
June 29, 2018 Statement

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on El Salvador
June 27, 2018 Dispatches

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

Amanda Klasing
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division
June 12, 2018 Statement

Testimony at the Argentine Congress on decriminalization of abortion
June 12, 2018 News Release

Argentina: Decriminalize Abortion
June 5, 2018 Commentary

Nepali Mothers and an Irish Daughter

Tejshree Thapa
Senior South Asia Researcher

Published In: Nepali Times
May 31, 2018 Dispatches

What Ireland’s Abortion Referendum Means for Latin America

José Miguel Vivanco
Executive Director, Americas Division
May 26, 2018 Dispatches

Ireland Votes Overwhelmingly to Repeal Abortion Ban

Aisling Reidy
Senior Legal Advisor
May 22, 2018 Dispatches

US to Strip Funding from Women’s Health Providers

Amanda Klasing
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division

Daily Brief

September 21, 2018

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