Reproductive Rights and Abortion

Americas

November 19, 2018 Interview

Interview: Defying the Dominican Republic’s Abortion Law
Americas

November 19, 2018 News Release

Dominican Republic: Abortion Ban Endangers Health
Europe/Central Asia

October 3, 2018 Dispatches

Once Optimistic, Poland’s Women’s Rights Activists Live in Climate of Fear

Hillary Margolis
Researcher, Women's Rights Division

Videos Watch More

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

Reports More Reports

November 19, 2018

“It’s Your Decision, It’s Your Life”

The Total Criminalization of Abortion in the Dominican Republic
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

News

September 28, 2018 Dispatches

Escalating Global Effort for Safe, Legal Abortion

Margaret Wurth
Senior Researcher, Children's Rights Division
September 24, 2018 Commentary

Presidential Candidates Need to Heed Abortion Debate

Margaret Wurth
Senior Researcher, Children's Rights Division

Published In: Huffington Post Brazil
September 6, 2018 Letter

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights on Argentina
August 31, 2018 News Release

Guatemala: Reject ‘Life and Family Protection’ Law
August 8, 2018 News Release

Argentina: Pass Law to Legalize Abortion
July 31, 2018 News Release

Brazil: Decriminalize Abortion
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

Daily Brief

December 12, 2018

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