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Statement on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing Dates

08.10.18 - 08.10.18 (PRESS RELEASE) Said Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights:
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New Directors Join Board of Center for Reproductive Rights

08.06.18 - (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights, a global legal advocacy organization that fights to ensure reproductive rights are guaranteed in law as human rights, announced three new members of the organization’s Board of Directors…

Center for Reproductive Rights, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health Submit Amicus Brief in Support of the “Janes”

08.06.18 - (PRESS RELEASE) Today the Center for Reproductive Rights, the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF), and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) filed an

Center for Reproductive Rights Comment on Proposed Title X Regulations

07.31.18 - Title X is the only federal program that is exclusively dedicated to bringing reproductive health care services to over four million low-income, under- and uninsured women and men. For many women, Title X providers are their primary or only source of health care…

Trial Concludes in Challenge to Unconstitutional Texas Abortion Restrictions

07.20.18 - (PRESS RELEASE) A trial concluded today in Texas federal district court in a lawsuit brought by lead plaintiff Whole Woman’s Health and other Texas abortion providers, represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights, the Lawyering Project, and Morrison & Foerster LLP…

Lawsuit Filed Against HHS for Refusing to Release Documents Regarding New Office for Civil Rights Division

07.19.18 - (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights and the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) today filed suit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for refusing…

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Our Work in Focus

Why Roe v. Wade Matters
Black Mamas Matter: A Toolkit for Advancing the Human Right to Safe and Respectful Maternal Health Care
(Revised 05.08.18) The Center originally published this toolkit in 2016. Since then, our collaborators have taken the movement for Black maternal health, rights, and justice to new levels…
Tools of Transformation
Across the United States, Black women die or suffer serious illness during and after childbirth in dramatically disproportionate numbers—three to four times higher—than do their white counterparts…