Press Releases

Nepal Enacts Legislation to Protect Women’s Rights to Bodily Autonomy

10.19.18 - (PRESS RELEASE) - The Center for Reproductive Rights welcomes Nepal ‘s official enactment of the “Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Rights Act, 2018” (RH Act)…

Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court

10.06.18 - (PRESS RELEASE) Statement of Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights:…

Lawmakers and Civil Society Pressure Department of State to Bring Back Deleted Reproductive Rights Sections in Annual Human Rights Reports

10.03.18 - (PRESS RELEASE)--129 Members of the House of Representatives have joined with 97 Civil Society organizations calling on the Department of State to include Reproductive Rights in the Annual Human Rights…

Virginia District Court Rejects Bid to Halt Lawsuit Against the Commonwealth’s Longstanding Abortion Restrictions

09.26.18 - (PRESS RELEASE) A Virginia federal court today rejected the Commonwealth’s efforts to shut down litigation brought by a group of…

Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on Third Sexual Assault Report Against Judge Brett Kavanaugh

09.26.18 - Statement of Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights:…

The Center for Reproductive Rights Sues the Department of State over Deletion of Reproductive Rights from the Annual Human Rights Reports

09.25.18 - (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of State (DOS) for refusing to release records related to the deletion of the reproductive rights subsection from DOS’s 2017 Country Reports on…

Council of Europe Decision Calls on Poland to Immediately Grant Women Access to Legal Abortion Care and Services

09.25.18 - (09.21.2018) GENEVA -- The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe today called on…

Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on Sexual Assault Reports Against Judge Brett Kavanaugh

09.24.18 - (PRESS RELEASE) Statement of Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights:…