Center for Reproductive Rights
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The Center for Reproductive Rights will return to the United States
Supreme Court next term to defend the right to abortion, a right
recognized in the landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade. On May 17,
the Court granted Mississippi's request to review our case that
challenges the state's law banning abortion after 15 weeks.
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The fundamental right to make decisions about a person's body,
life, and future is essential to the pursuit of reproductive, racial
and economic justice, and the Center will continue fighting until that
right is recognized throughout the world.
Visit the World Abortion Laws Map for updates on the status of
legal abortion across the globe. Then, see the latest news from our
work around the world below.
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Europe
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Report highlights barriers to maternal health care faced by
undocumented migrants in the European Union
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Currently, 16 European Union member states do not provide undocumented
migrant women with equal access to affordable maternal health care
during pregnancy. This lack of access to maternal health care puts
pregnant people's health and lives at risk-and EU member states
must take steps to address and remove these harmful barriers that
prevent undocumented migrants from accessing care. The Center's recent
report, "Perilous Pregnancies," highlights recommendations for how
European Union member states can uphold the human rights of
undocumented migrants across the region.
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Bill to decriminalize abortion presented in Malta
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A bill to decriminalize abortion was just introduced in Malta, the
only European Union country to maintain a total abortion ban. Abortion
is currently prohibited in all circumstances in Malta; it's subject to
up to three years imprisonment for those procuring an abortion or
helping someone to do so, and four years imprisonment for doctors who
perform abortions. If adopted, this draft legislation would be a
significant step towards removing criminal penalties for abortion and
paving the way for Maltese women to access vital care in their own
country.
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Global Human Rights
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Center supports new bill that would require future State Department
reporting on reproductive rights
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Each year, the U.S. Department of State submits Country Reports on
Human Rights Practices that document the human rights situation in
nearly 150 countries around the world. After the Trump administration
eliminated the reproductive rights section of these reports-a
blatant rejection of the basic principle that reproductive rights are
human rights-new legislation would mandate it moving forward.
The Center is proud to support The Reproductive Rights are Human
Rights Act, recently introduced in Congress, which would require
reporting on maternal deaths, reproductive coercion, and access to
abortion, contraception and maternity care, and other reproductive
rights.
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"This draft bill is a historic first step towards reforming one of the
few remaining abortion bans in Europe. If adopted, the bill would
remove harmful criminal penalties and could pave the way to allow
women in Malta access to abortion care in their own country."
-Katrine Thomasen
Senior Legal Adviser for Europe on Malta's steps toward
decriminalizing abortion
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