Center for Reproductive Rights
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Today, we celebrate World Safe Patient Day and this year's theme,
"Safe maternal and newborn care."
The Center for Reproductive Rights works to improve access to
respectful, quality, non-discriminatory reproductive and maternal
health care throughout the world through advocacy, litigation, and
human rights research and fact-finding.
Keep reading to learn more about recent developments in this
work.
United States
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U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Ends Almost All Abortion Care in Texas
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On September 1, the U.S. Supreme Court denied our emergency request to
block Texas's radical new abortion ban, which took effect earlier that
day. Then, last week, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a new
lawsuit against the state of Texas over this ban.
The law, S.B. 8, bans abortion care after approximately six
weeks of pregnancy-before many people know they're pregnant. As
with other abortion restrictions, S.B. 8 will disproportionately harm
people who already face discriminatory obstacles to accessing health
care, including people of color, those living on low incomes, and
those in rural areas.
We will keep fighting this ban alongside our client and partner,
Whole Woman's Health, until abortion access is restored in Texas.
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Latin America and the Caribbean
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Chile Agrees to End Forced Sterilization Practices
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In 2002, Francisca gave birth to a healthy baby in a Chilean
hospital-and was then sterilized without her consent by the
doctor who performed her Cesarean section. The doctors decided to
perform the surgical sterilization because they thought it was
irresponsible for an HIV-positive woman to have more children.
After more than a decade of litigation, the government of Chile
announced it has entered into a "friendly settlement" with our client,
Francisca, to provide her with reparations and to reform its policies
to protect against forced sterilization and discrimination for people
living with HIV.
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Asia
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Nepal Agrees to Decriminalize Abortion and Protect SRHR
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In 2018, Nepal enacted the Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health
Rights Act, which was intended to respect, protect, and fulfill
women's reproductive rights and recognize the right to access
abortion. But since the Act failed to fully decriminalize abortion,
women faced a continued risk of prosecution for abortion care.
After years of advocacy by the Center for Reproductive Rights and
our Nepal-based partners, the government of Nepal has agreed to
decriminalize abortion and protect the sexual and reproductive health
and rights (SRHR) of women and girls across the country.
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Latin America and the Caribbean
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Causa Justa: The Fight to Decriminalize Abortion in Colombia
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The Center for Reproductive Rights and our Colombia-based partners are
awaiting a decision by the Constitutional Court of Colombia that could
decriminalize abortion throughout the country.
The decriminalization of abortion would remove the obstacles and
stigmas that prevent women and girls from accessing the reproductive
health care they need.
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