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Justice for Manuela
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As we reflect on all that we've accomplished together this year, we
are reminded that our work is far from over in the fight to advance
reproductive rights around the world. From El Salvador to Tanzania, to
Slovakia and Colombia and beyond, we continue to leverage the power of
law to protect reproductive rights for all.
Latin America and the Caribbean
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Finally, Justice for Manuela
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In a landmark ruling, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has,
for the first time, established standards throughout the region to
help protect women seeking reproductive health care, including
abortion.
The ruling by the Court-which is the highest judicial body
for human rights in the Americas-came in Manuela v. El Salvador,
a case brought by the Center and our partners seeking justice for
Manuela. Manuela was a Salvadoran woman who, in 2008, was unjustly
sentenced to 30 years in prison after suffering an obstetric emergency
and died while imprisoned.
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Africa
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Protecting Abortion Access Under Kenya's Constitution
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In 2010, Kenya enacted a new constitution which recognizes health care
as a right and protects access to reproductive health care services,
including abortion. But more than a decade later, abortion care
services, including those allowed under the constitution, continue to
exist as crimes under the penal code.
We filed a case on behalf of a clinician and his minor patient
who were both arrested and prosecuted for providing and receiving
post-abortion care-emergency care that is recognized as a right
under the Kenya constitution.
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Protecting the Rights of Schoolgirls in Tanzania
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Education is the most direct pathway to a better life for girls living
in poverty. But for years, the Tanzanian government has forced public
school girls to undergo pregnancy testing and has permanently expelled
them if pregnant. On November 25, Tanzania's Minister of
Education announced that the country will end this regressive policy.
We argued a case before the African Committee of Experts on the
Rights and Welfare of the Child on November 22 representing six
Tanzanian schoolgirls who were expelled for being pregnant under these
discriminatory practices. We will continue to pursue our case until
this change is secured into government policy or law.
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Europe
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Defeating Harmful Legislation in Slovakia
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Together with our civil society partners, we have been working hard to
tackle regression on reproductive rights across Europe-and we're
achieving critical victories.
In November, the Slovak Parliament voted down new legislative
proposals that sought to introduce additional barriers and
restrictions on access to abortion in the country. As a result of
intensive mobilization and advocacy efforts, particularly by our
partners in Slovakia, the regressive and harmful legislative proposals
were defeated in a close parliamentary vote.
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With your unwavering support, our work continues. Thank you.
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