Center for Reproductive Rights: Front Lines
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April 2022 Front Lines
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In March, we saw a landmark ruling that affirmed the right to abortion
care in Kenya. This month, the Center honors the fifth anniversary of
Black Maternal Health Week in the United States, and issues a critical
call-to-action to protect the sexual and reproductive health and
rights of people fleeing war in Ukraine. Keep reading to learn more.
Europe
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Call to Action: Protecting SRHR of People Affected by the War in
Ukraine
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The Center has joined over ninety civil society organizations in a
call to action urging the European Union, the United Nations, donor
governments and other international decision makers to address grave
concerns about the sexual and reproductive health care needs of people
in Ukraine as well as those fleeing the country. Humanitarian response
plans, financing and assistance should respect human rights and
prioritize the sexual and reproductive health and rights.
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Africa
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VICTORY: High Court of Malindi Rules on Right to Abortion in Kenya
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For years, health care providers and women and girls of reproductive
age in Kenya trying to access abortion care have been routinely
harassed and wrongfully arrested under the 1963 Penal Code, which
criminalized all abortion care. But in a new ruling in a case brought
by the Center and the Reproductive Health Network Kenya, the High
Court of Kenya in Malindi affirmed that abortion care is a fundamental
right under the Constitution of Kenya, and condemned the arbitrary
arrests and prosecution of patients and health care providers.
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Asia
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A New Law Decriminalizes Consensual Adolescent Sexual Activity in the
Philippines
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For years, the Center for Reproductive Rights has been working in the
Philippines and other countries to ensure that adolescents have sexual
autonomy as recognized by international human rights laws. And just
last month, the President of the Philippines signed an amended law
that decriminalizes consensual, non-exploitative sexual activity among
adolescents in the country. With this new law, for the first time, the
government recognizes adolescents as rights holders.
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United States
Black Maternal Health Week
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Black Mamas Matter Alliance
Black Maternal Health Week '22: Centering Black Systems of
Reproductive Health Care
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The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality ratio in the developed
world and is one of only 13 countries where
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maternal mortality is rising. That's why this month, the Center joined
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Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA)-a national network of
maternal health, human rights, and reproductive justice
leaders-to amplify issues critical to Black birthing people
during Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW). Through the Center's
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Maternal Health and Rights Initiative, which focuses on improving
maternal health equity and outcomes in the U.S., the Center
collaborates with BMMA and its partners on proactive and progressive
maternal health policy.
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"Today's victory is for all women, girls, and health care providers
who have been treated as criminals for seeking and providing abortion
care."
-Evelyne Opondo, Senior Regional Director for Africa at the
Center for Reproductive Rights
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