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Study Shows U.S. Abortion Rights in Trouble
If the U.S. Supreme Court were to overturn Roe v. Wade today, over 70 million women in more than half of the country could lose their right to choose abortion within a year’s time, some just in a matter of weeks. According to a new study published by the Center for Reproductive Rights, What If Roe Fell?, only 20 states would likely protect women against the enforcement of abortion bans. Learn more >>>
Center's Victory in Nebraska, Strike 3 for Federal Abortion Ban
On September 8, 2004, a third federal judge, in Nebraska, declared the "Partial Birth Abortion Act of 2003" unconstitutional, recognizing the law as a threat to women's health. The ban, challenged by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf of Nebraska physician Dr. LeRoy Carhart and three other physicians, failed to provide any exception if a woman's health is at stake and would ban more than just a single procedure. Learn more >>>
Years of Advocacy Lead to Release of Fourteen Nepalese Women Imprisoned for Abortion-related Offenses; Others Continue to Languish in Prison
Nepalese and international reproductive rights advocates, including the Center for Reproductive Rights, are applauding King Gyanendra’s pardon of 12 women imprisoned for abortion-related offenses. In addition, the government agreed to commute the sentences of two other women. Although the king has issued similar pardons, this is the largest number of women ever granted amnesty for abortion. The pardon was issued on November 8, 2004 to mark the country’s fifteenth Constitution Day. It comes more than two years after Nepal legalized abortion, which had been prohibited under all circumstances including rape and incest.
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