TAG: reproductive rights

Our sexual and reproductive rights are not negotiable!

As the pace of Brazilian presidential election campaign accelerates once again abortion rights are caught into the eye of the storm. Last week, the Ministry of Health suspended a recently adopted ordinance aimed at precisely identifying abortion procedures in those cases permitted by law and defining new levels of financial coverage for these procedures. Beatriz […]

WHO Inter-Agency statement on Forced Sterilisation

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a statement aimed at contributing to the elimination of forced, coercive and otherwise involuntary sterilization. It reaffirms that sterilization as a method of contraception and family planning should be available, accessible, acceptable, of good quality, and free from discrimination, coercion and violence, and that laws, regulations, policies and […]

WHO: 800 women dead daily from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth

According to World Health Organization, every day, approximately 800 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. From this total, 99% of the deaths occur in developing countries. Read more.

International Statement on Women’s Right to Safe Abortion and the Post-2015 Agenda

Preliminary list of signatories and the statement in English and Spanish.

Tennessee Becomes First State to Jail Women for Pregnancy Outcomes

According to Alternet, Tennessee has become the first state in U.S. to pass a law criminalizing women for their pregnancy outcomes. Click here to learn more.

Philippine court upholds contraceptive law as constitutional

The Philippines Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a family planning law but ruled out provisions to punish health workers who do not inform people about contraceptive options. Read more on Reuters. And click here to read former lawmaker Edcel C. Lagman’s article about the Supreme Court decision.

Forcing a woman to have a caesarean is an assault we won’t tolerate

Read The Guardian’s article about the case of a Brazilian women taken by police to have a cesarean, despite her will to have a vaginal birth. Here.

Brazilian Government Gives Monetary Reparations As Part of Historic United Nations Maternal Death Case

In a ceremony today, the Brazilian government gave monetary reparations to Maria Lourdes da Silva Pimentel, the mother of Alyne—an Afro-Brazilian woman who did not receive immediate medical attention for her pregnancy complications and later died. The reparations are part of the first United Nations ruling on human rights violations in her maternal death case. […]

Women’s Rights in the Dominican Republic Take Center Stage at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Reproductive health and human rights advocates testified today in Washington, D.C. on women’s rights issues, including discrimination, violence and reproductive rights violations in the Dominican Republic. Read more on Center for Reproductive Rights website.

Brazil Takes Step to Implement Historic United Nations Ruling in Maternal Death Case

United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Approves Monetary Reparations Agreement with Brazilian Government for the Mother of Alyne da Silva Pimentel. Click here to learn more.

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Fifty-seventh session

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, at its recently concluded session, issued a statement on sexual and reproductive health and rights, which is its contribution to the ICPD@20 review process. The Committee reminds us that it “has observed that failure of a State party to provide services and the criminalisation of some […]

Constitutional court issues decision on abortion restrictions in Bolivia

In a ruling that marks a significant step forward for women’s rights in the region, Bolivia’s highest court, the Plurinational Constitutional Court, issued a decision ending the requirement for judicial authorization for women seeking legal abortion in Bolivia. Click here to learn more.