Redefining Health: Center for Reproductive Rights and Anand Grover working together
As covered previously, Special Rapporteur Anand Grover has been using his position to redefine the “right to health” as including access to abortion. His argument is two fold. First, unsafe abortion is a “leading cause” of maternal mortality and is more likely in countries where abortion is criminalized. Second, because unsafe abortion is a leading [...]
More Background on Costa Rica’s IVF Fight
It is no surprise that a major player in the push to force IVF in Costa Rica is the Center for Reproductive Rights. In 2004, CRR filed an amicus brief to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, arguing that Costa Rica’s 2000 ban on IVF: “violates the couples’ rights to have children and develop their [...]
CRR, Congressman Chris Smith and Kenya
The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) just sent out a press release blasting a recent trip to Kenya made by pro-life Congressman Chris Smith because of remarks he made regarding the recently passed revision of the Kenyan constitution which loosens restrictions on abortion. Smith condemned the new Kenyan constitution’s decriminalization of abortion in emergency situations [...]
UNFPA and CRR Team Up on Contraceptives
UNFPA has teamed up with the vociferous Center for Reproductive Rights to issue a new briefing paper on The Rights to Contraceptive Information and Services for Women and Adolescents. UNFPA gives a short overview: This briefing paper examines the right to access contraceptive information and services for women and adolescents. It provides practical guidance for [...]
Constitutional Meddling and Deleting a Right to Life
During last February’s Commission on the Status of Women, activists were afraid progressive reproductive health provisions would not be included in the Kenyan constitution. This year, two NGO-CSW panels celebrated the passing of the Kenyan Constitution and gave advice to groups hoping to influence other national constitutions similar to Kenya. At the first informal panel, [...]