A lousy procedure, a messy judgment: The European Human Rights Court’s newest attempt to fabricate a „Right to Abortion“

While for many years the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has simply failed to protect unborn children against being murdered (the lead case here is the ignominious Vo v. France decision of 2004, where the Court explicitly recognised that the embryo “belongs to the human race”, but at the same expressed doubts as to [...]

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Global Abortion Law Group Exploits Dominican Teenagers Death

The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) has one clear mission – unrestricted access to abortion worldwide. For years CRR has been challenging countries with restricted abortion laws by representing women that report to be harmed by pro-life policy. CRR is reporting that anti-abortion laws killed a 16 year old Dominican teenager due to chemotherapy being [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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