reprorights.bsky.social
For 30 years, we have used the power of law to advance reproductive rights as fundamental human rights around the world.
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These attacks pose a fundamental threat to ALL of our bodily autonomy and we refuse to be silent. Are you with us?
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"Today it’s the rights of transgender people, and next we expect politicians and judges will come after birth control, IVF – anything that empowers us to make decisions about our own bodies and futures." —Nancy Northup, Center for Reproductive Rights President and CEO
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“With this ruling, the Supreme Court has once again taken a wrecking ball to Americans' rights to make decisions about their own bodies." —Nancy Northup, Center for Reproductive Rights President and CEO
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“As we face a new wave of extremism, we need the FACE Act enforced and strengthened, NOT repealed.” bit.ly/3HaZvl1
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“In the wake of violence and blockades against clinics in the 1990s, Congress passed the FACE Act with strong bi-partisan support to protect reproductive health care clinics, staff and patients.” bit.ly/3FRTTvK
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“As recently as last month, an extremist exploded a bomb outside of a fertility clinic in California.”
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“In the reproductive rights movement, we are tragically familiar with politically-motivated violence meant to scare us out of exercising our rights and intimidate us into silence.”
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The assailant’s hit list also included abortion providers and advocates. Our president and CEO, Nancy Northup: “We grieve for all those impacted by this targeted violence, and we are thankful all our clients in the area are safe and accounted for.”
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And if you believe your confidential health information has been misused by a CPC, or you are concerned about your treatment at one of these places, we want to hear from you! secure.reproductiverights.org/a/fake-clinics
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CPCs in Texas receive millions in public funding — they should not be willfully deceiving the public and putting their private information at risk. Read our full letter here: bit.ly/3FQN11F
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We are calling on Ken Paxton to investigate Woman to Woman. If they know that they are not legally bound by HIPAA yet are telling patients they adhere to it on their site, they are willfully tricking people — and that sounds like fraud to us.
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Given all the news we’ve seen recently of people’s personal information being tracked to determine if they had an abortion, this should RAISE SOME CONCERNS. It’s also a complete disservice to the women who go to these places thinking they will receive privacy and healthcare.
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In fact, Woman to Woman’s “Notice of Privacy Practices” even says they may share sensitive information “with outside legal entities.” MORE ALARMINGLY, Care Net says it can share information if “there exists morally compelling circumstances to break confidentiality.”
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HOWEVER, there are no doctors listed on their website, and the only people required to follow HIPAA are healthcare workers and health plans. CPC workers have NO legal obligation to keep their clients’ information private. And clients would have no right to legal action if their info were shared.
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And that brings us back to our letter! We believe that Woman to Woman is deceiving their clients into thinking their privacy is protected when it isn’t. They claim “Woman to Woman adheres to the terms outlined by HIPAA…”
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🤔 You might be thinking, “this is important information for a doctor to have." Well, we are so sorry to inform you: most of these places have NO actual doctors on staff!
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CPCs also collect a lot of their clients’ personal information. Care Net, an organization closely affiliated with Woman to Woman, instructs its workers to collect the last date of new clients’ menstrual cycles, ask if they use contraception, and record any prior pregnancies on intake forms.
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Instead, they lure vulnerable people with vague language about free pregnancy “resources” and then often lie to them about risks involved with abortion.
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For background: crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) are fake clinics that may *look* like medical offices, but that do not provide abortions or prenatal care.
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Ready to take a stand against violence? Join us in telling Congress to VOTE NO on repealing the FACE Act. reproductiverights.org/tell-congres...
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The FACE Act was passed decades ago with strong bi-partisan support in the wake of extremists’ violence and blockades against reproductive health clinics. Now, as we’re facing a new wave of horrifying extremism, it is clear that the FACE Act needs to be enforced and strengthened, NOT repealed.
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We are all in on the fight to protect and expand our reproductive rights—but our work is only possible with your support. Chip in today and your gift will be doubled!
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We are so proud to have helped enact this important legislation in close collaboration with our clients Maine Family Planning, and to have helped secure similar wins this year in New York, Colorado, and Vermont!
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The law, which goes into effect in September, allows providers to remove their names from medication abortion prescription labels, creating an added layer of safety and security for telehealth providers who care for patients located in states that have banned abortion.
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We are honored to have taken part in this movement, and we are celebrating this victory for Fátima—and for girls everywhere—together with our global partners. 👏👏👏
Read more about the "They Are Girls, Not Mothers" movement:
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This historic moment, made possible thanks to litigation initiated in 2019 by the “They Are Girls, Not Mothers” Movement, reaffirms a fundamental principle: no girl should be forced to face an unwanted pregnancy and motherhood.
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This decision is a HUGE MILESTONE in guaranteeing global human rights as it obligates Guatemala and more than 170 Member States to modify their laws to guarantee voluntary pregnancy termination and ensure that no girl faces forced pregnancy or motherhood.
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“Thousands of girls around the world, including in the U.S., are facing forced pregnancies and motherhood as a result of sexual violence, and this robs them of their dreams and their future.” —Nancy Northup, President and CEO of @reprorights.bsky.social
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In its ruling, the Committee also emphasized that forced motherhood profoundly interrupts and limits girls' life projects, affecting their personal, educational, and professional aspirations, and seriously violating their right to a dignified life.
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“Our girls were born to learn, to play, to dream of bright futures—not to mother or bear the consequences of violence. Forced motherhood is a form of torture. The UN has established this.” —Catalina Martínez Coral, VP for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Center for Reproductive Rights
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The UN decided that Guatemala’s refusal to provide Fátima with essential reproductive health care—including the legal abortion she was entitled to—violated her right to be free from torture, cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment.
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The UN recognized that Guatemala failed in its duty to protect Fátima, who at 13 was blamed for the violence she experienced, forced to interrupt her studies, and later suffered from severe mental health problems because of the trauma.
Meanwhile, her attacker was never captured.
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Read the full story:
apnews.com/article/abor...
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Upon review, the government found the hospital did in fact violate EMTALA, a federal law which says ALL hospitals must provide stabilizing care to ALL patients, including pregnant people, even if that care is abortion care.
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We filed a complaint on Kyliegh’s behalf, prompting officials to investigate the Texas hospital that denied her care.
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Read our full statement here: