Top Features
Future Choices
This report from Jessica Arons explores the symbiotic relationship between assisted reproductive technology and the law and implications for policy.
More than a Choice
This report presents a vision of reproductive rights that broadens the current discourse beyond the stagnant abortion debate.
Women's Health Leadership Network
The WHLN represent a new generation of leaders in the reproductive health, rights, and justice movements and is part of the Center’s efforts to cultivate and promote emerging progressive voices and visions.Other Women's Health & Rights Features
May 8, 2008
Think Again: The Costs of Enforced Sexual Ignorance
A Texas Monthly study reveals again that abstinence-only education doesn't work, writes Eric Alterman.
April 25, 2008
Fair Pay is a Better Way
Fair wages are a better way to improve women's economic security than government promotion of marriage, write Jessica Arons and Alexandra Cawthorne.
March 27, 2008
What’s Not Being Said About Sex—And Who It’s Hurting
Abstinence-only programs are contributing to higher-than-ever rates of sexually transmitted infections among teen girls, writes Julie F. Kay.
January 22, 2008
Roe v. Wade: The Next 35 Years
Our world is changing, and we must take the time now to determine what the right to choose means in the 21st century, writes Jessica Arons.
December 18, 2007
Assisted Reproduction and Reproductive Justice
Experts at a CAP event discuss the implications of Jessica Arons’s new report on assisted reproductive technologies and the law.
December 17, 2007
Parentage Determinations
December 17, 2007
Insurance Coverage of Infertitlity Treatments
December 17, 2007
Disposition of Frozen Embryos
December 17, 2007
Assisted Reproductive Technologies: A Glossary
December 17, 2007
Guide to State Surrogacy Laws
November 30, 2007
World AIDS Day 2007
A by the numbers look at HIV and AIDS shows that hard work over recent years has brought good news, but there is still a lot of work to be done.
November 24, 2007
Morning-After Pill Not a Method of Abortion
October 16, 2007
Sex, Lies, and Embryos
August 9, 2007
The Fidelity Fallacy: The Link between HIV Infection and Marriage
Serra Sippel examines why marital sex is a leading cause of HIV infection in women worldwide and what can be done about it.
July 30, 2007
Signing Off On Discrimination
Bush brazenly misinterprets a measure to amend an important anti-discrimination measure in a statement threatening to veto the bill.
July 18, 2007
A Challenge to Progressives on Choice
July 11, 2007
Closing the Ledbetter Loophole
Soon after the Supreme Court's rollback of a workplace anti-discrimination law, Congress considers a measure to ensure equal treatment.
July 10, 2007
Fact Sheet: Immigration Policy and Reproductive Justice
About half of immigrants are women, and 95 percent of them are of childbearing age—a number that adds up to real need for reform.
June 25, 2007
Putting an End to the Albatross Myth
June 20, 2007
Summer of Service: A New Rite of Passage for Young Teens
Proposals to boost summer community service among teenagers before they enter high school are promising, says Shirley Sagawa.
June 12, 2007
The Right of Voluntary Marriage: Observations on the 40th Anniversary of the Loving v. Virginia ruling on interracial marriage
40 years after the landmark Supreme Court ruling on interracial marriage, Jessica Arons examines what it means to the world today.
June 11, 2007
And Justice for All: Embracing Sexual and Gender Diversity within the Faith Community
The faith community above all needs to set the example, writes Rev. Debra W. Haffner.
June 7, 2007
Leaders Must Speak Clearly On Abortion
June 6, 2007
What the Public Really Wants on Abortion Rights
Ruy Teixeira reports that America remains, on balance, a pro-choice country opposed to reversing Roe v. Wade.
May 17, 2007
Misjudging Women
May 16, 2007
The Failing State of Native American Women’s Health: Interview with Charon Asetoyer
Charon Asetoyer talks to CAP about the human rights abuses faced by women on American Indian reservations and how to save lives.
May 9, 2007
Treating Mothers with Dignity, Ending the Practice of Shackling during Delivery
It’s time to stop prisons from shackling mothers giving birth—a cruel and dangerous practice that is rarely warranted.
May 3, 2007
Health Care by the Numbers
America’s health care system is expensive and inefficient. Here’s a look at our broken health care system by the numbers.
April 20, 2007
Public Opinion Snapshot: America and Roe v. Wade
Despite this week’s Supreme Court decision, it’s still a pro Roe v. Wade country. The public supports abortion rights by a more than 2:1 majority.
April 18, 2007
Rolling Back Protections for Women
Today’s Supreme Court decision upholding the “Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003” deals a harsh blow to women’s health and safety.
April 16, 2007
Being a Radical Doula
April 9, 2007
Publish or Parent?
Campus Progress delves into the issue of unequal pay and promotion on college campuses.
March 29, 2007
Reproductive Rights Are Human Rights: A Global Perspective
The human rights framework is a powerful and successful tool for advancing a progressive agenda for women’s health and rights across the globe.
March 27, 2007
A Rush to Judgment
Critics of the effort to make the HPV vaccine mandatory should not overstate their case and mix weak arguments with valid ones.
March 12, 2007
Mothers Facing Pollution Risks Find Allies in the Religious Right
Religious Conservatives and Environmentalists are calling for stronger protections against pollution to promote healthy pregnancies.
March 12, 2007
Mandatory Opposition
Sam Berger argues that despite concerns over the HPV vaccine, understanding the issue means separating the good arguments from the bad.
March 9, 2007
Selling Sex to Save the Forest
March 8, 2007
International Women’s Day 2007
The U.S. has stepped up to recognize gendered violence as a human rights violation, but it still has a way to go when it comes to refugees.
February 27, 2007
Women Officeholders Still Trivialized
If the media can't stay focused on substantive critiques of Rice, Clinton, and Pelosi's positions, then we have serious work to do.
February 12, 2007
Beyond Abstinence-Only
Religious leaders lay out guidelines for faith communities to promote adolescent sexual health in an open, honest, and safe manner.
February 5, 2007
Leave No (Working) Families Behind: Marking an Anniversary
A progressive policy should include paid leave for the arrival of a child, taking care of elderly or disabled family, illness, and benefit protection.
January 24, 2007
The Pro-Choice Continuum
January 22, 2007
Anti-Choicers Get a Life
Campus Progress editor Dana Goldstein talks women's health and rights with Sen. Brownback and other Blogs4Life attendees.
January 22, 2007
What Roe Means to Me: Growing Up Under Legalized Abortion
Mary Mahoney of the Pro-Choice Public Education Project discusses how for young women, Roe v. Wade is just the beginning.
January 19, 2007
The Mommy Mantra
December 15, 2006
Rebuilding Our Middle Class, One Smart Step at a Time
One way to help employees and, yes, even employers, are paid sick days, write Christian E. Weller and Mirra Levitt.
December 11, 2006
New Nicaraguan Law Violates Human Rights
Denying necessary medical care—including abortion care—goes against basic human decency and violates a woman’s human rights.
December 8, 2006
Reproductive Rights are Human Rights: Promises Unfulfilled
Countries that have agreed to adhere to international human rights guarantees must not shirk their commitment to reproductive rights.
December 1, 2006
World AIDS Day 2006: Progress on Microbicides
Microbicides could give women power to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS, but we must ensure we get the technology to those who need it most.
November 22, 2006