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Author: Lourdes Rivera

Lourdes Rivera (she/her) is the senior vice president for U.S. programs at the Center for Reproductive Rights, where she leads all of the Center’s U.S. work, including litigation, judicial strategy, policy and human rights advocacy, partnerships, and mobilization of the legal profession.
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U.S. Abortion Retrogression in Global Context

Lourdes Rivera

Since 1994, 60 countries have liberalized their abortion laws. In contrast, the United States is experiencing profound retrogression on the right to abortion. So too is this occurring in other countries where democratic institutions have eroded, such as Poland and Nicaragua.

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We’ve Been Here Before: Inside the Latest Fight for Abortion Rights at the Supreme Court

Lourdes Rivera

If the law before the Supreme Court is allowed to stand, Louisiana will become the seventh state in the U.S. left with only one abortion provider—as a best-case scenario—and anti-abortion politicians across the country will be emboldened to pass more restrictions, leading to more clinic closures and pushing abortion access entirely out of reach for many women.

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