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Center for Reproductive Rights, Inc.

The Center for Reproductive Rights is a global legal organization advancing reproductive health and autonomy.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Sirpa Pietikäinen (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Nov 2025 · SRHR

Reproductive rights groups demand EU protection from anti-gender attacks

5 Sept 2025
Topic — The European Commission is developing a strategy to protect and empower EU civil society.
Message — The Center for Reproductive Rights calls for a gender-sensitive protection mechanism and early warning system to safeguard health advocates. They also urge the EU to provide sustainable funding and ensure these groups are included in policy-making.12
Why — These measures would provide financial stability and better security for reproductive health advocates.3
Impact — Anti-rights actors lose the ability to capture public funds and delegitimize gender equality organizations.4
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Response to Gender Equality Strategy 2026-2030

8 Aug 2025

The European Commission has a clear mandate, within the EUs areas of competence, to promote respect for gender equality, womens fundamental rights and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). The Commissions next Gender Equality Strategy represents a critical opportunity to ensure that SRHR is a key priority for the EU in efforts to ensure continued progress on guaranteeing womens rights and gender equality across the EU in years to come.
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Meeting with Billy Kelleher (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

3 Jul 2025 · Inequality in health

Center for Reproductive Rights Urges EU to Protect LGBTIQ Healthcare

20 Jun 2025
Topic — The European Commission is drafting the 2026-2030 LGBTIQ Equality Strategy to combat discrimination.
Message — The Center calls for comprehensive anti-discrimination laws covering healthcare and gender-affirming care. They request increased funding and better enforcement of court rulings across member states. They also advocate for including reproductive autonomy in the EU Charter.123
Why — This proposal would secure more funding and stronger legal tools for their reproductive rights advocacy.4
Impact — Conservative member states would face legal penalties for restricting LGBTIQ or reproductive rights.5
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Meeting with Hadja Lahbib (Commissioner) and

27 May 2025 · Collaborate to advance our shared goals on SRHR

Meeting with Marko Vešligaj (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and European Women's Lobby and

5 Mar 2025 · Gender Equality Strategy 2025-2029

Reproductive rights group urges inclusion of contraception

27 Feb 2025
Topic — The EU is consulting on legislation to secure medicine supply chains.
Message — Include contraception and abortion medication in the upcoming Critical Medicines Act. Align the European Union list with World Health Organization standards.12
Why — This would protect medicine supplies from shortages and political interference.3
Impact — Anti-rights governments lose the ability to restrict access by stopping production.4
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Meeting with Krzysztof Śmiszek (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Feb 2025 · Sexual and reproductive rights

Meeting with Sirpa Pietikäinen (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Feb 2025 · SRHR

Meeting with Alice Kuhnke (Member of the European Parliament) and International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network

19 Feb 2025 · Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Meeting with Heléne Fritzon (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Feb 2025 · SRHR

Meeting with Hanna Gedin (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Feb 2025 · SRHR

Meeting with Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Feb 2025 · Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Roundtable

Meeting with Alice Kuhnke (Member of the European Parliament) and DSW (Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung) and

29 Jan 2025 · All of Us abortion network SRHR start-up event

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Jan 2025 · Exchange on Women's Rights

Meeting with Maria Noichl (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Dec 2024 · SRHR

Meeting with Abir Al-Sahlani (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Oct 2024 · Breakfast briefing on the CEDAW Inquiry into Poland's Abortion Law

Meeting with Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Oct 2024 · CEDAW inquiry into Polands Abortion Law

Meeting with Per Clausen (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Oct 2024 · Breakfast briefing om abort i Polen

Meeting with Alice Kuhnke (Member of the European Parliament) and DSW (Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung) and

26 Sept 2024 · SRHR

Meeting with Mélissa Camara (Member of the European Parliament) and International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network

26 Sept 2024 · Présentation de leurs travaux

Meeting with Lesia Radelicki (Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli)

25 Sept 2024 · Discussion on upcoming plans for work on gender equality and SRHR

Meeting with Valérie Devaux (Member of the European Parliament) and International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network

24 Sept 2024 · Sexual and reproductive health and rights

Meeting with Isabel Wiseler-Lima (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Save the Children Europe and

4 Sept 2024 · Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union s policy on the matter – annual report 2024

Meeting with Sirpa Pietikäinen (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Feb 2024 · The EU’s regulatory framework on medicinal products

Rights group urges EU to end contraceptive medicine exemptions

8 Nov 2023
Topic — The consultation reviews the EU's general pharmaceutical legal framework to ensure medicine affordability.
Message — The organization wants to remove a specific legal exception that lets countries restrict access to contraceptives and abortion medication. They argue these products should be treated exactly like other essential medicines under EU law.12
Why — Deleting this exemption would strengthen legal arguments for cross-border access to reproductive healthcare services.34
Impact — Conservative governments lose their legal ability to block specific pharmaceutical products based on national ideology.5
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Meeting with Alice Kuhnke (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Oct 2023 · SRHR for Ukrainian Refugees

Center for Reproductive Rights Urges Medical Access for Victims

26 Sept 2023
Topic — The Commission is revising legislation to ensure all crime victims can rely on their rights.
Message — The Center urges the Directive to include access to medical care and reproductive health services. They argue support should extend beyond psychological help to include emergency contraception or abortion.123
Why — Mandating medical care ensures survivors receive essential services critical for their recovery and rehabilitation.4
Impact — Victims face further suffering if denied access to time-sensitive sexual and reproductive health services.5
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Meeting with Frances Fitzgerald (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Amnesty International Limited and

14 Sept 2023 · Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence

Meeting with Predrag Fred Matić (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Jun 2023 · Care in crisis: SRHR access for Ukrainian refugees

Meeting with Alice Kuhnke (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Jun 2023 · SRHR for Ukrainian refugees

Meeting with Terry Reintke (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Jun 2023 · "Care in Crisis" - SRHR - (APA Meeting)

Meeting with Frances Fitzgerald (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Jun 2023 · Ukrainian refugees access to SRHR

Meeting with Terry Reintke (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Mar 2023 · SRHR (APA Meeting)

Meeting with Giulio Di Blasi (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson)

15 Dec 2022 · Findings on SRHR and GBV support needs of Ukraine refugees

Meeting with Zuzana Dorazilova (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

15 Dec 2022 · Support of victims of gender based violence

Meeting with Lesia Radelicki (Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli)

13 Dec 2022 · Initial findings on SRHR and GBV support needs of Ukraine refugees

Meeting with Frances Fitzgerald (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION and

27 Oct 2022 · Proposal for a Directive on combatting violence against women and domestic violence

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Oct 2022 · Violences faites aux femmes (équipe)

Meeting with Alice Kuhnke (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and The European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association and

20 Jun 2022 · Anti-discrimination and Intersectionality

Meeting with Helena Dalli (Commissioner) and Amnesty International Limited and

6 Apr 2022 · Cabinet Dalli invited Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to discuss concerns equality and non-discrimination CSOs are raising regarding the situation of people fleeing from the Ukraine

Meeting with Hannah Neumann (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Amnesty International Limited and

7 Dec 2021 · Expert Round Table on EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders

Meeting with Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová), Simona Constantin (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

19 Jan 2021 · Rule of law and human rights concerns in Poland

Meeting with Hannah Neumann (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Heinrich Böll Stiftung e.V. and

27 Jan 2020 · Expert round table on gender equality in EU's foreign and security policy