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Judge Permanently Blocks Oklahoma's Ban on Medication Abortion and Treatment of Ectopic Pregnancies

(PRESS RELEASE) In an unprecedented ruling recognizing bodily integrity and reproductive choice as fundamental rights under the Oklahoma state constitution, an Oklahoma state judge has found that a law severely and arbitrarily restricting medical care for women seeking an abortion is…

Fox News: Activists take aim at Roe one state at a time

"Pro-life activists say they aren't abandoning efforts at the national level, but admit they're now focused on state legislative efforts.  In more than two dozen states, several different kinds of measures are now pending.  Some require women seeking an abortion to first have an…

United Nations Adopts Groundbreaking Resolution on Young People’s Reproductive Health

Late Friday, the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD) issued a bold resolution supporting young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights…

Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules “Personhood” Initiative “Clearly Unconstitutional”

(PRESS RELEASE) The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that a proposed ballot initiative to define a fertilized egg as a person was “clearly unconstitutional” and cannot be added to the state ballot in November…

UN Committee Holds Brazil Accountable

Last year, the Center for Reproductive Rights won a groundbreaking victory in our eight-year battle on behalf of Alyne da Silva Pimentel, an impoverished Afro-brazilian woman…

In Depth

One Million Voices for Honduran Women

Can you imagine living in a country where women are thrown in jail for using emergency contraception—even if they were raped?

This heinous law is currently pending before the Honduran Congress with a vote scheduled any day now.

We have the power to stop this law

Groundbreaking Victory in Oklahoma: Medication Abortion Protected

Today, a court delivered another stinging rebuke to the Oklahoma legislature, striking down the government’s latest attempt to choke off women’s access to reproductive health services—an arbitrary and severe restriction on medication abortion.

Judge Donald Worthington ruled that the law was “so completely at odds” with standard medical practice that it “can serve no purpose other than to prevent women from obtaining abortions and to punish and discriminate against those women who do.”…