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Hands Tied by Appeals Court, Texas District Court Decides it Cannot Permanently Block State Ultrasound Law

(PRESS RELEASE) Following a decision by a three-judge panel on the U.S…

Toward Freedom: Eastern Europe’s Conservative Crackdown on Reproductive Freedom

"Across Eastern and Central Europe, as unemployment surges and the European Union dithers, nationalist conservative and far right parties are on the march…

Austin Chronicle: Ultrasound Reimposed by Appeals Court

"Last week's 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opinion – overturning an injunction that had barred final implementation of Texas' new ultrasound-before-abortion law – may 'barely have touched on the issues' raised in a lawsuit before the district court last year…

Houston Chronicle: Group Files Appeal against Sonogram Requirement

"The Center for Reproductive Rights is asking for a rehearing of its argument that a law requiring a sonogram before an abortion is unconstitutional…

Center for Reproductive Rights Petitions Fifth Circuit Court for New Hearing on Intrusive Texas Ultrasound Law

(PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a petition last night for a new hearing before the full U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in its case against key provisions of a Texas law requiring doctors who perform abortions to convey images and sounds of the embryo or fetus to women who are captive during the ultrasound procedure…

In Depth

In North Dakota, A Fight for Access, A Fight for Common Sense

The women who come to the Red River Women’s Clinic, in Fargo, N.D., arrive with a range of reasons for choosing medication that induces abortion: “less traumatic,” “not as invasive,” “no needles,” “more personal,” and on.

The factors women consider in their choice of medication abortion are many, and their decision is steeped in common sense and personal understanding. The technological advances that made medication abortion possible have made a huge difference for more than one million American women. …

Every year, anti-choice state legislators propose hundreds of measures intended to erode women’s rights to abortion and reproductive health care. Some of these aim to restrict access by imposing mandatory waiting periods, ideologically biased counseling provisions, and other burdensome, unnecessary requirements. Other proposals are far more extreme, including those designed to ban abortion or prohibit women from accessing contraception.