In Depth

Standing Behind Science…And Not in the Way

On January 20, the Obama Administration demonstrated that it wouldn’t allow religiously affiliated organizations to dodge their responsibility for the reproductive health of the women working for them. Those organizations—not churches, synagogues, and mosques, but universities, hospitals, and some charities associated with religious institutions—will have to comply with the Affordable Care Act and offer insurance coverage of contraception without copayments, putting family planning within reach of all.

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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. …

The Urgent Future of Roe v. Wade

As 2011 wound down, we reconciled a year of unprecedented attacks on reproductive rights in the U.S. against the Center’s seven huge court victories that beat back some of the most flagrant, demeaning laws recently passed. We felt a strong measure of momentum approaching the 39 ^th anniversary of Roe v. Wade—courts across the land had clearly demonstrated their disapproval of the latest schemes enacted by anti-choice legislators. …

They Took Away Reproductive Rights in Texas

Utterly disappointing news came out of Texas last week: A federal appeals court decided that women can't be trusted with decisions about their reproductive health and future.

In an unprecedented ruling, the court gave the green light to a law that forces doctors to show ultrasound images to women seeking an abortion, describe those images to them in detail, and to play the sound of the fetal heartbeat—whether the women want to receive this information or not. The decision brings Texas women closer to a reproductive rights landscape that is demeaning, discriminatory, and intrusive. …

Celebrating the Center’s 20th Anniversary—and a Mission Renewed

Twenty years ago, the Center for Reproductive Rights laid a new cornerstone in the construction of a better future for women worldwide.

In the same year that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey opened the door to the kind of all-out assault on women’s rights that we have been seeing with increasing frequency and ferocity seemingly every day, the Center took on its mission to advance and defend reproductive freedom across the globe…

A Girl Who Changed the World, A Victory for Women Everywhere

In 2009, a girl from Peru named L.C. demanded justice.

Two years earlier, she needed an abortion—had a legal right to abortion—and was denied, suffering irrevocable harm. L.C. wanted to hold an entire government accountable, her doctors responsible, for failing her just when she needed their help most…

Extreme Government Intrusion in North Carolina

Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners went to court to uphold the sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship. We’re challenging a new North Carolina law that forces doctors to describe in detail the ultrasound images of all women seeking abortions, without exception—even if the women say no…

World Contraception Day 2011

Around the world, the unmet need for safe and effective contraceptive services is staggering: Roughly 215 million women in developing countries rely on traditional contraceptive methods with high failure rates or do not use a contraceptive method at all. Here in the United States, approximately…

The votes are in and the message is clear: Reproductive rights are no joke.

Following our big victory in Texas, we’re congratulating two more winners: David P. from Texas and Lawrence A. from California, who won our cartoon caption contest and helped us send the message that anti-choice attacks are no laughing matter.

Take a look at their winning entries below—and send your own message by making a gift to help us keep up the fight for reproductive rights in Texas and beyond…

Reproductive Rights or Wrongs?

Attacks to reproductive rights have been in the news non-stop this year—but how much do you really know? Take our short quiz and find out! As a bonus, a generous donor has offered to donate $1 to the Center for each and every quiz completed up to $10,000. Take the quiz TODAY then send it to everyone you know! …