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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…

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

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. …

Our Work in Focus

In the United States, state legislatures wield enormous power to control women's access to abortion and other reproductive healthcare services…

In their efforts to make abortion inaccessible to as many women as possible, anti-choice forces have focused on burdening minors' access to abortion. Over 35 states have laws mandating parental consent , or parental notification , before a minor can obtain an abortion . …

In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court held that bans on abortion are unconstitutional…

Biased counseling laws, on the books in many states, require woman seeking an abortion to receive information dictated by the state prior to undergoing the procedure…

Laws that restrict the use of public funds for abortion can create barriers to women’s abortion access that are as difficult for women to overcome as laws that directly restrict the availability of abortion.  Funding restrictions endanger women’s health and, as some state courts have held,…

Human Rights defenders are the activists, including journalists, lawyers, judges, and healthcare providers, whose work allows others to exercise their human rights.

In 1973, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade, that a woman's right to obtain an abortion was protected under the federal constitution…