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Court Upholds VA Abortion Ban

Court Upholds VA Abortion Ban, Further Eroding Constitutional Protections for Abortion Rights

New York, NY - Today, in a 6-5 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld a Virginia law that threatens doctors with criminal penalties  for performing the most common method of second trimester abortion…

Teen Rape Victim Files Case Against Peru in U.N. Committee

Today, a 16-year-old Peruvian rape survivor who suffered devastating consequences after being denied an abortion filed a human rights petition against her government before the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)…

Judge Sonia Sotomayor

Center for Reproductive Rights on Nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to Supreme Court

New York, NY—Today, President Obama announced that he will nominate federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.  Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights issued this statement in response:…