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Press Releases

Over 700,000 Petitioners Demand Honduran Congress Reject Law Criminalizing Emergency Contraception

05.16.12 - (PRESS RELEASE) Over 700,000 people have signed a petition demanding the Honduran Congress reject the latest attempt to criminalize the use or sale of emergency contraception…

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

05.14.12 - (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…

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

04.30.12 - (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…

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In The Spotlight

CRR Opposes Mississippi’s Personhood Initiative: Measure Would Put Mississippi Women’s Health and Safety at Risk

10.20.11 - The Center for Reproductive Rights opposes Mississippi Proposed Amendment 26, which seeks to amend the Mississippi Constitution to define a "person" in the Bill of Rights to include "every human being from the moment of fertilization." The measure intends to make fertilized eggs,…

New House Leadership Attacks Women’s Health in Move to Repeal Health Law

01.05.11 - (PRESS RELEASE) The incoming leadership for the House of Representatives is calling on committees to submit measures that would replace provisions within the healthcare law…

European Court of Human Rights Rules that Ireland Abortion Ban Violates Human Rights, But Doesn't Go Far Enough

12.16.10 - (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Ireland's ban on abortion violated the human rights of a woman who was forced to travel out of the country to obtain an abortion to protect her life…

Lawsuit Filed Challenging Parental Notice Law

11.22.10 - (PRESS RELEASE) Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest, Dr. Susan Lemagie and Dr. Jan Whitefield filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court in Anchorage today seeking to enjoin the parental notice law (PNL) which is scheduled to go into effect in December…

CRR Takes FDA Back to Court Over Morning-After Pill

11.16.10 - (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a motion for contempt against the Food and Drug Administration for failing to follow a court order regarding access to emergency contraception for women of all ages…

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