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Irish Government Agrees on Abortion Legislation For Women Whose Lives Are at Risk

06.13.13 - (PRESS RELEASE) The Irish government published yesterday the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013, new abortion legislation designed, if adopted, to provide doctors and individuals with legal clarity about the circumstances under which a woman whose life is at risk may legally end a…

Texas Legislature Must Reject Dangerous Package of Bills to Restrict Women's Reproductive Health Care

06.13.13 - (PRESS RELEASE) The Texas Legislature’s special session—originally scheduled to focus on redistricting and highway funding—is now considering a host of anti-choice measures at the direction of Governor Rick Perry.
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Obama Administration Announces Plans to Make Plan B One-Step Available Without Age Restriction

06.10.13 - (PRESS RELEASE) The Obama Administration has submitted a plan today in response to a federal court order to lift longstanding restrictions that impede and delay women's access to emergency contraception by making Plan B One-Step available over the counter without…

No More Delays for EC: 2nd Circuit Partially Denies Federal Government’s Request to Delay Bringing Emergency Contraception Over the Counter

06.05.13 - (PRESS RELEASE) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has to immediately comply with U.S…

House Subcommittee Amends Federal Legislation to Ban Abortion at 20 Weeks Nationwide

06.04.13 - (PRESS RELEASE) Today the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice of the U.S…

Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on the Passing of Sen. Frank Lautenberg

06.03.13 - (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights issued the following statement on the recent passing of Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ).
 
Said Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights:
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Inter-American Court of Human Rights Orders El Salvador Government to Allow Pregnant Woman with Critical Complications Access to Life-saving Health Care

05.30.13 - (PRESS RELEASE) Just hours after the Salvadoran Supreme Court denied a potentially life-saving abortion for a woman with serious complications in her pregnancy, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has now ordered El Salvador officials to allow her medical team to take all necessary steps to…

Salvadoran Supreme Court Denies Woman Life-Saving Abortion

05.30.13 - (PRESS RELEASE) The Supreme Court in El Salvador ruled today that a woman facing serious health complications in her pregnancy cannot have an abortion that could save her life.
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