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Center for Reproductive Rights Petitions Fifth Circuit Court for New Hearing on Intrusive Texas Ultrasound Law

01.25.12 - (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a petition last night for a new hearing before the full U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in its case against key provisions of a Texas law requiring doctors who perform abortions to convey images and sounds of the embryo or fetus to women who are captive during the ultrasound procedure…

Congressman from Arizona Attacks Reproductive Rights of Women in D.C.

01.24.12 - (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights is urging members of the House of Representatives to reject the latest effort to restrict access to safe, legal reproductive health services for women in the District of Columbia after last night’s announcement that Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.)…

Huge Victory for Women's Reproductive Health: CRR Applauds Obama Administration for Rejecting Religious Exemption on Cost-Free Birth Control Coverage

01.20.12 - (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights applauded the Obama Administration’s announcement today that most employers will be required under the Affordable Care Act to cover birth control without co-pay in their insurance plans—rejecting calls from some religious organizations…

Center for Reproductive Rights will request rehearing on intrusive Texas ultrasound law

01.18.12 - (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights announced today that it will petition for a new hearing before the full U.S…

Ignoring Objections, Federal Appeals Court Green-Lights Immediate Enforcement of Intrusive Anti-Choice Texas Law

01.13.12 - (PRESS RELEASE) Without allowing opponents of an extreme Texas anti-abortion law time to properly respond, the U.S…

Extreme New Appeals Court Decision Allows Enforcement of Intrusive anti-choice ultrasound law in Texas

01.10.12 - (PRESS RELEASE) In an unprecedented decision today, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district court’s decision to block enforcement of key provisions of a Texas law requiring doctors to give women seeking abortions a verbal description of the ultrasound image and other information about the fetus…

Center for Reproductive Rights and Ipas join members of Congress in calling for end to overly restrictive abortion policies abroad

12.21.11 - Noting that current restrictions on foreign aid for abortion services go beyond even those imposed by the highly restrictive Helms Amendment—cutting off access to critical and potentially life-saving services for millions of women in the developing world—the Center for Reproductive Rights and…

CRR Announces Seasoned Litigator and Policy Advocate Bebe Anderson as New Director of U.S. Legal Program

12.21.11 - The Center for Reproductive Rights has appointed Bebe Anderson as the organization’s new director of U.S. Legal Program…

Center for Reproductive Rights Prepares New Legal Challenge to Lift FDA Restrictions on Emergency Contraception

12.13.11 - (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights announced today it will reopen its 2005 lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for imposing unnecessary age restrictions on emergency contraceptives, and seek immediate relief to allow broader access to available drugs…

New FDA Denial Holds Emergency Contraceptives to Unfair Standard, says Center for Reproductive Rights

12.12.11 - (PRESS RELEASE) Late today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) denied the Center for Reproductive Rights’ 2001 Citizen Petition to make levonorgestrel-based emergency contraception available over the counter to women of all ages…