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Representative Stupak Points Fingers, but Blame for Injecting Abortion Rests Squarely on his Shoulders

03.09.10 - (PRESS RELEASE) Representative Bart Stupak (D-MI) is reportedly resuming talks with House leaders in his effort to include restrictive abortion provisions in the healthcare reform bill. The news comes after Rep…

Kenya’s Criminal Ban on Abortion Hasn’t Stopped Women from Having Abortions, It’s Only Made Them More Dangerous, Says New CRR Report

03.04.10 - (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights released the first comprehensive human rights report on abortion in Anglophone Africa documenting the devastating effects of the criminalization of abortion in Kenya…

Oklahoma Supreme Court Finds Abortion Law Unconstitutional, Upholds State District Court Decision

03.03.10 - Today, the Oklahoma Supreme Court affirmed a decision by State District Court Judge Vicki Robertson, which declared unconstitutional a law that would have imposed a host of restrictions on the provision of reproductive healthcare in the State. …

United Nations Committee Calls Upon Egypt to Exert Greater Effort to Promote Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Egyptian Women

03.02.10 - Geneva—Today the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and the Center for Reproductive Rights urged the government of Egypt to take immediate measures to implement the recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against…

Court Strikes Down Intrusive OK Abortion Law, Declares Unconstitutional

02.19.10 - (PRESS RELEASE) New York, NY – Today, an Oklahoma County District Court declared unconstitutional a state law that would have imposed a host of restrictions related to abortion and cost the state over a quarter million dollars a year…

Center Calls on Congress to Stop Talking "Status Quo" around Public Funding for Abortion and Protect Women's Health

02.02.10 - (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights called on Congress to protect the health needs of millions of women unjustly and disproportionately affected by current federal funding restrictions on abortion services…

Justice Served in Tiller Verdict

01.29.10 - (PRESS RELEASE) This afternoon, a Kansas jury convicted abortion opponent Scott Roeder of first-degree murder and two accounts of assault in the shooting death of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller.  Dr.…

Center for Reproductive Rights Raises Questions to CBS about Tebow Story, College Football Star Featured in Super Bowl Ad

01.28.10 - (PRESS RELEASE) Highlighting the reality of the Philippines blanket ban on abortion, today the Center for Reproductive Rights sent a letter to CBS, calling on the network’s Standards and Practices Department…

New Study Finding Increase in Teen Pregnancy Rate, Center Says “UnSurprising”

01.26.10 - (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Guttmacher Institute released a new study finding that the national teen pregnancy rate has increased by 3% after more than a decade of decline…

Center Urges Elected Officials to Protect Access to Abortion on Roe Anniversary

01.22.10 - (PRESS RELEASE) Today, we celebrate the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the historic decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that recognized a woman's right to abortion…