Court Filings: Pleadings, Motions & Briefs

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Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma order on Personhood ballot initiative

Protest to In re Initiative Petition 395, State Question No. 761 (OK Personhood)

03.29.12 - This is a pre-election challenge to a blatantly unconstitutional ballot initiative proposed in Oklahoma that would define a fertilized egg as a "person," thereby banning abortion and most forms of contraception, as well as interfering with fertility treatments and care…

MKB v Burdick Order 02_16_2012

02.17.12 - This case challenges provisions of North Dakota House Bill 1297, passed during the 2011 legislative session, which would effectively ban all medication abortions in the state by requiring compliance with conditions for the provision of “abortion-inducing drugs” that are impossible to meet…

Verified Petition and Application for Restraining Order: Hodes & Nauser, MDs, P.A. et al. v. Robert Moser, M.D et al.

12.06.11 - This case challenges the constitutionality of onerous regulations and a sham licensing process adopted and implemented by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) that will cause most of the abortion providers in the State to cease providing ongoing abortion services…

Brief in Support of Motion for Temporary Injunction: Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice v. Cline

Complaint: Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice, et al. v. Terry Cline

Exhibit 1 to Complaint: Stuart et al v. Huff

09.29.11 - The Center is challenging a newly enacted North Carolina law which prohibits a woman from getting an abortion until four hours after her physician performs an ultrasound, places the ultrasound images in her view, and provides her with a detailed explanation and description of the images, whether…

Complaint: Stuart et al v. Huff

Plaintiffs-Appellees' Motion to Dismiss Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction: Hodes & Nauser, MDs, P.A. et al. v. Robert Moser, M.D et al.

08.16.11 - This case challenges the constitutionality of onerous temporary regulations and a sham licensing process adopted and implemented by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) that will cause most of the abortion providers in the State to cease providing ongoing…

Plaintiffs' Opposition to Motion to Intervene by AAPLOG: Hodes & Nauser, MDs, P.A. et al. v. Robert Moser, M.D et al.

Memo of Support: MKB Management Corp d/b/a Red River Women’s Clinic, Kathryn Eggleston, M.D., v. Birch Burdick and Terry Dwelle, M.D.

07.18.11 - This case challenges provisions of North Dakota House Bill 1297, passed during the 2011 legislative session, which would effectively ban all medication abortions in the state by requiring compliance with conditions for the provision of “abortion-inducing drugs” that are impossible to meet…

Complaint: MKB Management Corp d/b/a Red River Women’s Clinic, Kathryn Eggleston, M.D., v. Birch Burdick and Terry Dwelle, M.D.

Appendix of Facts Supporting Plaintiffs’ Motion for PI: Texas Medical Providers Performing Abortion Services v. Lakey

06.30.11 - The Center is challenging a newly enacted Texas law which prohibits a woman from getting an abortion unless her physician first performs an ultrasound, places the ultrasound images in her view, describes the images to her, makes fetal heart sounds audible, if possible, and describes those…

Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injuction: Texas Medical Providers Performing Abortion Services v. Lakey

Complaint: Hodes & Nauser, MDs, P.A. et al. v. Robert Moser, M.D et al.

06.30.11 - This case challenges the constitutionality of onerous temporary regulations and a sham licensing process adopted and implemented by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) that will cause most of the abortion providers in the State to cease providing ongoing…

Exhibit 1 to Amended Complaint—House Bill 15: Texas Medical Providers Performing Abortion Services v. Lakey

06.13.11 - The Center is challenging a newly enacted Texas law which prohibits a woman from getting an abortion unless her physician first performs an ultrasound, places the ultrasound images in her view, describes the images to her, makes fetal heart sounds audible, if possible, and describes those…

Amended Class Action Complaint: Texas Medical Providers Performing Abortion Services v. Lakey

Choice, Inc. of Texas d/b/a Causeway Medical Clinic et al v. Greenstein Complaint

12.15.10 - Click the link below to download the full complaint in Choice, Inc. of Texas d/b/a Causeway Medical Clinic et al v. Greenstein…

Tummino v. Margaret Hamburg: Memo of Law in Support of Plaintiffs Motion for Civil Contempt

11.16.10 - Plaintiffs respectfully submit this memorandum of law in support of their motion for civil contempt against Defendant (hereinafter "the FDA") based on the FDA‟s failure to make any meaningful efforts to comply with the portion of this Court‟s March 23, 2009 Order directing it to reconsider its…

Hope Medical Group for Women vs. Keck, et al Temporary Restraining Order

Hope Medical Group for Women vs. Keck, et al Final Petition

Bossier City Medical Suite, Inc., et al. v. Bruce Greenstein/DHH Complaint

10.27.10 - Click the link below to download the full complaint in Bossier City Medical Suite, Inc., et al. v. Bruce Greenstein/DHH…

Hope Medical Group for Women v. James D. Caldwell: Temporary Restraining Order

08.12.10 - The Center for Reproductive Rights has been granted a temporary restraining order in the federal challenge recently filed against two abortion restrictions passed by the Louisiana state legislature.

Download the order below >…

O'Brien v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore: Memo in Support of Motion to Dismiss

06.08.10 - The Center for Reproductive Rights has joined the City of Baltimore to defend a first-in-the-nation ordinance that demands truth in advertising from limited-service pregnancy centers…

O'Brien v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore: Motion to Dismiss

O'Brien v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore: Complaint

Fort Wayne Women's Health v. Fort Wayne-Allen County Dept of Health: Complaint

05.27.10 - A case challenging a county ordinance that allows for increased government access to confidential patient records and imposes a special set of stringent requirements on doctors who practice in Fort Wayne-Allen County, but live outside of the area and do not have privileges to admit patients at…

Fort Wayne Women's Health v. Fort Wayne-Allen County Dept of Health: Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction

Nova Health Systems v. Edmondson: Petition

04.29.10 - The Center is challenging a newly enacted Oklahoma law which prohibits a woman from getting an abortion unless she first has an ultrasound, is shown the ultrasound image and listens to her doctor describe the image in detail…

Citizens's Petition (Supplement 2002): Food and Drug Administration

03.23.10 - In 2001, the Center, along with the Reproductive Health Technologies Project and numerous women's health organizations, filed a Citizen's Petition to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), urging the agency to switch …

Citizens's Petition (Supplement 2001): Food and Drug Administration

Citizens's Petition: Food and Drug Administration

Hoye v. Oakland: Amicus Brief

03.03.10 - In August 2009, the District Court for the Northern District of California upheld an Oakland, California city ordinance that creates a “bubble” zone" around reproductive health care facilities against a constitutional challenge by an anti-

Friend-of-the Court Brief: James Roger Demers v. Canada

11.25.09 - (On October 30, the Center's U.S. Legal Program submitted its first friend-of-the-court brief to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).) …

Richmond Medical Center for Women v. Herring: Virginia's Partial Birth Infanticide Act of 2003

11.18.09 - Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-71.1

WEST'S ANNOTATED CODE OF VIRGINIA
TITLE 18.2. CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY
CHAPTER 4. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON…

Nova Health Systems v. Henry: Petition

11.10.09 - Oklahoma - 2008

Nova Health Systems v. Henry: Petition…

Davis v. W.A. Drew Edmondson: Memorandum of Law

09.30.09 - Download the Memorandum of Law in the case Davis v. W.A. Drew Edmondson below >…

Davis v. W.A. Drew Edmondson: Petition

09.30.09 - Download the the petition in the case Davis v. W.A. Drew Edmondson below >…

Tucson Women's Center v. Arizona Medical Board: Complaint

09.23.09 - Download the the complaint in the case Tucson Women's Center v. Arizona Medical Board below >…

Tucson Women's Center v. Arizona Medical Board: Memorandum of Law

09.23.09 - In this facial and as-applied challenge, Plaintiffs seek immediate injunctive relief against two provisions of 2009 AZ HB 2564 ("the Act"), an omnibus anti-abortion bill passed by the Arizona legislature earlier this year…

Tummino v. von Eschenbach: FDA Decision 2009

03.27.09 -
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Federal Court Rules FDA Must Reconsider Plan B Decision

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Federal Court Rules FDA Must Reconsider Plan B Decision

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Norris v. Nelson Amicus Brief

01.20.09 - Norris v. Nelson Amicus Brief

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Ferguson v. City of Charleston: Petitioners' Supreme Court Brief

12.16.08 - QUESTION PRESENTED
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Ferguson v. City of Charleston: Petitioners' Supreme Court Reply Brief

12.16.08 - South Carolina…

Ferguson v. City of Charleston: Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioners Submitted by the Lindesmith Center

12.16.08 - MOTION OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION, ET AL., FOR LEAVE TO FILE BRIEF AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
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Ferguson v. City of Charleston: Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioners Submitted by the ACLU

12.16.08 - BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE RELIGIOUS COALITION FOR REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE, FIFTY-THREE OTHER RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND RELIGIOUSLY AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS, AND FOURTEEN CLERGY AND LAYPERSONS IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENT…

Ferguson v. City of Charleston: Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioners Submitted by Rutherford Institute

12.16.08 - MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE BRIEF AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
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Ferguson v. City of Charleston: Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioners Submitted by NARAL

12.16.08 - South Carolina…

Ferguson v. City of Charleston: Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioners Submitted by National Coalition for Child Protection Reform et al.

12.16.08 - MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AS AMICI CURIAE AND BRIEF OF THE NATIONAL COALITION FOR CHILD PROTECTION REFORM, NATIONAL CENTER FOR YOUTH LAW, JUVENILE LAW CENTER, THE CHILDREN AND FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER, THE CHICAGO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS, ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN, and LOYOLA UNIVERSITY…

Ferguson v. City of Charleston: Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioners Submitted by the AMA

12.16.08 - South Carolina

Motion of the American Medical Association for leave to file brief as Amicus Curiae in support of neither party..…

Planned Parenthood of Alaska v. State : Plaintiffs' Appellee Brief

12.16.08 - ALASKA

Ak. Const. art. I, § 1…

تنظيم الأسرة من ألاسكا ضد الدولة v. آخر بري الابتدائية

12.16.08 - المدعون في مرحلة ما بعد محاكمة قصيرة…

Planned Parenthood of Alaska v. State: Plaintiffs' Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

12.16.08 - IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE…

Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic Consideration: Amicus brief (Slovak)

12.16.08 - Úvod
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Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic Consideration: Amicus brief (English)

12.16.08 - Introduction
1. These written comments are submitted by the Center for Reproductive Rights and the International Women’s Human Rights Law Clinic at the City University of New York School of Law, in cooperation with the Slovak Family Planning Association and Slovakia Pro Choice.
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Stenberg v. Carhart: Nebraska's Supreme Court brief

12.16.08 - The Petitioners are Don Stenberg, Attorney General of the State of Nebraska; Gina Dunning, Director of Regulation and Licensure of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services; and Charles Andrews, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of the State of Nebraska…

Stenberg v. Carhart: CRR's Supreme Court brief

12.16.08 - QUESTIONS PRESENTED
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Richmond Medical Center for Women v. Herring: CRR's Opposition to Petition for Rehearing En Banc

12.16.08 - Pursuant to this Court’s order dated June 12, 2008, Plaintiffs-Appellees Richmond Medical Center for Women and William G. Fitzhugh, M.D. (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) hereby respond to the petition for rehearing en banc filed by Defendants-Appellants Michael N. Herring and Wade A…

Richmond Medical Center for Women v. Herring: Virginia's Petition for Rehearing En Banc

12.16.08 - PETITION FOR REHEARING AND REHEARING EN BANC
Virginia - 2008
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Tysiac v. Poland: CRR Amicus Brief

12.16.08 - Introduction…

Rai v. Union of India: CRR's Memo

A.S. v. Hungary: Amicus Brief

12.16.08 - UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION RE:
A.S. V. HUNGARY
COMMUNICATION NO: 4/2004
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Vo. v. France: Amicus Brief

12.16.08 - Introduction…

D. v. Ireland: Amicus Brief

12.16.08 - Introduction
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Kharel v. Government of Nepal: Center's Memos to Supreme Court of Nepal

12.16.08 - I. Nepal’s existing abortion law, in permitting abortion during the first trimester without restriction as to reason or need for spousal consent, respects women’s basic human rights and should be reaffirmed.
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