Cases and Resources

Aid for Women v. Foulston (KS)

12.12.08 - The Center for Reproductive Rights initiated this case in 2003 after then-Kansas Attorney General Phil Kline issued an opinion that construed the State's child-abuse reporting statute to require doctors, nurses, school counselors, psychotherapists, and others to report as a

Owner: 
The Center
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Ana Victoria Sánchez Villalobos and others v. Costa Rica / Amici (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights/Costa Rica)

12.15.04 - 
Filing date: Case admitted to IACHR in March 2004

Country/Region:  LAC

Plaintiff(s): Patients of Dr. Gerardo Escalante López and Dr. Delia Ribas who were fertilized with in-vitro fertilization techniques

Owner: 
The Center
Link: 
Inter-American Commision on Human Rights
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Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood for Northern New England (NH)

11.21.08 - The Center for Reproductive Rights submitted an amicus (or friend-of-the-court) brief in this case before the Supreme Court, as part of our efforts to preserve the ability of abortion providers

Status: 
Closed
Owner: 
The Center
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Catholic Charities of Sacramento v. Superior Court of Sacramento County (CA) (amicus)

11.21.04 - CRR, along with the California Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (CARAL), California Planned Parenthood Education Fund, and the California Medical Society, participated as amici (friends-of-the-court) in this case, arguing in favor of the constitutionality of the Women's

Status: 
Closed
Owner: 
The Center
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Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany, et al. v. Serio (NY) (amicus)

11.21.03 - The Center for Reproductive Rights participated as an amicus (friend-of-the-court) in this case, in order to support the validity of New York's Women's Health and Wellness Act (WHWA), which requires employee health plans that cover prescription drugs to include coverage of FDA-

Status: 
Closed
Owner: 
The Center
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Federal: Hodes & Nauser, MDs, P.A. et al. v. Robert Moser, M.D et al.

06.28.11 - 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

Status: 
Open
Owner: 
The Center
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In re Access to Emergency Contraception in Chile (Chilean Constitutional Court)

12.17.08 - On April 13, 2007, the Center filed a third party intervention in support of the national reproductive health and family planning regulations authorizing the free distribution of

Owner: 
The Center
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In re Access to Emergency Contraception in Colombia (amicus brief) (Colombian Council of State)

12.10.08 - On June 5, 2008, in a landmark decision, the Colombian Council of State ruled against anti-choice groups' efforts to ban emergency contraception.

Owner: 
The Center
Link: 
Profamilia
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In re Access to Emergency Contraception in Ecuador / Amici (Constitutional Tribunal of Ecuador)

12.10.08 - In 2005, anti-choice organizations in Ecuador filed a suit to outlaw emergency contraception, alleging that EC violates the right to life as established in the Ecuadorian constitution.

Owner: 
The Center
Link: 
CLADEM website
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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 provided to

Status: 
Open
Owner: 
The Center
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