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Center for Reproductive Rights Reopens Lawsuit Against FDA Restrictions on Emergency Contraception

02.08.12 - (PRESS RELEASE) Seeking immediate relief that would allow emergency contraception over-the-counter access for women of all ages, today the Center for Reproductive Rights asked a federal court to reopen the Center’s 2005 lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for imposing…

Hands Tied by Appeals Court, Texas District Court Decides it Cannot Permanently Block State Ultrasound Law

02.06.12 - (PRESS RELEASE) Following a decision by a three-judge panel on the U.S…

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.)…

Birth Control Benefit for Women Preserved, CRR Calls for END TO Attacks on Women’s Health

01.20.12 - (PRESS RELEASE) The Obama Administration has committed to preserve the no-copay birth control benefit for all women under the Affordable Care Act, according to an announcement today that employees at religiously-affiliated institutions will be able to access the coverage without co-pay…

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…