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Center Releases 2023 State Legislative Wrap-up Report

State legislation reflects the polarizing nation, with some states acting to strongly protect reproductive rights and access, and others finding new ways to criminalize abortion care despite the health effects.

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2023 State Legislative Wrap-Up

This policy report by the Center provides an overview of the U.S. state policy landscape after tracking almost 2,000 bills proposed in state legislatures relating to reproductive care.

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Abortion on the Ballot: Ohio Voters Approve State Constitutional Right to Abortion

Ohio becomes the seventh state to vote in favor of abortion since the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the fourth state to approve a proactive constitutional amendment enshrining reproductive freedom in their state constitutions.

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Ohio Voters Enshrine Abortion Rights Into Law in Historic Vote

11.07.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Ohio voters have passed a constitutional amendment that enshrines reproductive freedom – including the right to abortion – in the state constitution. Voters turned out in record numbers to support abortion [...]

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State Legislators and Advocates Strategize to Advance Reproductive Rights Issues at the Center’s State Leadership Summit

Preparing for upcoming U.S. state legislative sessions, participants discuss interstate shield protections, access to fertility care, criminalization of pregnancy outcomes, state court reform and more.

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Abortion Providers File for Rehearing In S.C. Abortion Ban Case

08.24.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, the Greenville Women’s Clinic, and two physician plaintiffs filed a request for rehearing on yesterday’s South Carolina Supreme Court decision, which upheld a ban on abortion [...]

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BREAKING: South Carolina Supreme Court Allows Six-Week Abortion Ban to Go Into Effect

08.23.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, the South Carolina Supreme Court upheld the state’s newly enacted ban on abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy (Senate Bill 474). The law, which had been blocked since May [...]

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One Year Without Roe v. Wade

PRESS STATEMENT 06.22.23 Statement from Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights:  "The United States is in the midst of an inexcusable public health crisis—one created by the Supreme Court’s unwarranted [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.

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COMUNICADO DE PRENSA: Un año sin Roe c. Wade

Declaración de Nancy Northup, Presidenta y Directora General del Centro de Derechos Reproductivos: “Estados Unidos se encuentra inmerso en una crisis de salud pública inexcusable, creada por la anulación injustificada del fallo Roe c. Wade [...]

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Center for Reproductive Rights Attorney Confirmed to Federal Bench 

06.20.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, in a bipartisan vote, the U.S. Senate confirmed Julie Rikelman as a judge to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She will be the first Jewish woman [...]

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Rachana Desai Martin Joins Center for Reproductive Rights as  Chief Government and External Relations Officer 

05.17.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights announced that Rachana Desai Martin has joined the organization as Chief Government and External Relations Officer. She will lead advocacy with the United Nations, multilateral [...]

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New Study: Most Oklahoma Hospitals Unable to Explain Their Policies on Emergency Abortion Care

04.25.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Not a single hospital in Oklahoma appears able to articulate clear, consistent policies for emergency obstetric care to pregnant patients, according to a new study published Tuesday. When called by prospective [...]

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Supreme Court Prevents Radical Abortion Pill Ruling From Taking Effect for Now  

04.14.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily prevented a radical court order from taking effect just hours before it was set to do so. If the Supreme Court had not acted, burdensome [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.