Center for Reproductive Rights Files Case on Behalf of Dr. LeRoy Carhart In a Nebraska federal court today, the Center for Reproductive Rights is challenging a federal ban on safe abortion procedures about to be signed into law by President Bush. The unconstitutional ban, which contains no health exception, prohibits doctors from using the safest […]
Commissioner for Human Rights Calls on Slovak Government to Accept Responsibility for Failing to Protect Women from Illegal Sterilizations and to Enact Laws to End Practice On October 29, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe concluded that “it can reasonably be assumed” that Romani women in Slovakia were sterilized without their […]
At the conclusion of a criminal investigation tainted by strong-arm tactics, the Slovak Deputy Prime Minister of Human Rights and Minorities Pál Csáky rejected the findings of a human rights report that documented 110 cases of Romani women who were forcibly and coercively sterilized in public hospitals in eastern Slovakia. “The continued harassment and intimidation […]
Ban Passes Both Chambers of Congress, Legislation Heads to the White House The Center for Reproductive Rights is poised to challenge a dangerous ban on safe abortion procedures that is heading toward the President’s desk. The Senate passed the committee version of the legislation on October 21, 2003, the House passed it in early October. […]
New Report Documents the Gag Rule’s Devastating Effects on Unsafe Abortion in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Peru At a breakfast briefing on October 22, women’s health experts from Kenya and Peru will discuss the devastating effects of the Bush Administration’s gag rule on women and reproductive health advocates in their countries. At the event, the […]
Parental Consent Law Struck Down On October 13, an Alaska state judge struck down a law that required young women under the age of 17 to obtain the consent of a parent or a judge before having an abortion. Superior Court Judge Sen K. Tan ruled that the law violated teens’ rights to equal protection […]
Injunction Sought Against Kansas Reporting Law Physicians, social workers, nurses, psychologists and a sex ed teacher are asking a federal judge to prevent Kansas law enforcement officials from requiring health-care and counseling professionals to report teenagers under 16 to the authorities when there is evidence that they are engaging in sexual activity. The plaintiffs, represented […]
House Passes Ban, Senate Expected to Move on Legislation After Recess The Center for Reproductive Rights is poised to challenge a dangerous ban on safe abortion procedures that is heading toward the President’s desk. The House passed the committee version of the legislation this week, and the Senate is expected to do the same after […]
Center for Reproductive Rights Prepares Court Challenge In the coming days, President Bush is expected to sign into law the first federal abortion ban in United States history. In conference last night, the House and Senate conferees reached agreement on the abortion ban. Pro-choice members offered several amendments, including an amendment that would allow doctors […]
Today, the Indiana Supreme Court, in a 3-2 vote, expanded the state’s Medicaid coverage for a low-income woman’s abortion to include cases when the pregnancy poses a serious and irreversible risk to her health. Prior to the court’s decision, Indiana only provided Medicaid coverage for abortions in cases of risk to the life of the […]
