2004

If Roe v. Wade Were Overturned Today, Over 70 Million Women and Girls In More than Half the Country Would be Impacted New York, NY If the U.S. Supreme Court were to overturn Roe v. Wade today, millions of women in their childbearing years in more than half of the country could lose their right […]

The Center and Congressional Members to Hold Press Conference Washington, DC |Report will be available online October 5, 2005.MEDIA ADVISORYWHAT:The Center for Reproductive Rights along with members of the Bipartisan Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus will hold a press conference/staff briefing on the results of CRR’s new study, What If Roe Fell?What If Roe Fell? is the […]

This glossary and reproductive rights backgrounder is the perfect resource guide for those interested in reproductive freedom but not familiar with complex legal terms. The U.S. and international glossaries are a tool to help advocates and interested readers familiarize themselves with the legal perspective on reproductive rights https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/res_law101.pdf

New Delhi, India Media AdvisoryWhat:Indian release of Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting Their Reproductive Lives – South Asia.A groundbreaking study, this report by the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights and local Asian partners, including the Lawyers Collective in India, exposes the Indian government’s failure to address the reproductive health crisis befalling […]

Court Clears Way for Challenge Against Indiana’s “Two-Trip” Law Indianapolis Today, the Indiana Court of Appeals cleared the way for the Center for Reproductive Rights and Indiana Civil Liberties Union (ICLU) to further challenge Indiana’s mandatory delay abortion law in trial court, by reversing a trial court’s dismissal of an earlier challenge. The judges also […]

by Priscilla Smith September 10, 2004 As appears on Center for American Progress, http://www.americanprogress.org We have been down this road before. On Wednesday, a third federal judge held that the federal abortion ban is unconstitutional. Joining judges in New York and San Francisco who also struck down the law, Judge Richard Kopf of the U.S. […]

Judge Issues 500-Page Ruling Responding to Congress’ Claims Lincoln, NELearn more about the federal abortion banToday, a third federal judge, in Nebraska, declared the “Partial Birth Abortion Act of 2003” unconstitutional, recognizing the law as a threat to women’s health. The ban, challenged by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf of Nebraska physician Dr. […]

Lincoln | Learn MoreWHAT: A decision will be handed down in Carhart v. Ashcroft, a federal civil rights lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska. The suit was brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf of four doctors challenging the constitutionality of the “Partial Birth Abortion Act of 2003” […]

Our Women of the World reports document laws and policies which impact women’s reproductive and sexual health and shape their reproductive choices. Reproductive rights are internationally recognized as critical to both advancing women’s human rights and promoting development. In recent years, governments worldwide have acknowledged and pledged to advance reproductive rights to an unprecedented degree. […]