2006

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Ex-FDA Chief Yanked Authority from Senior Staff in “Morning-After Pill” Decision, Officials Testify New York, NY— Since January 2005, former Commissioner for the Food and Drug Administration Dr. Lester Crawford repeatedly yanked decision-making powers on Plan B from all other high-level officials, according to testimony given by the FDA’s Deputy Commissioner, Dr. Janet Woodcock, and […]

Colombia’s Constitution Requires Government to Allow for Abortion in Some Cases New York, NY | More Info In a landmark decision, Colombia’s highest court has ruled that abortion must be permitted when a pregnancy threatens a woman’s life or health, in cases of rape, incest and in cases where the fetus has malformations incompatible with […]

Doctor Says Officials Violated Freedom of Speech New York New York, May 5, 2006 — The former director of an OB/GYN residency program at a Phoenix hospital has filed a newly amended complaint in an Arizona court alleging that county officials violated his freedom of speech when they fired him for publicly supporting abortion training […]

Judge Rules that “Kiss and Tell” Law Will Drive Teens Away from Seeking Medical Care New York, NY- Today, the U.S. District Court of the District of Kansas stopped the Kansas Attorney General from enforcing a legal interpretation that threatens to intrude upon teenagers’ medical privacy under the pretext of protecting them from child abuse. […]

New York, NY- Today, the Florida Supreme Court found an informed consent abortion law constitutional, but adopted an interpretation of the statute that allows abortion providers to provide their patients with information specific to their circumstances rather than identical standardized information. “The Supreme Court has recognized what we have argued all along: abortion providers should […]

New York, NY-Today, the state of Wisconsin filed legal documents with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York seeking to join the Center for Reproductive Rights‘ lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration over the emergency contraceptive Plan B. The Center’s suit demands that the agency make Plan B, commonly known […]

New York, NY—Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights testified before the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC), informing the panel of the U.S. government’s failures to protect women’s reproductive rights as covered in the principal treaty defending civil and political rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).”We are once again at a […]

Landmark Settlement Reached in Case of 13-year-old Mexican Rape Victim Denied Abortion Washington, DC, March 8, — the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners in Mexico, Alaide Foppa and GIRE (Information Group on Reproductive Choice), will sign a friendly settlement with the Mexican government in a case brought before the Inter-American Commission for Human […]

New York— Today, the Supreme Court agreed to review Gonzales v. Carhart, the case in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit struck down the Federal Abortion Ban, also known as the “Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003.” The appellate court held that the act, which would prevent doctors from performing some […]