On March 23, 2009, the Center scored a major victory when a federal court ruled that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had put politics before women’s health when it decided to limit over-the-counter access to the emergency contraceptive Plan B to women over 18. https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/JenkinsFullDeposition6.21.pdf
On March 23, 2009, the Center scored a major victory when a federal court ruled that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had put politics before women’s health when it decided to limit over-the-counter access to the emergency contraceptive Plan B to women over 18. https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/WoodDeposition7.31.pdf
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK FIFTH AMENDED COMPLAINTPlaintiffs, by and through their undersigned attorneys, bring this complaint against the defendant, his agents and successors in office, and in support thereof aver the following: 1. This is a challenge under the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) and the United […]
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Lamont, J.), entered December 2, 2003 in Albany County, which, inter alia, granted defendant’s cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. This appeal presents constitutional and statutory questions flowing from a legislative enactment requiring employers that provide group insurance coverage for prescriptions to include prescription contraceptives […]
STATEMENTS OF INTEREST OF AMICIThe American Jewish Committee (“AJC”), a national organization of over 150,000 members and supporters represented by thirty-two regional chapters, including four in the state of New York, was founded in 1906 to protect the civil and religious rights of Jews. It is the conviction of AJC that those rights will be […]
Plaintiffs challenge the validity of legislation requiring health insurance policies that provide coverage for prescription drugs to include coverage for contraception. Plaintiffs assert that the provisions they challenge violate their rights under the religion clauses of the federal and state constitutions. We hold that the legislation, as applied to these plaintiffs, is valid.
In this case, we address a church-affiliated employer’s constitutional challenges to the Women’s Contraception Equity Act (WCEA),1 under which certain health and disability insurance contracts must cover prescription contraceptives. The plaintiff employer, which opposes contraceptives on religious grounds, claims the statute violates the establishment and free exercise clauses of the United States and California Constitutions. […]
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA 2004APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AMICI CURIAE BRIEF AND AMICI CURIAE BRIEF OF INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL-CIO & CLC, COALITION OF LABOR WOMEN, SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 535, AND CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENT SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY AND REAL PARTIES IN INTEREST OF STATE OF […]
What is FGM? Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is the collective name given to a number of cultural practices that involve the partial or total cutting of female genitals. FGM can be performed as early as infancy and as late as age thirty. However, most commonly, girls experience FGM between four and twelve years of age. […]
In 2005, anti-choice organizations in Ecuador filed a suit to outlaw emergency contraception, alleging that EC violates the right to life as established in the Ecuadorian constitution. As a result of their lawsuit, a lower court banned distribution of EC, and the Ministry of Health appealed this decision. The Center, in collaboration with the Latin […]