MSNBC: Victory in North Carolina https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Nancy-Melissa-Harris-Perry-Show-2014.jpg The Center for Reproductive Right’s Nancy Northup appeared on the Melissa Harris-Perry Show just hours after a federal judge permanently blocked an unconstitutional forced ultrasound law that did nothing to further the health and safety of women and served only to shame them out of their personal choice. She […]
Center for Reproductive Rights Calls 41st Anniversary of Roe v. Wade a “Vital Opportunity” to Reclaim Fundamental Right Center launches new series of PSAs with video starring actor and reproductive rights supporter Mark Ruffalo (PRESS RELEASE) On the 41th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the historic decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that recognized a […]
On September 29, 2011, the Center for Reproductive Rights challenged a newly enacted North Carolina law which prohibits a woman from getting an abortion until four hours after her physician performs an ultrasound, places the ultrasound images in her view, and provides her with a detailed explanation and description of the images, whether or not […]
Federal Court Permanently Strikes Down Coercive NC Ultrasound Law as Unconstitutional Judge finds state law forcing narrated ultrasounds on women seeking abortion violates constitutional rights of women and their health care providers (PRESS RELEASE) A federal court today permanently blocked a 2011 North Carolina law that would have forced women to undergo a narrated ultrasound […]
Rolling Stone: The Stealth War on Abortion Janet Reitman On the morning of December 11th, Gretchen Whitmer, the charismatic 42-year-old minority leader of the Michigan Senate, stood before her colleagues in the Statehouse in Lansing, and told them something she’d told almost no one before. “Over 20 years ago, I was a victim of rape,” […]
New Interactive Maps Detail Devastating Impact of Anti-Choice Legislation on Women Across the U.S. State of the States report focuses on four of the most extreme and harmful trends in state abortion restrictions passed in 2013, providing snapshot of coordinated legislative attacks on women’s health and rights (PRESS RELEASE) Politicians in nearly every single state […]
Supreme Court Considers MA Law Securing Women’s Safe Entrance into Reproductive Health Care Facilities The Center for Reproductive Rights leads broad coalition 16 of civil rights groups in filing brief in support of state law (PRESS RELEASE) The US Supreme Court will hear arguments today about a Massachusetts state law requiring a “buffer zone” around […]
The principles of substantive equality and autonomy can play an important role in fulfilling women’s reproductive rights, as they require states to empower women to make choices about their own reproductive health and lives and to address the historical causes of health-related inequalities for women. This series of fact sheets provides information on how the […]
The State of the States 2013 The Landscape of Abortion Restrictions Passed in 2013 Over the past year, we have had to double the size of our team of attorneys and experts who track state legislation and policy. And the reason why couldn’t be more apparent: the assault on reproductive rights continues at an unprecedented […]
Spaniards Reject Plan to Restrict Abortion https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/feature_story_spain_1.13.14.jpg A new poll published in the Spanish daily newspaper El País shows that Spain’s ruling conservative party is losing popularity in part because of its recent effort to restrict abortion. According to Reuters, the draft law—which would allow abortion only in cases of rape or if the pregnancy […]
