Center for Reproductive Rights Sues Texas to Stop Latest Unconstitutional Abortion Restrictions New litigation seeks to protect Texas women from regulations designed to cut off access to legal abortion and shame women. Filing comes less than six months after Center for Reproductive Rights secures landmark U.S. Supreme Court victory against Texas. (PRESS RELEASE) Today the […]
(REVISED 09.05.2019) The Center for Reproductive Rights filed litigation against the state of Texas in 2016 challenging unconstitutional new regulations that mandate the burial or cremation of embryonic and fetal tissue that results from abortions, miscarriages, or ectopic pregnancy surgery – regardless of the woman’s personal wishes or beliefs. Plaintiff(s): Whole Woman’s Health, Brookside Women’s Medical Center PA d/b/a Brookside […]
(REVISED 8.25.2017) This case is a challenge to medically unnecessary Alaska restrictions, passed more than 40 years ago, that ban abortion in outpatient health centers after the first trimester of pregnancy. The restrictions force many women to travel out of state for procedures—if they can obtain them at all. This lawsuit was one of three simultaneous […]
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Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood, ACLU File Challenges to Abortion Restrictions in Three States Women’s health organizations take fight against unconstitutional measures to state, federal courts (PRESS RELEASE) Abortion rights groups today announced a new wave of litigation to protect and expand access to abortion, with more to come. The three simultaneous lawsuits announced […]
(REVISED 6.22.21) This case is a challenge to a North Carolina ban on abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, except in extremely narrow instances of medical emergency. The case was filed in November 2016 on behalf of abortion providers in the state and their patients seeking abortion care. On June 16, 2021, U.S. Court of […]
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Texas Finalizes Latest Unconstitutional Effort to Restrict Safe, Legal Abortion (MEDIA ADVISORY) — Today the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) finalized unconstitutional new regulations that require the burial or cremation of embryonic and fetal tissue that results from abortions or miscarriages. This politically motivated new rule is designed to restrict a woman’s right […]
Download PDF (3.9 MB): TexasRegisterFiling-Fetal-AdoptionPreamble-AdoptedRuleText.pdf