States with Most Abortion Restrictions have the Fewest Supportive Policies for Women, Children (PRESS RELEASE) States with the highest number of abortion restrictions tend to have the worst women and children’s health outcomes and fewest supportive policies that would actually advance the health and well-being of families—according to an updated report released by the Center […]
(REVISED 1.19.22) This case was a challenge to a Texas ban on the standard procedure for abortion care after about 14-15 weeks. The Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood filed the lawsuit in federal district court in July 2017. The law was ruled unconstitutional by the district court and a panel of the Fifth Circuit […]
Chile’s Senate Passes Abortion Bill (PRESS RELEASE) After more than two years of Congressional deliberations, today the Chile Senate passed an abortion bill that will allow women to access safe and legal abortion services in cases of life-endangerment, sexual violence, and fatal fetal impairments. This bill seeks to overturn Chile’s absolute ban on abortion, which […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/USPA-AWF-WHPA-Report-Front-Page.jpg Abortion rights have been under attack for years in the United States, through laws that shut down clinics, impose medically unnecessary regulations, and shame women for their decisions. The impact of abortion restrictions have very real social and economic consequences for people’s lives. The Women’s Health Protection Act is a federal legislative response designed […]
Senate Republicans Keep Up Attack on Women’s Health Care Access and Services in Latest Devastating Proposal (PRESS RELEASE) – After pulling their initial health care proposal, Senate Republicans today introduced a revised health care bill that keeps the earlier provisions that would gut women’s access to basic health care services — including maternity care and cancer screenings […]
The Center gathered nearly 200 state legislators and advocates in Washington, D.C., to discuss strategies for advancing women’s reproductive health. What happens when you convene some of the nation’s brightest leaders in state reproductive health, rights, and justice in Washington, D.C.? The crowd erupts in lively cheers to the sound of U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal, […]
Salvadoran Teenager Wrongfully Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Experiencing Pregnancy Complications (PRESS RELEASE) This week a nineteen-year old Salvadoran rape survivor who became pregnant and suffered a stillbirth was sentenced to 30 years in prison on charges of aggravated homicide. Evelyn Beatriz, who has been in Ilopango Prison since April 2016, was sentenced […]
Center for Reproductive Rights Challenges Louisiana Clinic Shutdown Laws High court’s landmark Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt ruling declared similar restrictions unconstitutional (PRESS RELEASE) — The Center for Reproductive Rights today filed a new lawsuit against the state of Louisiana’s clinic licensing law that has forced most of the state’s abortion clinics to close. The […]
Senate Republicans Unveil Dangerous Health Care Bill Which Robs Millions of Health Care (PRESS RELEASE) Senate Republicans today unveiled their health care bill that dismantles the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and pushes health care out of reach for millions of people. In addition to gutting women’s access to basic health care services like birth control […]
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