United States
Jackson Women’s Health v Currier: Order
Mississippi Ban on Abortion After 15 Weeks of Pregnancy Struck Down by Federal District Court
Mississippi Ban on Abortion After 15 Weeks of Pregnancy Struck Down by Federal District Court State ban is found unconstitutional in a victory for the Center for Reproductive Rights and Jackson Women’s Health Organization (PRESS RELEASE) Today, a federal court in Mississippi permanently blocked the state’s unconstitutional ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. […]
Whole Woman’s Health v. TCCB: Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
Learning from Nuestro Texas: A Community-Centered Human Rights Campaign for Reproductive Justice in the Rio Grande Valley
In 2011, the Texas legislature slashed the state’s family planning budget by two-thirds and restricted providers’ ability to participate in low-cost women’s health services. In combination with federal health care and immigration policies, this move created additional, and often insurmountable, barriers to reproductive health care—care that the United Nations defines as a universal human right—for […]
Trust Women Foundation Inc. v. Schmidt
(Revised: 8.19.20) The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit challenging section 6 of the Kansas Telemedicine Act (House Bill 2028) which seeks to ban abortions administered through telemedicine, including medication abortion. The bill, which was signed into law on May 12, 2018, was scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2019. The challenge was brought on […]
Trust Women Foundation v. Schmidt: Memo of Law in Support of TI and TRO
Center for Reproductive Rights Sues to Block Ban on Telemedicine Abortions in Kansas
Center for Reproductive Rights Sues to Block Ban on Telemedicine Abortions in Kansas With only four abortion clinics in Kansas, telemedicine is crucial to abortion access (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit challenging section 6 of the Kansas Telemedicine Act (House Bill 2028) which seeks to ban abortions administered through […]
Complaint: Trust Women Foundation v. Schmidt
Texas Ban on Safest Method of Abortion After 15 Weeks Inches Closer to Supreme Court
Texas Ban on Safest Method of Abortion After 15 Weeks Inches Closer to Supreme Court Fifth Circuit now reviewing law that would force Texas doctors to perform higher-risk procedures that go against their best medical judgment (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments in Whole Woman’s Health v. […]