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Center for Reproductive Rights and National Women’s Law Center v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The Center for Reproductive Rights and the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) filed suit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for refusing to release records related to a new division within the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) dedicated exclusively to enforcing refusal of care laws. HHS has refused to release information […]
Center for Reproductive Rights v. U.S. Department of State
The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of State (DOS) for refusing to release records related to the deletion of the reproductive rights subsection from DOS’s 2017 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (HRRs). The 2017 HRRs, published on April 20, 2018 omitted all mention of […]
Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court
Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court (PRESS RELEASE) Statement of Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights: “Today, after a wrenching confirmation fight, the U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh as an Associate Supreme Court Justice by a two-vote margin. This is a […]
June Medical Services v. Gee – Petition for Rehearing En Banc
Lawmakers and Civil Society Pressure Department of State to Bring Back Deleted Reproductive Rights Sections in Annual Human Rights Reports
Lawmakers and Civil Society Pressure Department of State to Bring Back Deleted Reproductive Rights Sections in Annual Human Rights Reports (PRESS RELEASE) 129 Members of the House of Representatives have joined with 97 Civil Society organizations calling on the Department of State to include Reproductive Rights in the Annual Human Rights Reports. Since 2011, the […]
House Representatives Pompeo Reproductive Rights Letter
Read our letter to Secretary Pompeo on the omission of reproductive rights in the State Department’s annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.
Pompeo Civil Society Letter Human Rights Report
Dear Secretary Pompeo, As development of the 2018 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices begins, we are writing to raise our deep concern about significant changes in last year’s report, including the deletion of the reproductive rights subsection and limited reporting on prevalence and incidence of gender-based violence. The undersigned 97 civil society organizations call […]
2018 Sarah Weddington Prize Winners Announced!
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the thirteenth annual Sarah Weddington Writing Prize for New Student Scholarship in Reproductive Rights Law co-sponsored by If/When/How, the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice at UC Berkeley School of Law and the Center for Reproductive Rights. First place: “Borders Across Bodies: Assessing the Balance of Expanding SCHIP Coverage at […]
June Medical Services v. Gee: Opinion by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Opinion by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in June Medical Services v. Gee (a.k.a. June Medical Services v. Russo), 09/26/18.