2019
Expert Opinion by the Center for Reproductive Rights to the Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany on the Draft Law of the Federal Government on Improving Information on Abortion
On 6 February 2019, the German government agreed on a draft law to revise §219a of the Penal Code which currently prohibits doctors and other medical professionals from publicly stating that they perform legal abortions and providing medically accurate information on abortion in the public domain. The new draft law would permit medical providers to […]
Court Strikes Down Discriminatory Anti-Abortion Law in Alaska
Court Strikes Down Discriminatory Anti-Abortion Law in Alaska Law that would withhold Medicaid coverage from women seeking abortions is declared unconstitutional Today, the Alaska Supreme Court struck down a state law and Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) regulation that would have severely limited Medicaid coverage of abortions for low-income women. The decision in […]
Reproductive Rights Developments in Europe
Reproductive Rights Developments in Europe Round-Up of Abortion Law Reform in 2018 and a Preview of Prospective Developments in 2019 This Bulletin provides an overview of key legal and policy developments on abortion that have occurred in Europe in the course of 2018 and since the beginning of 2019. […]
Voces Ignoradas: Experiencias de Mujeres con el Virus del Zika – Colombia
Voces Ignoradas: Experiencias de Mujeres con el Virus del Zika – La Respuesta Global
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June Medical Services v. Gee: Grant of Application for Stay
Supreme Court Halts Closure of Abortion Clinics in Louisiana
Supreme Court Halts Closure of Abortion Clinics in Louisiana (PRESS RELEASE) – Tonight, the Supreme Court granted an emergency request from the Center for Reproductive Rights, blocking a law that would have shut down some of the last three abortion clinics in Louisiana. The law, which was set to take effect on February 8, would […]
Trust Women Foundation v. Bennett: Motion to Consolidate
Supreme Court Steps in to Protect Abortion Access in Louisiana
Tonight, the United States Supreme Court stood by its decades-long affirmation of abortion rights, blocking a Louisiana law that could have shuttered the state’s few remaining clinics. We filed an emergency request with the Court to block the law on January 25 after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit refused to rehear our case—and […]