2020

https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/FeatureBanner-2.jpg Center Blocks Another State Abortion Ban The Center for Reproductive Rights continues to use the power of law to block extreme and deceptive state laws that aim to deny women access to abortion care. In December, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Center’s victory striking down Mississippi’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, and in January, the full Fifth Circuit denied […]

Yesterday, on the 47th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) approved a previously-denied waiver request by the state of Texas for federal Medicaid funding to administer a family planning program that discriminates against reproductive health care providers. The approval upends a longstanding Medicaid requirement that enrollees be […]

“This week marks 47 years since the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed our constitutional guarantee to reproductive freedom in Roe v. Wade. But that guarantee has been whittled away in the decades since. Today’s reality is that accessing abortion care in many states is extremely challenging, rendering Roe meaningless for some women. States have figured out […]