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Fighting to Protect Women’s Health
A Case History of the Battle Against the Federal Abortion Ban In 1997, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed suit against a Nebraska abortion ban in federal court, on behalf of a physician, Dr. LeRoy [...]
The Federal Abortion Ban: Supreme Court Hearing for Gonzales v. Carhart, FAQ
1. What is this law about? In late 2003, Congress passed and President Bush signed into law the "Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003," the first federal ban on abortions. The act would prohibit a [...]
Repro Rights Are Human Rights
Six months pregnant and feeling unwell, a poor woman goes to a state-run clinic in Rio de Janeiro for help—and is turned away. A week later, she is dead. Halfway around the world, in Hungary, [...]
Court Upholds VA Abortion Ban, Further Eroding Constitutional Protections for Abortion Rights
New York, NY - Today, in a 6-5 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld a Virginia law that threatens doctors with criminal penalties for performing the most common method of [...]
Center Calls on Obama to Strike Down Hyde on Roe Anniversary
Nancy Northup Issues Statement On this 2009 anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, the Center for Reproductive Rights calls on President Barack Obama to strike the Hyde Amendment which bans funding [...]
U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries: Griswold and Leading Abortion Cases
Griswold v. Connecticut Roe v. Wade Bellotti v. Baird II Harris v. McRae Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey Stenberg v. Carhart Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Gonzales v. Carhart Griswold [...]
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