Abortion
Appeals Court Strikes Down Mississippi 15-Week Abortion Ban
(PRESS RELEASE)—Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s decision to strike down Mississippi’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The case was brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison on behalf of Jackson Women’s Health Organization (JWHO)–the last remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi. […]
5th Cir. 15-Week Ban Opinion – Jackson Women’s Health Center v. Dobbs
Jackson Women’s Health Center v. Dobbs: Fifth Circuit Opinion
June Medical Services v. Gee: Motion to Partially Dismiss or Limit Interlocutory Appeal
Slovakia’s Parliament rejects harmful restrictions on safe abortion care
Today the Slovak Parliament rejected draft legislation that would have severely restricted women’s access to abortion care and subjected women to a series of humiliating and medically inaccurate and unnecessary requirements prior to accessing abortion. “Today’s result was critical for the protection of women’s health and wellbeing in Slovakia. The sole purpose of the proposed […]
What would happen in your state if Roe fell?
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/wirf_banner.jpg “What if Roe Fell” Map Shows Abortion Rights at Risk The new Center for Reproductive Rights “What if Roe Fell” digital map shows that if the Supreme Court were to limit or overturn Roe v. Wade, abortion rights would be protected in less than half of the U.S. states and in none of the […]
Medical Groups, Legal Experts, People Who Had Abortions, and Advocates Join Fight Against Louisiana’s Anti-Abortion Law
ABA, AMA and other diverse supporters unite to urge U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Louisiana law designed to shut down abortion clinics (PRESS RELEASE)—Yesterday, a coalition of leading voices in medicine, law, and public policy joined with abortion patients and advocates to submit 27 amicus briefs to the Supreme Court in opposition to a law that […]
Amicus Briefs Filed in Abortion Case Before the Supreme Court
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/20191203-SCOTUS-Amicus-featurebanner.jpg Hundreds of organizations and individuals urge Supreme Court to strike down Louisiana abortion restriction A collection of nearly 200 organizations and more than 700 individuals representing leading voices in medicine, law, and public policy, along with people impacted by abortion restrictions, today filed amicus briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court voicing opposition to a […]
Center for Reproductive Rights Releases New Brief of European Abortion Laws
Europe leads the world with its number of liberalized laws on abortion, but many women still face access barriers due to regulatory restrictions or regressive threats (PRESS RELEASE) –A new comparative overview of European abortion laws, released today by the Center for Reproductive Rights, reveals that more than 95% of women of reproductive age currently […]