By Greg Horton “Oklahoma House Bill 1595, aka the Statistical Reporting of Abortion Act, suffered another setback on Dec. 18 when Oklahoma County District Judge Daniel Owens extended a temporary restraining order until Feb. 19, 2010. The order prevents the state from demanding women who are seeking an abortion fill out a 10-page questionnaire, and […]
By Rochelle Hines “An Oklahoma County judge Friday extended a temporary restraining order that blocks enforcement of a controversial abortion law that is being challenged on grounds that it violates the Oklahoma constitution. The state attorney general’s office, which is defending the law, argued that delaying enactment could result in harm to individuals, particularly under […]
(PRESS RELEASE) Today, an Oklahoma County District Court temporarily blocked enforcement of a new abortion law that would have imposed a host of restrictions on women’s access to abortion and cost the state over a quarter of a million dollars a year to implement. The judge extended the temporary restraining order currently in place until […]
By Wayne Drash “A judge could determine Friday whether to allow an Oklahoma law to go forward that will post information online about women who get abortions in the state — an act critics say would be harassment and an invasion of privacy.‘We don’t feel that the government should be able to run a grand […]
By Kathy Lohr “In Oklahoma, a new law requires any woman seeking an abortion to first answer dozens of personal questions, including why she wants the procedure. That information, names omitted, would eventually be posted on a state Web site. Those who support the measure say it will help them better understand why women are […]
Parental involvement laws require young women to obtain the consent of or notify one or both parents in order to obtain an abortion, forcing those who are unable to comply with the requirements to delay obtaining appropriate medical care. Forty-three states have adopted some form of parental involvement law, but in six of those states, […]
GAO Report to Congressional Requesters November 2005 FDA Decision Process to Deny Initial Application for Over-the-Counter Marketing of Emergency Contraceptive Drug Plan B Was Unusual https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/GAO-06-109.pdf
Annie Tummino, 26, works at Realbirth, a childbirth education and post-partum support center in New York City. She is also chair of the Women’s Liberation Birth Control Project, and has been a coordinator with the Morning-after Pill Conspiracy since 2004. She is a plaintiff in the Center’s case against the Food and Drug Administration. The […]
In late September, the Center filed a case against a dangerous law in Oklahoma that will impose a host of restrictions on a woman’s access to abortion and cost the state over a quarter of a million dollars a year to enforce.Besides a requirement that women seeking abortions […]
This was a pre-election challenge to a ballot measure in Alaska proposing a law to require notification of one parent of a minor, followed by a 48-hour delay, prior to the performance of an abortion. Filing Date: 7/31/2009 State: Alaska Plaintiff(s): Planned Parenthood of Alaska, Susan Wingrove Center Attorney(s): Janet Crepps Co-Counsel/Cooperating Attorneys: Eve Gartner and […]