The Center’s partner organizations filed lawsuits and motions on behalf of abortion providers in Alabama, Iowa and Ohio on March 30, 2020, to stop those states’ attempts to block access to essential abortion care. That same day, Alabama and Ohio issued temporary restraining orders allowing abortion care to proceed. Each state has used the COVID-19 […]
On April 24, 2020, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a federal district court’s injunction, granted a week earlier, allowing procedural abortion care to continue in Tennessee. The Circuit Court’s decision rejected the state’s request to stay the district court’s emergency order and reaffirmed that the state’s attempt to ban abortion services did not have any basis in […]
On April 27, 2020, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of abortion providers, denying Oklahoma’s request to stay a lower court’s ruling from the prior week that blocked the state’s ban on abortion care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision means that abortion clinics can continue providing care as the case continues. The State was ordered […]
On April 22, 2020, the state of Texas abandoned its legal fight and agreed to allow abortion care to resume in full. In papers filed in the case, Texas clarified that its new executive order taking effect the same day—which exempts any health care facility that certifies to the health department that they will set […]
On May 1, 2020, the Center resolved a lawsuit filed in federal district court challenging Louisiana’s attempt to close down abortion clinics in the state under a Notice issued by the state health department directing medical providers to postpone medical care unless it falls under certain exceptions. The move came after the attorney general announced “that elective abortions are […]
A new issue brief from the Center for Reproductive Rights and partner organizations details how the U.S. government has exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to eviscerate humanitarian and human rights protections for immigrants and people seeking asylum, with devastating consequences for pregnant people along the U.S.-Mexico border and in immigration detention. A co-publication of the Center […]
This fact sheet discusses how youth access to reproductive care has been further imperiled by the COVID-19 pandemic and what governments should do about it.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, human rights experts call on governments to ensure the provision of the full range of sexual and reproductive health services.
The flurry of lawsuits filed since March by the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners are succeeding in protecting access to abortion care during the COVID-19 pandemic. In eight states, officials have used the COVID-19 health crisis as an opportunity to block access to abortion. The lawsuits, filed on behalf of abortion providers, are […]