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Federal District Court Blocks Unconstitutional Texas Abortion Restrictions
Federal District Court Blocks Unconstitutional Texas Abortion Restrictions Center for Reproductive Rights challenging state regulations designed to shame women and restrict abortion access (RELEASE) A federal district court today blocked state regulations forcing Texas health [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Challenges Louisiana Clinic Shutdown Laws One Year After Historic Supreme Court Decision
Center for Reproductive Rights Challenges Louisiana Clinic Shutdown Laws High court’s landmark Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt ruling declared similar restrictions unconstitutional (PRESS RELEASE) — The Center for Reproductive Rights today filed a new lawsuit [...]
Leading the Charge
One year ago, in June 2016, the Center for Reproductive Rights won the most significant abortion-access case at the Supreme Court in decades. The landmark Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt decision struck down a Texas law [...]
Trial Concludes in Challenge to Texas Abortion Method Ban
Trial Concludes in Challenge to Texas Abortion Method Ban (PRESS RELEASE) A trial concluded yesterday in a lawsuit brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood, on behalf of lead plaintiff Whole Woman’s [...]
Texas Appeals Federal Court Order Blocking Unconstitutional Restrictions on Miscarriage and Abortion Care
Texas Appeals Federal Court Order Blocking Unconstitutional Restrictions on Miscarriage and Abortion Care Federal district court halted vague, burdensome regulations after legal challenge by Center for Reproductive Rights (MEDIA ADVISORY) The state of Texas late [...]
Texas Court Strikes Down Ban on Safest, Most Common Method of Abortion After Approximately 15 Weeks
Texas Court Strikes Down Ban on Safest, Most Common Method of Abortion (Press Release) Today, a federal district court judge struck down a Texas measure banning the safest and most common method of ending a [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights, ACLU File New Lawsuit Challenging Four Abortion Restrictions Passed in Arkansas This Year
Center, ACLU File New Lawsuit Challenging Four Abortion Restrictions Passed in Arkansas This Year (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the ACLU of Arkansas filed a new [...]
Texas Senate Passes Ban on Proven, Safe Method of Abortion
Texas Senate Passes Ban on Proven, Safe Method of Abortion (MEDIA ADVISORY) The Texas Senate gave final approval and passed a measure today which would ban a safe, medically proven method of ending a pregnancy in [...]
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Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood File New Lawsuit Challenging Texas Measure Banning The Safest, Most Common Method of Abortion in the Second Trimester
CRR, PP File New Lawsuit Challenging TX Measure Banning Safest, Most Common Method of Abortion in Second Trimester Dangerous law puts medical decisions in the hands of politicians -- rather than doctors and their patients. [...]
Center Calls Upon Texas Governor to Veto Unconstitutional Abortion Restrictions
Center Calls Upon Texas Governor to Veto Unconstitutional Abortion Restrictions Measure would ban safe, proven method of abortion, also doubles down on regulations targeting women seeking abortion care, miscarriage management (PRESS RELEASE) The Texas legislature [...]
Pennsylvania Senate Passes Two Abortion Bans
Pennsylvania Senate Passes Two Abortion Bans (MEDIA ADVISORY) The Pennsylvania Senate passed an unconstitutional measure today which bans a safe, medically proven, method of second trimester abortion while also banning abortion at 20 weeks after [...]
Call on Costa Rica Now
For too long, women in Costa Rica have been denied legal abortion services—help us fight back. Your voice counts – sign the petition now to urge the Costa Rican government to permit women to receive [...]
Salvadoran Woman Wrongfully Imprisoned Shares Her Story with U.N. Committee
Salvadoran Woman Wrongfully Imprisoned Shares Her Story with U.N. Committee (PRESS RELEASE) A Salvadoran woman who was wrongfully imprisoned after an obstetric emergency and later absolved and released in 2015 spoke to a United Nations [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
