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Desperately Seeking Care: Six Months of Texas’s Extreme Abortion Ban card link

Desperately Seeking Care: Six Months of Texas’s Extreme Abortion Ban

Panic and chaos as patients are turned away in droves.

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Kansas Telemedicine Ban Blocked, Allowing Expansion of Medication Abortion Services

The use of telemedicine is an important tool for increasing access to abortion care, especially in remote and underserved areas.

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Georgia Abortion Ban Struck Down, Allowing Abortion Care Beyond Six Weeks to Resume

In case brought by the Center and its partners, judge enjoins ban that was in effect since July.

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For the Fourth Time, U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Act on Texas’s Unconstitutional Abortion Ban

The Court refuses to take action to protect pregnant Texans against the state's blatantly unconstitutional abortion ban that has ended most abortion access in Texas.

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Lawsuit Updates: Working to Block State Abortion Bans

As states rush to enforce abortion bans, the Center and partners work to block them.

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As States Rush to Enforce Abortion Bans, the Center and Partners Work to Block Them

Center lawsuits filed this week have succeeded in temporarily blocking abortion bans in Louisiana and Texas.

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Texas Court Rejects Vigilante Lawsuit Against Doctor

Court rules a citizen not harmed can’t sue doctor who violated Texas’s S.B. 8 abortion ban.

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Arizona Law Granting “Personhood” to Fetuses Blocked in Court

07.11.2022 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, a federal district court granted a request by Arizona abortion providers, physicians, and advocacy groups to prevent a 2021 law that grants “personhood” rights to fetuses, embryos, and fertilized eggs [...]

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Abortion Is Now Illegal in 11 U.S. States

State bans have left millions without access to abortion care.

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Texas Supreme Court Ruling Effectively Ends Federal Court Challenge to State’s Abortion Ban

Texans will continue to be denied abortion access after the Texas court rules the case can’t proceed against state licensing officials.

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Center and Partners Sue Oklahoma Over Abortion Bans That Would Further Devastate Access in the Region

Since Texas’s abortion ban and vigilante scheme banned most abortions in the state, people have rushed to neighboring states—including Oklahoma—to seek abortion care. Now Oklahoma has passed its own extreme abortion bans, which would further [...]

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Center Lawsuit Seeks to Restore Abortion Access in Arizona by Blocking a Civil War-Era Abortion Ban

Court asked to clarify state’s conflicting abortion laws that have forced providers to cease abortion services.

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.