Access to EC in Latin America Takes Center Stage at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Center for Reproductive Rights Participates In Public Hearing Addressing Restrictions on Emergency Contraception at the 149th Period of Sessions of the Commission (PRESS RELEASE) Healthcare professionals, lawyers, policymakers, and reproductive health advocates are gathering today in Washington, D.C. to […]
UN: Women Living in War-Torn Countries Need Comprehensive Reproductive Health Services U.N. Security Council and CEDAW Committee Address Lack of Essential Health Care for Women Living in Conflict (PRESS RELEASE) Acknowledging the devastating impact of sexual violence, particularly when it is used as a weapon of war on women, this week two United Nations bodies—the […]
States are obligated under international law to provide women access to a full range of contraceptives and contraceptive information. Most countries in the European Union include affordable contraceptives and contraceptive information in their public health and social policies. Yet, in some Member States access remains an issue. For example, in some countries contraceptives are not […]
U.S. District Court Judge Edward Korman publicly rebuked the arguments from attorneys from the U.S. Department of Justice at a federal court hearing, likening the age restrictions and I.D. requirements for emergency contraception to voter suppression and citing the disproportionately negative impact of these arbitrary restrictions on young women, poor communities, and women of color. The hearing […]
After a decade-long battle led by the Center for Reproductive Rights, in June this year the US Food and Drug Administration finally approved the emergency contraceptive Plan B One-Step for over-the-counter sale. Like clockwork, Oklahoma, a state whose legislature has one of the worst reproductive rights records in the country, moved immediately to curtail access […]
State Judge Blocks Okla. Emergency Contraception Restrictions Plan B One-Step can remain on pharmacy, grocery store shelves without restriction pending outcome of Center for Reproductive Rights lawsuit (PRESS RELEASE) A state judge ruled today that an Oklahoma state law placing unnecessary barriers on women’s access to emergency contraception cannot take effect pending the outcome of […]
This case challenges the arbitrary decision of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to restrict access to emergency contraception (EC). Filing date: 01/21/2005, Re-opened 2/15/2012 Plaintiff(s): Annie Tummino, Erin T. Mahoney, Carol GiardinaKelly Mangan, Stephanie Seguin, Lori Tinney, Jennifer Brown, Candace Churchill, and Francie Hunt, Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, and National Latina Institute […]
The Center is challenging an Oklahoma law that unconstitutionally restricts adults and teens’ access to over-the-counter emergency contraceptives, by requiring adult women to show ID to a pharmacist to buy them, and teens under 17 to first get a prescription from a doctor. Filing Date: 8/8/2013 State: Oklahoma Plaintiff(s): Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice, Jo […]
NEW LAWSUIT: Oklahoma Law Restricting Emergency Contraception Violates State Constitution Center for Reproductive Rights seeks to block law keeping emergency contraception behind the counter before it takes effect Aug. 22 (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a new legal challenge today against an Oklahoma state law placing unnecessary barriers on women’s access to […]
Federal Judge Approves Government’s Plan to Make Plan B One-Step Available Without Restriction (PRESS RELEASE) U.S. District Judge Edward Korman has approved the Obama Administration’s proposed plan to comply with a federal court order to lift longstanding restrictions that impede and delay women’s access to emergency contraception by making Plan B One-Step available over the […]