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Mississippi Continues to Defend 15-Week Abortion Ban Despite Searing Court Decision

Mississippi Continues to Defend 15-Week Abortion Ban Despite Searing Court Decision After a blistering court decision calling out Mississippi politicians for “gaslighting” women and wasting taxpayer money, the state continues fight for unconstitutional law (PRESS [...]

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Ohio Lawmakers Pass Multiple Extreme Abortion Bans

Ohio Lawmakers Pass Multiple Extreme Abortion Bans Center for Reproductive Rights urges Governor Kasich to veto Ohio abortion bans (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Ohio state senate passed a law (HB 258) that would effectively ban [...]

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Nova Health Systems v. Cline: District Court Order Denying Motion for Summary Judgment

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Oklahoma Court Fails to Block 72-Hour Abortion Delay

Oklahoma Court Fails to Block 72-Hour Abortion Delay (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Oklahoma District Court failed to block a measure tripling the state’s mandatory waiting period from 24 to 72 hours for virtually all women seeking abortion [...]

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Jackson Women’s Health v Currier: Order

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Mississippi Ban on Abortion After 15 Weeks of Pregnancy Struck Down by Federal District Court

Mississippi Ban on Abortion After 15 Weeks of Pregnancy Struck Down by Federal District Court State ban is found unconstitutional in a victory for the Center for Reproductive Rights and Jackson Women’s Health Organization (PRESS [...]

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Center for Reproductive Rights Sues to Block Ban on Telemedicine Abortions in Kansas

Center for Reproductive Rights Sues to Block Ban on Telemedicine Abortions in Kansas With only four abortion clinics in Kansas, telemedicine is crucial to abortion access (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed [...]

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Texas Ban on Safest Method of Abortion After 15 Weeks Inches Closer to Supreme Court

Texas Ban on Safest Method of Abortion After 15 Weeks Inches Closer to Supreme Court Fifth Circuit now reviewing law that would force Texas doctors to perform higher-risk procedures that go against their best medical [...]

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Center for Reproductive Rights and National Women’s Law Center v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The Center for Reproductive Rights and the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) filed suit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for refusing to release records related to a new division within the [...]

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June Medical Services v. Gee: Opinion by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Opinion by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in June Medical Services v. Gee (a.k.a. June Medical Services v. Russo), 09/26/18.

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Council of Europe Decision Calls on Poland to Immediately Grant Women Access to Legal Abortion Care and Services

Council of Europe Decision Calls on Poland to Immediately Grant Women Access to Legal Abortion Care and Services (PRESS RELEASE)The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe today called on Poland to immediately put [...]

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Joint Declaration: Stop the “Law for the Protection of Life and Family” Bill in Guatemala

Defenders of sexual and reproductive rights in Latin America and the Caribbean reject Bill No. 5272, also known as the “Law for the Protection of Life and Family” that seeks to restrict the right to abortion in Guatemala [...]

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Unheard Voices: Women’s Experiences with Zika in Colombia

The goal of this report is threefold: firstly, it presents and evaluates the diverse impacts that the Zika virus has had on the reproductive lives of women living in Colombia. Secondly, this report analyzes the [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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