CRR, along with the California Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (CARAL), California Planned Parenthood Education Fund, and the California Medical Society, participated as amici (friends-of-the-court) in this case, arguing in favor of the constitutionality of the Women’s Contraception Equity Act (WCEA), a law that requires California employers who provide health care coverage and a […]
Denver | Learn moreToday, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a petition with the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, requesting that the court reconsider its recent ruling on an Oklahoma parental consent abortion law. According to the challenged law, abortion providers must require that minors seeking abortions inform their parents or obtain their consent or […]
Richmond, VA Media AdvisoryWHAT: Oral arguments will be heard at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond Medical Center for Women v. David M. Hicks.The federal lawsuit, brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf of Richmond Medical Center for Women, Dr. William Fitzhugh and their patients, challenges the constitutionality […]
Judge Issues 500-Page Ruling Responding to Congress’ Claims Lincoln, NELearn more about the federal abortion banToday, a third federal judge, in Nebraska, declared the “Partial Birth Abortion Act of 2003” unconstitutional, recognizing the law as a threat to women’s health. The ban, challenged by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf of Nebraska physician Dr. […]
Lincoln | Learn MoreWHAT: A decision will be handed down in Carhart v. Ashcroft, a federal civil rights lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska. The suit was brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf of four doctors challenging the constitutionality of the “Partial Birth Abortion Act of 2003” […]
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European Court of Human Rights Rules Poland’s Denial of Legal Reproductive Care Violates Human Rights (Updated 4.01.21) The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Poland’s failure to ensure the applicant’s timely access to prenatal diagnostic examinations and information, which would have enabled her to decide whether or not to seek a legal abortion, violated her rights under the European Convention […]
Learn more about other abortion bans. Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights won a temporary restraining order on behalf of the Jackson Women’s Health Organization (JWHO) against a new abortion law in Mississippi. The law would have banned abortions after the first trimester of pregnancy being performed in any facility other than licensed hospitals or […]
San Francisco Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit agreed with the Center for Reproductive Rights’ challenge against an Arizona law regulating abortion providers. Among other things, physicians and clinics would have been required to turn over patient records and be subject to unannounced inspections without warrants. Now, the Center is going […]
On Thursday, June 10, 2004, the Utah Attorney General’s Office, on behalf of the State of Utah and the Salt Lake City prosecutor’s office, agreed to a court-ordered preliminary injunction to prevent enforcement of the “Partial Birth Abortion Amendments” recently enacted by the Utah Legislature. Utah’s law is virtually identical to the “Partial-Birth Abortion Ban […]