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Centuries-Old Abortion Ban Ruled Enforceable in Arizona
Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that a near-total abortion ban passed in 1864 can take effect
Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that a near-total abortion ban passed in 1864 can take effect
Opinion by the Center and its partners argues that care—including caring for others, being cared for and self-care—should be considered a universal and autonomous human right.
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The Center’s Asia team meets with human rights experts and members of Nepal’s Parliament and Ministry of Health and Population.
100+ participants learn about surrogacy laws, case studies and key cases in several Asian countries to help improve legal standards in the region.
When the U.S. Supreme Court took away the constitutional right to abortion on June 24, 2022, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton put out an advisory stating that the state’s trigger abortion ban, which bans abortion from the moment of fertilization, would not take effect for at least two months. However, he noted that “abortion providers […]
In this landmark ruling, the South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed abortion as a protected privacy right under the state’s constitution. The ruling, made January 5, 2023, permanently blocked the state’s ban on abortion at approximately six weeks of pregnancy. Read more about the ruling below or here. Case background: In February 2021, South Carolina’s S.B. […]
On March 21, 2023, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the state constitution protects the right to abortion in life-threatening situations, but declined to rule whether its constitution protects a broader right to abortion outside of those circumstances. Read more about the ruling below. On July 1, 2022, the Center for Reproductive Rights and its […]
In a preliminary ruling on January 23, the state court denied the Center’s request for a preliminary injunction to prohibit enforcement of the state’s amended abortion ban against physicians who in their good faith medical judgment, and in consultation with their patients, provide a health-preserving abortion. The court did not address the constitutional questions that are the focus […]
Mississippi’s abortion “trigger” ban —which makes abortion illegal in the state except to save the life of the pregnant person, or in cases of rape or incest that have been reported to law enforcement—has been in effect since June 24, 2022. In 2007, the Mississippi legislature passed an abortion “trigger” ban (Miss. Code Ann. § […]