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Oklahoma Supreme Court Confirms Unconstitutional State Law Acts as a Total Ban on All Medication Abortion

Oklahoma Supreme Court Confirms Unconstitutional State Law Acts as a Total Ban on All Medication Abortion Ruling is in response to request from U.S. Supreme Court (PRESS RELEASE) In answering certified questions from the U.S. [...]

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Texas Health Care Providers Take Fight Against Unconstitutional Law to U.S. Supreme Court

Texas Health Care Providers Take Fight Against Unconstitutional Law to U.S. Supreme Court (PRESS RELEASE) Following a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that allowed the immediate enforcement of a [...]

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Nation’s Highest Court Dismisses Case Concerning Oklahoma’s Unconstitutional Medication Abortion Ban

Nation’s Highest Court Dismisses Case Concerning Oklahoma’s Unconstitutional Medication Abortion Ban Law banning all medication abortion and use of medication to treat ectopic pregnancies remains permanently blocked (PRESS RELEASE) Following a recent ruling from the [...]

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A Ban By Any Other Name

A Ban By Any Other Name by Nancy Northup, President & CEO, Center for Reproductive Rights Since the day the United States Supreme Court found in Roe v. Wade constitutional protections for women's right to [...]

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Our Mission, Our Bond

Our Mission, Our Bond This month, we celebrate a pivotal moment in our country's history. Forty years ago, the United States Supreme Court changed the destinies of millions upon millions of women with its landmark [...]

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North Dakota Governor Signs the Nation’s Most Extreme Attack on Women’s Constitutional Rights into Law

North Dakota Governor Signs the Nation’s Most Extreme Attack on Women’s Constitutional Rights into Law Governor also approves law designed to shut down state’s only abortion clinic and unconstitutional bill outlawing abortions based on sex [...]

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Texas Tribune: Groups weigh legal challenge to abortion bill

Texas Tribune: Groups weigh legal challenge to abortion bill "As an omnibus bill restricting abortion access in Texas makes its way to Gov. Rick Perry’s desk, opponents of the measure are already weighing the possibility [...]

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New Lawsuit Filed to Block Nearly 50-Page Kansas Law Restricting Reproductive Health Care, Discriminating Against Women and Doctors

New Lawsuit Filed to Block Nearly 50-Page Kansas Law Restricting Reproductive Health Care (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit today to block a new Kansas law encompassing 47 pages of unconstitutional [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

TX Gov Signs Package of Harmful, Unconstitutional Measures to Make Abortion Practically Non-Existent

TX Gov Signs Package of Harmful, Unconstitutional Measures to Make Abortion Practically Non-Existent Provisions similar to the new Texas law have been challenged and blocked in other states (PRESS RELEASE) Governor Rick Perry signed into [...]

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Senator Lindsey Graham Leads New Attack on Women’s Health and Rights

Senator Lindsey Graham Leads New Attack on Women’s Health and Rights Senate bill follows House in attempting to enact unconstitutional ban on abortion at 20 weeks (PRESS RELEASE) After anti-choice politicians in the U.S. House of [...]

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NEW LAWSUIT: Oklahoma Law Restricting Emergency Contraception Violates State Constitution, Discriminates Against Women

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 [...]

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North Dakota Legislature Approves Three More Unconstitutional Bills Designed to Ban Abortion in the State

North Dakota Legislature Approves Three More Unconstitutional Bills Designed to Ban Abortion in the State Measure designed to shut down the state’s only abortion clinic moves to governor’s desk (PRESS RELEASE) Just a week after [...]

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2012: U.S. in Review

2012: U.S. in Review Put 2012 against any year since the U.S. Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade, in 1973, and you would be hard pressed to find a period that offered as many highs [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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