Today, the Trump administration continued chipping away at civil rights protections by proposing a rule that endorses discrimination in health care settings—putting patients’ lives and health at risk. This rule, published by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), rolls back the Affordable Care Act’s Health Care Rights Law, the first broad prohibition of […]
Lambda Legal, CRR, and Americans United Sue Trump Administration to Block Denial of Care Rule https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/us_3_0.jpg (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Lambda Legal, and Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed a lawsuit challenging the “Denial of Care” Rule issued earlier this month by the U.S. Department of Health […]
Plaintiffs respectfully submit this memorandum of law in support of their motion for civil contempt against Defendant (hereinafter “the FDA”) based on the FDA‟s failure to make any meaningful efforts to comply with the portion of this Court‟s March 23, 2009 Order directing it to reconsider its denial of the Citizen Petition submitted by Plaintiffs […]
(PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights is honored to be named one of the top high-impact organizations working on women’s reproductive health, rights, and justice by the philanthropic organization Philanthropedia. This year, Philanthropedia surveyed a large group of funders, researchers, nonprofit senior staff and government officials who have an average of 18 years in […]
In this action, CRR represents Dr. J. Christopher Carey as part of our ongoing efforts to protect the ability of physicians to obtain abortion training, and to perform abortion procedures without undue government interference. Filing date: , 08/18/2005 State: Arizona Plaintiff(s): , J. Christopher Carey, MD Center Attorney(s): , Janet Crepps, Suzanne Novak, Michelle Movahed […]
Doctor Says Officials Violated Freedom of Speech New York New York, May 5, 2006 — The former director of an OB/GYN residency program at a Phoenix hospital has filed a newly amended complaint in an Arizona court alleging that county officials violated his freedom of speech when they fired him for publicly supporting abortion training […]