Texas passed House Bill 2 in 2013, which requires that abortion providers obtain admitting privileges at local hospitals and mandates a medically obsolete method of medication abortion. Laws that require abortion providers to have admitting privileges at hospitals or to use outdated protocols when providing medication abortions are contrary to current medical standards, and the […]
In a recent set of articles, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat once again puts his foot in his mouth when he argues that abortion restrictions can be compatible with gender equality. To illustrate his point, he cites countries in Europe, where second- and third-trimester abortions are restricted, and is particularly obsessed with Ireland, where […]
reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_FH_Midyear_2013.jpg A Sustained Assault There was a time not long ago when those of us dedicated to protecting reproductive freedom viewed the surge in attacks of 2011 as an aberration, an extreme political reaction. But 2012 and the first six months of 2013 have proved beyond a doubt that extremist politicians will not relent until […]
The Center challenged the medically unjustified requirements that were enacted in Mississippi in an attempt to make the state “abortion-free.” reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2013-04-15-MS-Preliminary-Injunction-Order.pdf
Michigan Gov. Slammed for Signing Law reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_FS_MI_NEW.jpg It is common practice for anti-choice legislators to sugarcoat their motives for passing laws that choke off access to reproductive health care. Michigan governor Rick Snyder has gone down the same path, indicating that he’s trying to “strike a balance between women’s rights and his own opposition to […]
Oklahoman Letter to the Editor: Group advocates access to affordable contraception By Nancy Northup, President and CEO, Center for Reproductive Rights “Truth serum: Rights group silent on pill access issue” (Our Views, Dec. 24) wrongly accuses the Center for Reproductive Rights of remaining silent on the issue of women’s access to standard birth control pills. […]