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Texas Supreme Court Denies Funding for Medically Necessary Abortions
Ban on Medicaid Abortions is Upheld Austin, TexasOn New Year’s Eve, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that the State is not constitutionally obligated to pay for abortions for poor women who may need the procedure [...]
Sex Discrimination Continues in Florida After Court Refuses to Overturn Ban on Medicaid Funded Abortions
Low-Income Women’s Health Remains at Risk Continuing to put women's health at risk, Florida's Third District Court of Appeals issued an opinion today refusing to overturn Florida's ban on Medicaid funded abortions. The Center for [...]
Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest in Court to Protect Abortion Access for Low Income Women in Alaska
Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest in Court to Protect Abortion Access for Low Income Women in Alaska Lawsuit seeks to immediately block new regulation that severely restricts abortion coverage through the state Medicaid program [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Challenges Louisiana Clinic Shutdown Laws One Year After Historic Supreme Court Decision
Center for Reproductive Rights Challenges Louisiana Clinic Shutdown Laws High court’s landmark Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt ruling declared similar restrictions unconstitutional (PRESS RELEASE) — The Center for Reproductive Rights today filed a new lawsuit [...]
In a Blow to Women’s Health and Rights in Louisiana, Fifth Circuit Completely Disregards U.S. Supreme Court Precedent
In a Blow to Women’s Health and Rights in Louisiana, Fifth Circuit Completely Disregards U.S. Supreme Court Precedent (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a Louisiana law that [...]
New Lawsuit Challenges Arizona’s Unconstitutional Restrictions on Non-Surgical Abortion
New Lawsuit Challenges Arizona’s Unconstitutional Restrictions on Non-Surgical Abortion Regulations would severely limit—if not outright ban—access to medication abortion, force doctors to ignore best medical practices (PRESS RELEASE) Women’s health care providers filed a federal [...]
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 [...]
The Day that Will Live in Infamy
The Day that Will Live in Infamy by Aram Schvey, Policy Counsel for Foreign Policy and Human Rights at the Center for Reproductive Rights August 1, 2012: A date that will live in infamy. Or [...]
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Center for Reproductive Rights Denounces Trump Administration’s Attack on Title X Family Planning Program
Center for Reproductive Rights Denounces Trump Administration’s Attack on Title X Family Planning Program (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights denounced the Trump administration’s latest move to block women’s access to critical health [...]
Playing Politics with Women’s Health: U.S. Senator Pits Women’s Health Protection Act Against Nationwide Abortion Ban
Playing Politics with Women’s Health: U.S. Senator Pits Women’s Health Protection Act Against Nationwide Abortion Ban (PRESS RELEASE) Today Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is expected to try to force a vote on his unconstitutional, nationwide [...]
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 [...]
As the Hyde Amendment Turns Forty, Center for Reproductive Rights Continues to Call for Repeal
As the Hyde Amendment Turns Forty, Center for Reproductive Rights Continues to Call for Repeal 40 years since passage of dangerous and discriminatory Hyde Amendment coincides with new national poll showing voters support lifting abortion [...]
Two More Texas Health Centers Forced to Close in Wake of Unconstitutional Abortion Restrictions Passed Last Summer
Two More Texas Health Centers Forced to Close in Wake of Unconstitutional Abortion Restrictions Passed Last Summer Women in East Texas and the Rio Grande Valley face dire health care crisis (PRESS RELEASE) Whole Woman’s [...]
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