The Weldon Amendment New York – The Center for Reproductive Rights salutes both the California Attorney General Bill Lockyer and National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) for filing lawsuits against the Weldon amendment – the anti-choice provision recently placed in a 2005 federal spending bill. These two challenges will expose the devastating effects […]
CRR, along with the California Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (CARAL), California Planned Parenthood Education Fund, and the California Medical Society, participated as amici (friends-of-the-court) in this case, arguing in favor of the constitutionality of the Women’s Contraception Equity Act (WCEA), a law that requires California employers who provide health care coverage and a […]
Denver | Learn moreToday, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a petition with the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, requesting that the court reconsider its recent ruling on an Oklahoma parental consent abortion law. According to the challenged law, abortion providers must require that minors seeking abortions inform their parents or obtain their consent or […]
Tulsa State officials agreed not to distribute the proceeds from Oklahoma’s “Choose Life” specialty license plates to anti-choice pregnancy counseling centers until July 1, 2005. The agreement was reached in connection with a lawsuit brought by a religious organization, Oklahoma Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice Education Fund, Inc., and six Oklahoma motorists challenging the constitutionality […]
New York, NY Election day was a sad day for the young women of Florida. Do the voters in the state realize that they have now threatened the health and well-being of countless young women by approving a constitutional amendment allowing a parental notification law for abortions? This amendment takes away constitutional protections previously afforded […]
Statement by Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights New York, NY |Post-Election Virtual Press KitPresident Bush’s reelection presents pro-choice forces with another four years of his administration’s relentless war on women. The Center for Reproductive Rights is ready to continue opposing and countering every administration assault. We are confident that we will prevail because […]
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Richmond, VA Media AdvisoryWHAT: Oral arguments will be heard at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond Medical Center for Women v. David M. Hicks.The federal lawsuit, brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf of Richmond Medical Center for Women, Dr. William Fitzhugh and their patients, challenges the constitutionality […]
West Palm Beach Today, the Fourth District Court of Appeals in Florida struck down an informed consent law, ruling it unconstitutional. The law would have forced abortion providers to communicate biased information to their patients.Currently, all of Florida’s physicians, including abortion providers, are already subject to informed consent requirements. According to existing law, doctors must […]
If Roe v. Wade Were Overturned Today, Over 70 Million Women and Girls In More than Half the Country Would be Impacted New York, NY If the U.S. Supreme Court were to overturn Roe v. Wade today, millions of women in their childbearing years in more than half of the country could lose their right […]