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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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Supreme Court’s Next Big Abortion Decision
The Supreme Court's Next Big Abortion Decision “Roe v. Wade, watch out. The Supreme Court will venture into the abortion debate later this year when it considers the constitutionality of an Oklahoma law restricting the [...]
Ignoring State Court Decisions Clearly Protecting Women’s Rights to Non-Surgical Abortion, Oklahoma State Officials Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court
Oklahoma State Officials Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court (PRESS RELEASE) In an attempt to overturn decisions by a state district judge and all nine justices on the Oklahoma Supreme Court protecting women’s rights to the [...]
The New Standard of Extreme: North Dakota Legislature Sends Six-Week Abortion Ban to Governor
The New Standard of Extreme: North Dakota Legislature Sends Six-Week Abortion Ban to Governor Center for Reproductive Rights calls on Governor Dalrymple to reject patently unconstitutional and dangerous measure (PRESS RELEASE) Today the North Dakota [...]
Wall Street Journal: States Harden Views Over Laws Governing Abortion
Wall Street Journal: States Harden Views Over Laws Governing Abortion By Louise Radnofsky States are becoming increasingly polarized over abortion, as some legislatures pass ever-tighter restrictions on the procedure while others consider stronger legal protections [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
New Republic: Fetal-Heartbeat Abortion Laws Are Dangerous Even If Judges Reject Them
New Republic: Fetal-Heartbeat Abortion Laws Are Dangerous Even If Judges Reject Them By Molly Redden On March 6, the Arkansas legislature enacted the toughest abortion law in the nation, banning the procedure after 12 weeks [...]
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 [...]
Mother Jones: Republicans want to ban abortions after 20 weeks. Here’s how one group is fighting back
Mother Jones: Republicans want to ban abortions after 20 weeks "The Center for Reproductive Rights, a New York-based nonprofit, is at the center of the key legal battles over abortion and contraception. CRR filed the [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.