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New Research Reveals Devastating Impact of Clinic Shutdown Laws on Texas Women

New Research Reveals Devastating Impact of Clinic Shutdown Laws on Texas Women Without U.S. Supreme Court intervention, widespread clinic delays will undermine the constitutional rights of women (PRESS RELEASE) New research released today by the Texas Policy [...]

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New Research Finds Link Between Self-Induction and Abortion Restrictions

New Research Finds Link Between Self-Induction and Abortion Restrictions First-of-its-kind study suggests self-induction more common in Texas, where deceptive laws have reduced access to care (PRESS RELEASE) Today the Texas Policy Evaluation Project (TxPEP) released [...]

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Supreme Court Steps In to Protect Abortion Access in Texas

Supreme Court Steps In to Protect Abortion Access in Texas Nation’s highest court blocks 5th Circuit ruling that would have shuttered all but 9 clinics in the state (PRESS RELEASE)  In a 5-4 order, the U.S. [...]

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Fifth Circuit Refuses to Stay Ruling That Could Immediately Shutter All But 9 Abortion Clinics in Texas

Fifth Circuit Refuses to Stay Ruling That Could Immediately Shutter All But 9 Abortion Clinics in Texas Center for Reproductive Rights to ask Supreme Court to block ruling before it takes effect on July 1 [...]

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Fifth Circuit Upholds Texas Clinic Shutdown Law, All But 8 Abortion Clinics At Risk of Closure

Fifth Circuit Upholds Texas Clinic Shutdown Law, All But 8 Abortion Clinics At Risk of Closure Center for Reproductive Rights vows to take case to U.S. Supreme Court (PRESS RELEASE) The U.S. Court of Appeals [...]

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Leading National Health Organizations, Legal Scholars, and State Attorneys General Oppose Texas Clinic Shutdown Law

Leading National Health Organizations, Legal Scholars, and State Attorneys General Oppose Texas Clinic Shutdown Law American Medical Association and 12 state Attorneys General among broad coalition urging U.S. Supreme Court to avert impending health crisis [...]

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Moving in a New Direction

A new resource shares innovative and effective state policies that successfully improve women’s reproductive lives. Forced ultrasound. 72-hour waiting periods. Medically unnecessary clinic requirements. We often hear about the outrageousness of anti-abortion laws. Where are [...]

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Women’s Health Care Providers Ask United States Supreme Court to Take On Texas Clinic Shutdown Law

Women’s Health Care Providers Ask U.S Supreme Court to Take On Texas Clinic Shutdown Law As few as 10 clinics will remain in Texas if nation’s highest court fails to intervene (PRESS RELEASE) Today a [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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Arizona Health Care Providers Challenge Law Forcing Them to Lie to Patients

Arizona Health Care Providers Challenge Law Forcing Them to Lie to Patients New law forces doctors to tell patients medication abortions can be reversed. Medical experts oppose the law, calling it “bad medicine” (PRESS RELEASE) [...]

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Texas Continues to Fight Back: El Paso Clinic Reopens Following Supreme Court Action Blocking Sham Abortion Restrictions

Texas Continues to Fight Back: El Paso Clinic Reopens Following Supreme Court Action Blocking Sham Abortion Restrictions Reproductive Services in El Paso reopens, but millions of Texas women still at risk of losing access to [...]

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U.S. Supreme Court to Review Texas Clinic Shutdown Law

U.S. Supreme Court to Review Texas Clinic Shutdown Law Deceptive law would close all but 10 clinics in Texas and restrict access to safe, legal care for millions of women. (PRESS RELEASE) The U.S. Supreme [...]

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Virginia Board of Health Votes to Amend Regulations Designed to Shutter Abortion Clinics

Virginia Board of Health Votes to Amend Regulations Designed to Shutter Abortion Clinics (PRESS RELEASE) The Virginia Board of Health voted 9--6 today to lift some of the harsh restrictions in the state’s Texas-style clinic regulations [...]

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New Lawsuit Challenges Two Oklahoma Laws That Delay Women’s Health Care and Criminalize Doctors

New Lawsuit Challenges Two Oklahoma Laws That Delay Women’s Health Care and Criminalize Doctors (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a new lawsuit in state district court today challenging two Oklahoma measures which [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.