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Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Against a Federal Law That Would Ban Some of the Safest Abortions as Early as 12 Weeks in Pregnancy
At Issue – Will the Court Protect Women’s Health and Uphold Established Legal Precedents? Today, one day after the mid-term elections, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the Center for Reproductive Rights' challenge to the [...]
The Supreme Test: Center for Reproductive Rights’ Abortion Case to be Heard in Supreme Court’s Fall Term
NEW YORK - On Monday, October 2, the first full term of the newly constituted Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts and including the newest justice, Samuel Alito, will convene. During this term, the [...]
Supreme Court Agrees to Review Federal Abortion Ban
New York— Today, the Supreme Court agreed to review Gonzales v. Carhart, the case in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit struck down the Federal Abortion Ban, also known as the [...]
Florida Supreme Court Finds Informed Consent Abortion Law Constitutional, Based On State’s Concessions at Oral Argument
New York, NY- Today, the Florida Supreme Court found an informed consent abortion law constitutional, but adopted an interpretation of the statute that allows abortion providers to provide their patients with information specific to their [...]
South Dakota Votes Strongly Reject Dangerous Abortion Ban
Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, released the following statement in response to the results of November 8th's vote in South Dakota:"The voters of South Dakota have spoken. They do not support [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Condemns Passage of Teen Abortion Bill
New York - The Center for Reproductive Rights today condemned passage of the bill called "Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act" by the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation makes it a federal crime for any [...]
U.S. Women Face Unprecedented Assault on Reproductive Rights, Center for Reproductive Rights Testifies Before Human Rights Committee
New York, NY—Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights testified before the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC), informing the panel of the U.S. government’s failures to protect women’s reproductive rights as covered in the principal [...]
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