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Center Files Emergency Motion with the U.S. Supreme Court to Block Louisiana Law

Update: The United States Supreme Court issued a temporary administrative stay on February 1, preventing the admitting privileges law from going into effect today, February 4. The Court now has until Thursday, February 7 to respond [...]

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New Abortion Lawsuit Seeks to Expand Access in Oklahoma

New case highlights telemedicine and advanced practice clinicians as avenues to increasing abortion access (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit challenging two anti-abortion laws in Oklahoma, both of which are medically [...]

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Center for Reproductive Rights Announces Creative Council led by Elizabeth Banks

Actors, producers, directors, artists, and cultural icons to join forces to champion reproductive rights access in the United States and around the world (Press Release) The Center for Reproductive Rights, a global human rights organization, [...]

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Center for Reproductive Rights Back at U.S. Supreme Court; Identical Abortion Issue Decided in 2016

Court will revisit abortion precedent as it reviews a law designed to shutdown abortion clinics (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a petition for certiorari filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights, [...]

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New Tool Shows State of Abortion Law and Abortion Access Across America

Center for Reproductive Rights comprehensive digital map shows the ‘No Roe Reality’ of abortion laws, restrictions,and protections on the books - including those laws currently blocked by the courts (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Center [...]

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Supreme Court Halts Closure of Abortion Clinics in Louisiana

Supreme Court Halts Closure of Abortion Clinics in Louisiana (PRESS RELEASE) – Tonight, the Supreme Court granted an emergency request from the Center for Reproductive Rights, blocking a law that would have shut down some [...]

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Fight for Abortion Rights Returns to Supreme Court

Justices have agreed to hear a Center case out of Louisiana that could determine the future of abortion rights. Today the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear June Medical v. Gee, a case brought by [...]

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Abortion Battle Goes to U.S. Supreme Court

Abortion Battle Goes to U.S. Supreme Court Abortion Battle Goes to U.S. Supreme Court (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights is filing a petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking [...]

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Kansas Supreme Court Says State Constitution Protects Abortion

Today, the Kansas Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in Hodes & Nauser MDs, P.A., et al. v. Schmidt & Howe, affirming that the state’s constitution protects Kansas women’s right to safe and legal abortion.  [...]

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Oklahoma Court Strikes Down Restrictions on Medication Abortion

Oklahoma Court Strikes Down Restrictions on Medication Abortion (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Oklahoma Supreme Court permanently blocked a 2014 Oklahoma measure (H.B. 2684) that restricts a woman’s access to medication abortion—a non-surgical method of ending [...]

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Center for Reproductive Rights Files Opening Brief in Abortion Case Before the Supreme Court

Identical abortion issue decided by Supreme Court in 2016 (PRESS RELEASE)—Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed its opening brief before the United States Supreme Court in June Medical Services v. Gee—the first abortion rights [...]

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Fate of Louisiana Abortion Clinics Hinges on Supreme Court Emergency Request

Fate of Louisiana Abortion Clinics Hinges on Supreme Court Emergency Request Louisiana’s three remaining abortion clinics are in jeopardy after Fifth Circuit’s Rogue Ruling (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed an emergency motion with the United States Supreme [...]

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It’s time to end judicial authorization for abortion in India

It’s time to end judicial authorization for abortion in India Meera* was only 10 years old when she became pregnant after being raped. Meera did not know she was pregnant, and her family only realized [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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