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Appeals Court Strikes Down Mississippi 15-Week Abortion Ban
(PRESS RELEASE)—Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's decision to strike down Mississippi's ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The case was brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights [...]
Medical Groups, Legal Experts, People Who Had Abortions, and Advocates Join Fight Against Louisiana’s Anti-Abortion Law
ABA, AMA and other diverse supporters unite to urge U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Louisiana law designed to shut down abortion clinics (PRESS RELEASE)—Yesterday, a coalition of leading voices in medicine, law, and public policy [...]
Amicus Briefs Filed in Support of June Medical Services v. Gee
Nearly 200 organizations and more than 700 individuals filed amicus briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court opposing a Louisiana abortion restriction.
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 [...]
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 [...]
California District Court Joins other Federal Courts in Vacating the Trump Administration’s “Denial of Care” Rule in Full
(PRESS RELEASE) Today, a California federal judge became the third judge in the U.S. to strike down the Trump Administration’s Denial of Care rule in its entirety. U.S. District Judge William Alsup also upheld the [...]
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 [...]
Oklahoma Supreme Court Steps in to Block Abortion Ban After Rogue Ruling
Court issues order temporarily blocking a ban on the standard method of abortion after 14 weeks of pregnancy (Press Release) — Today, the Oklahoma Supreme Court granted an emergency request to block the state’s ban [...]
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Civil Rights Groups and the County of Santa Clara Urge Court to Block HHS Denial of Care Rule
Patients’ Lives at Risk if Trump Administration Rule Goes into Effect Nov. 22 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Lambda Legal, and the County [...]
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, [...]
Court Blocks Oklahoma Law that Violates Doctors’ Free Speech
Court Blocks Oklahoma Law that Violates Doctors’ Free Speech Law would force physicians to tell patients that some abortions are “reversible” (PRESS RELEASE)—Today, a state district court judge ruled from the bench and temporarily blocked [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Sues Department of Health and Human Services for Failing to Comply with Freedom of Information Act Requests
(PRESS RELEASE) —Today, the Center for Reproductive Rightsfiled a complaint against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for failing to produce records related to the Office for Civil Rights’ (OCR) operations and enforcement [...]
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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