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South Carolina Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Six-Week Abortion Ban
08.17.22 — (PRESS RELEASE) Today, in a unanimous order, the South Carolina Supreme Court blocked the state’s ban on abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy (Senate Bill 1), granting an emergency request from abortion providers [...]
Abortion Now Banned After 20th Week of Pregnancy in North Carolina
08.17.22 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, a federal judge lifted an injunction blocking North Carolina’s ban on abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy, allowing the law to go into effect immediately. The ban had been [...]
New Laws in India Regulate Assisted Reproduction and Surrogacy
Laws include some improvements, but gaps remain.
Georgia State Court Denies Request to Block Six-Week Abortion Ban
08.15.22 — (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Superior Court of Fulton County refused to block Georgia’s six-week abortion ban, allowing the state to continue criminalizing essential health care. The law bans abortion just two weeks after a [...]
Q&A: Reproductive Violence and the Colombia Truth Commission
Catalina Martínez Coral, Senior Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean for the Center, answers our questions about the Truth Commission of Colombia.
Florida’s 15-Week Abortion Ban Heads to State Supreme Court
08.10.22 (PRESS RELEASE) — Florida health care providers today sought review in the Florida Supreme Court in their case challenging the state’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy (House Bill 5). The move [...]
Systemic Racism and Reproductive Injustice in the United States
The Center for Reproductive Rights joined a broad coalition of reproductive rights, health, and justice organizations to submit a report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD Committee) in preparation for [...]
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Lawsuit Updates: Working to Block State Abortion Bans
As states rush to enforce abortion bans, the Center and partners work to block them.
Emergency Request Filed to Block Louisiana Trigger Bans
8.4.22 (PRESS STATEMENT) – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights and Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, along with local counsel Ellie Schilling, filed an emergency writ to the Louisiana Supreme Court, asking the court to reinstate [...]
Statement on President Biden’s Executive Order Securing Access to Reproductive and Other Healthcare Services
Statement from Nancy Northup, President and CEO at the Center for Reproductive Rights: “Abortion services are now illegal in eight states, and the number of states enforcing radical bans and denying people life-saving care is [...]
Kansans Reject Efforts to End State’s Constitutional Right to Abortion
In a victory for abortion rights, Kansans vote overwhelmingly to protect their right to abortion recognized by an earlier Kansas Supreme Court ruling.
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