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Medical Students for Choice vs. Wright

 The Center for Reproductive Rights submitted a complaint today in federal court in the District Court of the District of Columbia challenging interim final rules released last week by the Trump administration that threaten to [...]

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Whole Woman’s Health v. Paxton

(REVISED 1.19.22) This case was a challenge to a Texas ban on the standard procedure for abortion care after about 14-15 weeks. The Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood filed the lawsuit in federal district [...]

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June Medical Services v. Gee

(REVISED 12.18.2021) - The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit against the state of Louisiana’s clinic licensing law that forced most of the state’s abortion clinics to close. The law contains more than 1,000 medically unnecessary requirements [...]

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Frederick W. Hopkins, M.D., M.P.H. v. Larry Jegley, et al.

(Revised 9.20.21) This case, filed on behalf of a woman’s health care provider in federal district court by the Center for Reproductive Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the ACLU of Arkansas, is [...]

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Trump Policies Put Women’s Futures at Risk

Trump Policies Put Women’s Futures at Risk On the evening of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, appeared on MSNBC’s For The Record with Greta to [...]

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