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Reproductive Health and Righs Groups to Hold Jan. 4th Teleconference as Supreme Court Considers Reviewing Federal Abortion Ban Case
Court Expected to Make Decision on January 6 WASHINGTON-The American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Reproductive Rights, National Abortion Federation (NAF), and Planned Parenthood Federation of America will hold a January 4th teleconference for [...]
Oral Argument in FDA Lawsuit Postponed Until Thursday, 2:00pm
Battle Over "Morning-After Pill" Goes Before New York Court WHAT: Oral argument in Tummino v. von Eschenbach will be heard at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Chief Judge Edward [...]
Study Exposes Government Neglect Of Women’s Health In East And Southeast Asia
Provides Legal Strategies to Hold Policymakers Accountable Manila, Philippines- Governments in East and Southeast Asia must work much harder to serve the reproductive health needs and promote the autonomy of the women in their region, [...]
Statement on Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
On November 30, 2005, the Supreme Court will hear argument in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, a case involving a New Hampshire law that prevents doctors from performing an abortion for a [...]
Supreme Court Should Not Review Federal Abortion Ban Case, Center’s Brief Argues
New York, NY-Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a brief in opposition to the federal government's request that the United States Supreme Court review the appellate court's decision in Gonzales v. Carhart. In that [...]
UN Human Rights Committee Makes Landmark Decision Establishing Women’s Right to Access to Legal Abortion
Woman Forced to Carry Fatally Impaired Fetus to Term Wins Case New York, NY-Today, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) decided its first abortion case, KL v. Peru. The decision establishes that denying access [...]
GAO Report on FDA’S Plan B Decision Process Confirms Center’s Lawsuit
The Government Accountability Office released a report finding that the Food and Drug Administration's refusal to make the emergency contraceptive, Plan B, available without a prescription was "unusual" and "not typical" of previous decisions on [...]
Center Files Friend-of-the-Court Brief in Supreme Court Abortion Case
30 Women’s Groups Sign On To Save Women’s Health and Lives Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed an amicus curiae brief in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, an abortion case scheduled [...]
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Supreme Court Should Not Review Federal Abortion Ban Case, Center for Reproductive Rights Will Argue
The Center for Reproductive Rights plans to file a legal brief by the end of next month with the Supreme Court, outlining why the Justices should not review the federal abortion ban case, Gonzales v. [...]
Federal Court Strikes Michigan Abortion Ban for Third Time
Reproductive Rights Groups Hail the Decision Detroit, MI-The American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America today hailed a decision by a federal court striking down the [...]
Missouri Law Shuts Down Abortion Services at Only Abortion Clinic in Southwest Missouri
Creates Obstacle Course for Over a Thousand Women a Year New York, NY-Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri against a new law [...]
Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline’s “Kiss and Tell” Law goes before Appeals Court
WHAT: Oral argument in Aid for Women v. Foulston will be heard at U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. The Tenth Circuit will review the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas' [...]
Shame On the FDA: More Deception and Delay
Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights Today, the Food and Drug Administration announced that it would delay making a decision about Plan B, the emergency contraceptive commonly known as the morning-after pill, [...]
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Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
