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As States Rush to Enforce Abortion Bans, the Center and Partners Work to Block Them
Center lawsuits filed this week have succeeded in temporarily blocking abortion bans in Louisiana and Texas.
Joint Initiative Addresses SRHR Needs of Women and Girls Fleeing the War in Ukraine
The Center for Reproductive Rights and national partners in key countries are undertaking a joint initiative aimed at addressing sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of women and girls impacted by the war in Ukraine.
SARJAI Condemns the SCOTUS Decision Overruling Roe v. Wade
The South Asia Reproductive Justice and Accountability Initiative (SARJAI), is a network of non-governmental organizations, advocates and legal experts that work towards the advancement of sexual and reproductive rights in the South Asian region. [...]
Tennessee Six-Week Abortion Ban Takes Effect
06.28.2022 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, Tennessee’s ban on abortion after approximately six weeks into pregnancy took effect, prohibiting abortion in the state before many people even know they are pregnant. In today’s order, the Sixth [...]
Leading Organizations From 28 Countries Call on European Leaders to Act Now to Protect Access to Abortion
28 June 2022 - Following last week’s decision by the United States Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, today leading organizations, working to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights in over [...]
Lawsuit Filed to Block Mississippi Trigger Ban
06.27.22 (PRESS RELEASE) – Jackson Women’s Health Organization (JWHO)—the last abortion clinic in Mississippi—has filed a new lawsuit today asking Hinds County Chancery Court to prevent the State of Mississippi from enforcing its Trigger Ban, which [...]
Seven Things You Can Do Right Now For Abortion Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court has taken away the constitutional right to abortion. Here’s how you can help.
Texas Abortion Ban Challenged
06.27.2022 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, abortion providers in Texas filed a lawsuit in state court seeking to block officials from enforcing the state’s antiquated pre-Roe abortion ban, which once banned abortion entirely but has been [...]
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Louisiana Trigger Bans Blocked After Challenge by the Center and Partners
Louisiana abortion providers can resume providing care after bans are temporarily blocked.
Abortion Providers Challenge Trigger Laws in Louisiana After Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade
06.27.22 (PRESS RELEASE) — In the aftermath of the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Center for Reproductive Rights and Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, with local counsel Ellie [...]
European Abortion Laws: Where Do They Stand?
The Center for Reproductive Rights monitors and analyzes European abortion laws and advocates for reform of laws to ensure that they reflect international human rights standards and best medical practice. For more than 80 years [...]
U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade, Takes Away Right to Abortion
06.24.22 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the landmark 1973 abortion rights decision Roe v. Wade, ruling that people in the U.S. no longer have a constitutional right to abortion. In its ruling, [...]
El Tribunal Supremo de EE.UU. anula el caso Roe contra Wade y elimina el derecho al aborto
24.06.22 (COMUNICADO DE PRENSA) - Hoy, la Corte Suprema de EE.UU. revocó la histórica decisión sobre el derecho al aborto Roe v. Wade, de 1973, dictaminando que las personas ya no tienen un derecho constitucional [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.