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Texas Supreme Court Rules Against Women Denied Abortion Care Despite Dangerous Pregnancy Complications card link

Texas Supreme Court Rules Against Women Denied Abortion Care Despite Dangerous Pregnancy Complications

In Zurawski v. State of Texas, court refuses to provide clarity on exceptions to state abortion bans.

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Texas Supreme Court Refuses to Clarify Abortion Ban Exceptions

5.31.2024 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Texas Supreme Court issued a ruling in Zurawski v. Texas that fails to provide any meaningful clarity on when doctors can perform abortions for dire medical reasons. The ruling [...]

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Kansas Abortion Providers Challenge New Law Forcing Them to Give Patient Information to the State

Kansas abortion providers filed a legal challenge to a new law that would force providers to report to the state patients’ reasons for seeking abortion.

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U.S. Supreme Court Abortion Cases: A Brief Primer

The Court will soon rule on two cases that could limit access to an abortion medication and deny pregnant patients access to emergency care.

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Florida Six-Week Abortion Ban Set to Take Effect May 1 

4.29.2024 (PRESS STATEMENT) — This Wednesday, May 1, a six-week abortion ban is set to take effect in Florida, making Florida one of 17 states that either bans abortion entirely or at six weeks of [...]

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U.S. Supreme Court Hears Its Second Major Abortion Case of the Term on April 24 card link

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Its Second Major Abortion Case of the Term on April 24

Case will determine if states banning abortion can override federal law and deny pregnant patients emergency abortion care.

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Centuries-Old Abortion Ban Ruled Enforceable in Arizona

Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that a near-total abortion ban passed in 1864 can take effect

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Case Backgrounder: Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA

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Florida Supreme Court Allows State to Ban Abortion—But Clears the Way for a Vote on Abortion Rights card link

Florida Supreme Court Allows State to Ban Abortion—But Clears the Way for a Vote on Abortion Rights

Court rules that Florida’s right to privacy no longer protects abortion rights, allowing Florida’s 15-week ban to remain in effect—and clearing the way for its six-week ban.

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Florida Supreme Court Allows State to Ban Abortion, But Sends Measure to Protect Abortion Rights to the Voters in November 

In upholding a 15-week abortion ban, the court cleared the way for a six-week abortion ban to take effect.

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Amicus Brief in Idaho v. United States and Moyle et al. v. United States

The Center's amicus brief on behalf of pregnant patients describing their harrowing medical experiences in states with abortion bans.

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Tennessee Medical Exceptions Case Hearing Scheduled for April 4

Watch a livestream of the hearing in Blackmon v. State of Tennessee.

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Order of Dismissal: Tulsa Women’s Reproductive Clinic v. Drummond

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.