Complaints filed to ensure pregnant people in dire situations can access abortion care and that doctors are given clarity on “medical emergency” exceptions in their state’s abortion bans.
Case challenges a Montana administrative rule that would make it nearly impossible for Medicaid recipients to access abortion care in the state.
This lawsuit seeks to eliminate U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) restrictions that impede access to the abortion medication mifepristone.
This case filed by anti-abortion advocates challenging the FDA’s approval of an abortion drug places medication abortion at risk across the U.S.
Case update: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 13 that anti-abortion plaintiffs suing the FDA did not have standing to bring the case. The ruling allows the widely used abortion medication, mifepristone, to remain accessible through telemedicine and pharmacies—distribution permitted under the FDA’s recent actions to expand access to the drug. Read about the court decisions made […]
Nearly 700 individuals and groups have signed onto amicus briefs urging the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a decision that would limit medication abortion access throughout the U.S.
Seeking clarity to Texas’s “emergency medical” exceptions under its extreme abortion bans.
This case seeks to clarify the scope of Texas’s “medical emergency” exception under its state abortion bans.
On March 21, 2023, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the state constitution protects the right to abortion in life-threatening situations, but declined to rule whether its constitution protects a broader right to abortion outside of those circumstances. Read more about the ruling below. On July 1, 2022, the Center for Reproductive Rights and its […]
Case update: On September 12, 2024, North Dakota’s total abortion ban was ruled unconstitutional by a state court, meaning that abortion will again be legal in the state. Read more about the ruling here. On October 10, 2024, the state’s motion to stay the ruling was denied. A trial in the case will take place […]
