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Women’s Stories in Center’s Texas Case ‘May Change the Abortion Narrative’
Boston Globe
Mary Ziegler writes in the Boston Globe about the power of the women’s testimony in the Center’s Zurawski v. State of Texas case.
News Coverage: Hearing in Zurawski v. State of Texas
Multiple outlets
View media highlights about the riveting testimony from women denied abortion care despite facing dangerous risks to their health, lives and future fertility.
Manuela’s family needs El Salvador to ask for forgiveness
Limited Times
Despite a 2021 ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Manuela v. El Salvador that established standards throughout Latin America to help protect women seeking reproductive health care, including abortion, the Limited Times [...]
Denied abortion for a doomed pregnancy, she tells Texas court: ‘There was no mercy’
NPR reported on the first day's hearing in Zurawski v. State of Texas on July 19. The lawsuit was filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf of Texas women denied abortion care despite [...]
Tearfully testifying against Texas’ abortion ban, three women describe medical care delayed
The Texas Tribune gave signifcant coverage of the testimony given at a hearing in state court in Zurawski v. State of Texas on July 19. The lawsuit was filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf [...]
‘I now realize that I am not guilty, that I am just another victim’
El País
In a piece for El País, Fátima, a Guatemalan survivor of sexual violence, tells her story and explains her decision to seek justice by joining a Center case. Fátima's case against Guatemala is one of [...]
In post-Roe Texas, 2 mothers with traumatic pregnancies walk very different paths
NPR
In "In post-Roe Texas, 2 mothers with traumatic pregnancies walk very different paths," NPR features the stories of Texan mothers Samantha Casiano and Lauren Miller. Both women became plaintiffs in Zurawski v. Texas—the Center's case [...]
One year after Roe v. Wade’s reversal, warnings about abortion become reality
Multiple outlets
June 24 marked one year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, bringing devastating consequences to people across the country. Multiple media outlets reported on the grim reality of a year without Roe, highlighting [...]
‘Incalculable’ impact: Three ways the Supreme Court abortion decision changed the USA
USA Today
In this piece for USA Today, the Center's Nancy Northup speaks about the devastating impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling eliminating the constitutional right to abortion one year ago. “It’s an incredible hardship and [...]
Gender Equality Under State Constitutions
Brennan Center for Justice
In this contributing post to the Brennan Center for Justice's blog, two Center attorneys discuss the organization's new resource that details the landscape of state constitutional standards for deciding sex discrimination claims. The new resource State [...]
