State Judge Announces Intention to Permanently Strike North Dakota’s Restrictions on Medication Abortion (PRESS RELEASE) At the conclusion of a three-day trial, District Court Judge Wickham Corwin announced today that he plans to issue a ruling permanently blocking the state’s onerous restrictions on medication abortion as unconstitutional. During today’s proceedings, Judge Corwin called any concerns […]
Center and ACLU File Lawsuit to Block Extreme Abortion Ban in Arkansas (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights, American Civil Liberties Union, and ACLU of Arkansas filed a legal challenge today against Arkansas’s unconstitutional ban on abortions beginning at 12 weeks of pregnancy. Today’s lawsuit, Edwards v. Beck, was filed in the U.S. District […]
The so-called personhood movement threatens the human and reproductive rights of women by giving rights to a fertilized egg. The Center has assembled information and strategies to help advocates, legislators, and others beat back these harmful proposals. https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_PersonhoodPapers_BriefingPaper.pdf https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_PersonhoodPapers_ExecutiveSummary.pdf https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_PersonhoodPapers_TalkingPoints.pdf https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_PersonhoodPapers_8KeyPoints.pdf
Today, the Center released a statement opposing Florida Amendment 6, a proposed constitutional amendment that would take away Florida women’s rights and allow politicians to interfere with personal health care decisions. We urge Florida voters to vote No on Amendment 6 on Election Day, November 6, 2012. Click here to read our statement opposing the […]
Michigan Senate Committee Advances Extreme Anti-Choice Legislation (PRESS RELEASE) After providing legislators and the public with only a few hours’ notice, today the Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee advanced an extreme anti-choice measure that would virtually eliminate the use of medication abortion and impose unwarranted physical plant requirements on abortion providers that could shut down nearly […]
Center requests addition of HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as defendant, seeks immediate and unrestricted OTC status (PRESS RELEASE) Seeking immediate relief that would allow emergency contraception over-the-counter access for women of all ages, today the Center for Reproductive Rights asked a federal court to reopen the Center’s 2005 lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration […]
Filing date: 07/06/2010 State: Mississippi, USA Plaintiff(s): Deborah Hughes &, Cristen Hemmins Center Attorney(s): Suzanne Novak Co-Counsel/Cooperating Attorneys: Robert McDuff, Cliff Johnson, Eve Gartner (PPFA), Alexa Kolbi-Molinas (ACLU), Bear Atwood (ACLU of MS) Description: This suit is to prevent proposed ballot Measure 26, which would define a “person” in the Mississippi Bill of Rights to […]
First Printed on ACSblog, December 7, 2009 >, The debate over abortion coverage within the larger healthcare reform dialogue has been painfully narrow for those of us who believe that as a matter of equality, due process, and sound public health policy, abortion should be treated like other medical procedures. From early on when the […]
This case, known as the Alaska Personhood Initiative, is a pre-election challenge to the Alaska Lieutenant Governor’s certification of a measure seeking to extend legal rights from the moment of conception. Case filed: 11/23/2009 State: Alaska Plaintiff(s): Victor Fischer, Anne Harrison, Mark Sandberg Center Attorney(s): Janet Crepps Co-Counsel/Cooperating Attorneys: Jeffrey M. Feldman, Feldman Orlansky […]
Louisiana Choice, Inc. v. Graham: Final Judgment and Order for Dismissal with Prejudice , https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/99-Final-Judgment-and-Order-for-Dismissal-with-Prejudice.pdf