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Center Temporarily Blocks Mississippi Abortion Law

Learn more about other abortion bans. Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights won a temporary restraining order on behalf of the Jackson Women's Health Organization (JWHO) against a new abortion law in Mississippi. The law [...]

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Court Rejects Use of European Human Rights Law to Establish Fetal Rights

In July 2004, in a case that could have undermined abortion rights across Europe, today the European Court of Human Rights refused to treat a fetus as a person under the European Convention for the [...]

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Center Wins Appeal Against Arizona Abortion Regulation and Day in Court

San Francisco Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit agreed with the Center for Reproductive Rights’ challenge against an Arizona law regulating abortion providers. Among other things, physicians and clinics would have [...]

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Court Orders Preliminary Injunction Against Utah Abortion Ban

On Thursday, June 10, 2004, the Utah Attorney General’s Office, on behalf of the State of Utah and the Salt Lake City prosecutor’s office, agreed to a court-ordered preliminary injunction to prevent enforcement of the [...]

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Louisiana Man Sued for Faking Abortion Services

Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit in the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against Metairie, Louisiana, resident William Graham on behalf of three women, a Metairie medical facility, one [...]

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Closing Arguments Presented in Nebraska Federal Abortion Ban Trial

Lincoln, NE Lawyers for the plaintiffs and for the U. S. Department of Justice presented final oral arguments today before U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf in Carhart v. Ashcroft, the bench trial challenging the constitutionality [...]

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Reproductive Rights Groups Hail First Ruling to Permanently Block Federal Abortion Ban

San Francisco The National Abortion Federation, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and the American Civil Liberties Union praised today’s ruling by a federal court judge in San Francisco striking down the "Partial Birth Abortion Ban [...]

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Closing Arguments Begin in Carhart v. Ashcroft Federal Abortion Ban Trial in Nebraska

Lincoln | Learn MoreWHAT: The closing oral arguments in Carhart v. Ashcroft, a federal civil rights lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf [...]

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State of Utah Agrees to Order Temporarily Blocking Abortion Ban

Salt Lake City, UTThe State agreed yesterday temporarily not to enforce its ban on abortions starting as early as 12 weeks of pregnancy.A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the new law was filed by the [...]

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UPDATE: Carhart v. Ashcroft Federal Abortion Ban Trial in Nebraska

Lincoln, NE THE LAWSUIT: Carhart v. Ashcroft is a federal civil rights lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska challenging the constitutionality of the "Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003." The [...]

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Carhart V. Ashcroft Federal Abortion Trial Begins in Nebraska

Dr. LeRoy Carhart, victor in Supreme Court case, must litigate issue once again. Lincoln, NE The trial begins today in Carhart v. Ashcroft, the federal civil rights lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District [...]

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Carhart v. Ashcroft Federal Abortion Ban Trial to Begin in Nebraska

New York, NY WHAT: The first day of trial in Carhart v. Ashcroft, a federal civil rights lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights on [...]

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Virginia’s Abortion Ban Struck Down by Federal Court

Richmond, VA In a sweeping decision today, Judge Richard Williams struck down Virginia’s dangerous abortion ban, which had been blocked by the courts since July. The broadly worded ban – which is similar to the [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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