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Center Expands Work on Behalf of Patients Denied Abortion Care Despite Grave Pregnancy Complications card link

Center Expands Work on Behalf of Patients Denied Abortion Care Despite Grave Pregnancy Complications

Building momentum on its case against Texas, the Center files complaints in Idaho, Tennessee and Oklahoma to ensure pregnant people in dire situations can access abortion care and doctors have clarity on “medical emergency” exceptions in their state’s abortion bans.

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South Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Abortion Ban Almost Identical to One it Threw Out in January

With a new Court makeup after its only female justice retired, Court's ruling is devastating to abortion access in the state and throughout the South.

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Court Rules to Reinstate Significant Restrictions on Abortion Medication but Not to Revoke FDA Approval of the Drug

Mifepristone will remain available under current regulations due to an earlier U.S. Supreme Court order.

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After Ruling Clarifying Medical Exceptions to Texas’s Abortion Bans, Order Is Blocked While State Appeals

Injunction by Texas judge in favor of the Center's plaintiffs would have allowed abortions for severe pregnancy complications and fatal fetal diagnoses and protected physicians from prosecution for using their "good faith judgment."

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News Coverage: Texas District Court Ruling in Zurawski v. State of Texas

Judge Jessica Mangrum’s August 4 ruling on Zurawski v. State of Texas clarified the medical exception in the state’s abortion bans, enabling physicians to use their “good faith judgment,” in consultation with their pregnant patients, [...]

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Women’s Stories in Center’s Texas Case ‘May Change the Abortion Narrative’ card link

Women’s Stories in Center’s Texas Case ‘May Change the Abortion Narrative’

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.

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News Coverage: Hearing in Zurawski v. State of Texas

View media highlights about the riveting testimony from women denied abortion care despite facing dangerous risks to their health, lives and future fertility.

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Hearing Wrap-up: Zurawski v. State of Texas

Texas women denied abortion care give riveting testimony while the state tries to dismiss the lawsuit.

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Hearing in Texas “Emergency Exceptions” Case Set for July 19-20 card link

Hearing in Texas “Emergency Exceptions” Case Set for July 19-20

The Center is representing women denied abortion care despite facing severe pregnancy complications that risked their health, fertility and lives.

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In the Courts: Recent News on U.S. Abortion Rights Cases

Challenging abortion restrictions and bans in state courts.

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Oklahoma Supreme Court Ruling Affirms Right to Life-Saving Abortion Care

While yesterday’s high court decision strikes down two “vigilante-style” abortion bans in the state, Oklahoma’s pre-Roe ban remains in effect.

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The Center and Partners Sue South Carolina to Block New Abortion Ban

A six-week abortion ban—nearly identical to one thrown out by the state supreme court earlier this year—was signed into law this morning, causing chaos and confusion for patients and providers.

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More Women Join Lawsuit Against Texas After Being Denied Abortion Care to Treat Dangerous Pregnancy Complications

Hospitals and doctors’ fear of liability under Texas’s state abortion bans is leading them to deny medically necessary care, putting patients’ health, fertility and lives at risk.

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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