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Victory in Kenya: Court of Appeal Affirms Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care card link

Victory in Kenya: Court of Appeal Affirms Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care

Court issues sweeping decision in Center’s case of pregnant woman physically and verbally abused by hospital staff and left to deliver on a concrete floor.

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Defending Reproductive Autonomy: Center Sues Hawaiʻi to Protect Midwifery Care 

Lawsuit asks state court to block a midwifery restriction law to restore access to safe, respectful, and culturally informed maternal care in Hawaiʻi communities.

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Kenya Court of Appeal Decision in County Government of Bungoma v. Josephine Oundo Ongwen (Kenya Civil Appeal No. 61 of 2018)

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Center-led Program in Bangladesh to Improve Reproductive Health Services for Rohingya Refugees

Modeled on its successful accountability initiative in Uganda, program at Cox’s Bazar refugee settlement aims to enhance delivery of sexual, reproductive and maternal health services.

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Aligning Michigan Abortion Laws with the Voter-Approved Reproductive Freedom Amendment

Center sues state to block burdensome abortion laws left on the books after voters enshrined reproductive freedom into their state constitution in 2022.

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Kate Cox Tells Her Story card link

Kate Cox Tells Her Story

Kate Cox, who was denied emergency abortion care by the Texas Supreme Court, talks to CBS Sunday Morning and The Daily.

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Center Clients Featured on ABC News Special

Diane Sawyer and Rachel Scott interview women denied abortion care and report on the dire impact of abortion bans on pregnant people and physicians.

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More Women Denied Abortion Care Join Center’s Case Against Tennessee

Number of pregnant people harmed by U.S. state abortion bans continues to grow.

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

Center Releases 2023 State Legislative Wrap-up Report card link

Center Releases 2023 State Legislative Wrap-up Report

State legislation reflects the polarizing nation, with some states acting to strongly protect reproductive rights and access, and others finding new ways to criminalize abortion care despite the health effects.

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2023 State Legislative Wrap-Up

This policy report by the Center provides an overview of the U.S. state policy landscape after tracking almost 2,000 bills proposed in state legislatures relating to reproductive care.

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U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Case That Threatens Access to Abortion Medication

Court agrees to review lower court ruling that attempted to reinstate burdensome restrictions on mifepristone.

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Texas Judge Grants Temporary Order Allowing Pregnant Woman to Access Abortion Care in the State

"The idea that Ms. Cox wants so desperately to be a parent and this law may have her lose that ability is shocking and would be a genuine miscarriage of justice." — Judge Maya Guerra Gamble

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Center Sues Texas on Behalf of Pregnant Woman Seeking an Emergency Abortion to Protect Her Health, Life and Future Fertility

With a fatal fetal diagnosis and a high-risk pregnancy, woman asks court to block abortion bans to avoid the harm of being forced to continue her pregnancy to term.

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,United States,In the Courts,News

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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