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Young Mexican Rape Victim Speaks Out on Her 18th Birthday, Urging the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Formally Admit Her Case
Today, with the support of international human rights groups, Paulina, a young rape victim from Mexico, is asking the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to formally admit her legal petition so that negotiations can begin [...]
Sex Discrimination Continues in Florida After Court Refuses to Overturn Ban on Medicaid Funded Abortions
Low-Income Women’s Health Remains at Risk Continuing to put women's health at risk, Florida's Third District Court of Appeals issued an opinion today refusing to overturn Florida's ban on Medicaid funded abortions. The Center for [...]
Fifth Circuit Set to Hear Case Involving Prison Inmate Forced to Carry Pregnancy to Term
On Wednesday, the Center for Reproductive Rights will present oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in a case involving a Louisiana woman who was forced to carry a pregnancy [...]
ACLU, Center for Reproductive Rights, and Florida NOW Say Appointing a Guardian for a Fetus Threatens the Health and Rights of Pregnant Women in Florida
Appointing a guardian for a fetus would violate a woman's right not only to decide whether to continue her pregnancy, but also to choose medical care to protect her own health during pregnancy, the American [...]
Judge Orders Alabama to Absorb Costs of State-Mandated, Ideological Materials on Abortion and Pregnancy
A federal judge has ordered the State of Alabama to pay for the production and distribution of materials that it requires all abortion providers to give to patients 24 hours before having an abortion. Ruling [...]
Florida Supreme Court Upholds Young Women’s Constitutional Right to Abortion
Parental Notification Law Struck Down Tallahassee, FL Today, in a 5-1 decision, the Florida Supreme Court struck down a law requiring physicians to notify a parent or legal guardian before performing an abortion on a [...]
Judge Enjoins Virginia’s Abortion Ban
Ban Threatens Women’s Health by Preventing Doctors from Performing Safe Procedures Richmond, VA Today, Judge Richard Williams blocked Virginia’s abortion ban by granting the Center for Reproductive Rights’ request for a preliminary injunction. On June [...]
Virginia’s Abortion Ban Challenged in Federal Court
Ban Threatens Women’s Health by Preventing Doctors from Performing Safe Procedures Richmond, VAToday, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a case in federal court challenging Virginia’s abortion procedures ban as an unconstitutional threat to women’s [...]
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ACLU, Center for Reproductive Rights, and Florida NOW Fight Efforts to Interfere With Care of Severely Disabled Rape Victim
The state of Florida should stop interfering with a woman's ability to make choices concerning the course of her pregnancy and medical care, said the American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and [...]
Women in Indiana Forced to Make Two Trips to a Clinic in Order to Obtain an Abortion
Judge Refuses to Enjoin the Law during State Court Challenge Today, a judge denied a motion to prevent the Indiana mandatory delay law's "two-trip" requirement from taking effect, forcing women in Indiana to make two [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights’ Expert Simon Heller to Testify Before Congress Against Abortion Ban
On Tuesday, March 25th, Simon Heller, Of Counsel, for the Center for Reproductive Rights will testify that an abortion ban pending before the House of Representatives is unconstitutional for the same reasons that led the [...]
Senate Passes Unconstitutional Abortion Ban
Legislation Prohibits Safest Abortion Procedure After 12 Weeks of Pregnancy Flouting a decision by the United States Supreme Court that found a ban on so-called "partial-birth abortion" to be unconstitutional, the U.S. Senate today passed [...]
Indiana’s “Two-Trip” Abortion Requirement Temporarily Blocked By Judge after Clinics Challenge Law in State Court
Indianapolis, INToday, an Indiana state court issued a temporary restraining order blocking the state’s mandatory delay abortion law after the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a state court challenge on behalf of several Indiana reproductive [...]
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