Statement from Nancy Northup, President & CEO, on HB 126 passed by the Missouri legislature today “Without shame and on the heels of Alabama’s new criminal abortion ban, the Missouri legislature has passed an unconstitutional, [...]

Abortion Battle Goes to U.S. Supreme Court Abortion Battle Goes to U.S. Supreme Court (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights is filing a petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking [...]

Oklahoma Court Strikes Down Restrictions on Medication Abortion (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Oklahoma Supreme Court permanently blocked a 2014 Oklahoma measure (H.B. 2684) that restricts a woman’s access to medication abortion—a non-surgical method of ending [...]

Mississippi Six-Week Abortion Ban Challenged in Court (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights expanded their current lawsuit in Mississippi, adding a challenge to the state’s six-week ban signed into law last week. The [...]

Supreme Court Halts Closure of Abortion Clinics in Louisiana (PRESS RELEASE) – Tonight, the Supreme Court granted an emergency request from the Center for Reproductive Rights, blocking a law that would have shut down some [...]

Fate of Louisiana Abortion Clinics Hinges on Supreme Court Emergency Request Louisiana’s three remaining abortion clinics are in jeopardy after Fifth Circuit’s Rogue Ruling (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed an emergency motion with the United States Supreme [...]

Kansas Court Says Abortion Clinics Can Keep Using Telemedicine Judge dismisses case in a win for Kansas women (PRESS RELEASE) On Monday, a state court found that a law that went into effect January 1 [...]

Protect, Defend, Extend: State of the States 2018 In 2018, state legislatures continued their unrelenting attack on abortion access—our report examines those tactics, as well as how advocates are fighting back Opponents of abortion rights [...]