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Leading National Health Organizations, Legal Scholars, and State Attorneys General Oppose Texas Clinic Shutdown Law

Leading National Health Organizations, Legal Scholars, and State Attorneys General Oppose Texas Clinic Shutdown Law American Medical Association and 12 state Attorneys General among broad coalition urging U.S. Supreme Court to avert impending health crisis [...]

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New Research Reveals Devastating Impact of Clinic Shutdown Laws on Texas Women

New Research Reveals Devastating Impact of Clinic Shutdown Laws on Texas Women Without U.S. Supreme Court intervention, widespread clinic delays will undermine the constitutional rights of women (PRESS RELEASE) New research released today by the Texas Policy [...]

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New Lawsuit Challenges Two Oklahoma Laws That Delay Women’s Health Care and Criminalize Doctors

New Lawsuit Challenges Two Oklahoma Laws That Delay Women’s Health Care and Criminalize Doctors (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a new lawsuit in state district court today challenging two Oklahoma measures which [...]

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Texas Continues to Fight Back: El Paso Clinic Reopens Following Supreme Court Action Blocking Sham Abortion Restrictions

Texas Continues to Fight Back: El Paso Clinic Reopens Following Supreme Court Action Blocking Sham Abortion Restrictions Reproductive Services in El Paso reopens, but millions of Texas women still at risk of losing access to [...]

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U.S. Senate Blocks Vote on Unconstitutional Federal Abortion Ban

U.S. Senate Blocks Vote on Unconstitutional Federal Abortion Ban Measure banning abortion at 20 weeks of pregnancy would create mandatory delay for rape survivors, makes no exceptions for women’s health (PRESS RELEASE) Pro-choice Senators voted [...]

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U.S. House Passes Harmful Measure Stripping Planned Parenthood of All Federal Funding

U.S. House Passes Harmful Measure Stripping Planned Parenthood of All Federal Funding House also passes measure criminalizing doctors, interfering with practice of medicine (PRESS RELEASE) Despite one in five women depending on Planned Parenthood in her [...]

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Virginia Board of Health Votes to Amend Regulations Designed to Shutter Abortion Clinics

Virginia Board of Health Votes to Amend Regulations Designed to Shutter Abortion Clinics (PRESS RELEASE) The Virginia Board of Health voted 9--6 today to lift some of the harsh restrictions in the state’s Texas-style clinic regulations [...]

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Women’s Health Care Providers Ask United States Supreme Court to Take On Texas Clinic Shutdown Law

Women’s Health Care Providers Ask U.S Supreme Court to Take On Texas Clinic Shutdown Law As few as 10 clinics will remain in Texas if nation’s highest court fails to intervene (PRESS RELEASE) Today a [...]

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State Court Permanently Blocks Oklahoma’s Unconstitutional Restrictions on Medication Abortion

State Court Permanently Blocks Oklahoma’s Unconstitutional Restrictions on Medication Abortion An Oklahoma state judge permanently blocked a state law restricting medication abortion today, ensuring women in the state will continue to have access to a [...]

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New Resource Analyzes Major Policy Outcomes Impacting Texas Latinas in 84th Legislative Session

New Resource Analyzes Major Policy Outcomes Impacting Texas Latinas in 84th Legislative Session The Center for Reproductive Rights and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health have released a new resource which analyzes the major policy outcomes [...]

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Chile’s Health Commission Moves Abortion Bill Forward

Chile’s Health Commission Moves Abortion Bill Forward (PRESS RELEASE) This evening the Health Commission of Chile agreed to advance a proposed bill that would allow women access to safe and legal abortion services in cases [...]

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Ignoring Objections of Major Medical Groups, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Signs Cruel Ban on Abortion at 20 Weeks of Pregnancy

Ignoring Objections of Major Medical Groups, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Signs Cruel Ban on Abortion at 20 Weeks (PRESS RELEASE) Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed a measure into law today which bans safe and legal abortion [...]

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U.N. Committee Calls on Uganda to Reform Abortion Laws

U.N. Committee Calls on Uganda to Reform Abortion Laws (PRESS RELEASE) The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (U.N. CESCR) has called on the Ugandan government to reform and clarify its laws severely [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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