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Center for Reproductive Rights and ACLU File Lawsuit to Block Extreme and Unconstitutional Abortion Ban in Arkansas

Center and ACLU File Lawsuit to Block Extreme Abortion Ban in Arkansas (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights, American Civil Liberties Union, and ACLU of Arkansas filed a legal challenge today against Arkansas's unconstitutional [...]

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Michigan Senate Committee Follows House’s Lead, Advances Extreme Anti-Choice Legislation with Virtually Zero Notice

Michigan Senate Committee Advances Extreme Anti-Choice Legislation (PRESS RELEASE) After providing legislators and the public with only a few hours’ notice, today the Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee advanced an extreme anti-choice measure that would virtually [...]

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Court Rejects Use of European Human Rights Law to Establish Fetal Rights

In July 2004, in a case that could have undermined abortion rights across Europe, today the European Court of Human Rights refused to treat a fetus as a person under the European Convention for the [...]

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Florida Court Refuses to Appoint Guardian for a Fetus

Decision Marks a Victory for the Health and Rights of Pregnant Women Daytona Beach, FL The American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Florida NOW applauded today’s decision by a Florida court [...]

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North Dakota Supreme Court Throws out Abortion-Breast Cancer Lawsuit Against Clinic

Today, the North Dakota Supreme Court ruled that an anti-choice protestor had no right to use a false advertising law to harass the state's sole abortion clinic. The decision maintains a lower court ruling that [...]

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