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Chile’s Cámara de Diputados Approves Abortion Bill
Chile’s Cámara de Diputados Approves Abortion Bill (PRESS RELEASE) Today Chile’s Cámara de Diputados (House) agreed to advance a proposed bill that would allow women to access safe and legal abortion services in cases of [...]
House Subcommittee Amends Federal Legislation to Ban Abortion at 20 Weeks Nationwide
House Subcommittee Amends Federal Legislation to Ban Abortion at 20 Weeks Nationwide Center for Reproductive Rights calls on members of House Judiciary Committee to reject unconstitutional and harmful bill (PRESS RELEASE) Today the Subcommittee on [...]
State Judge Announces Intention to Permanently Strike North Dakota’s Restrictions on Medication Abortion as Unconstitutional
State Judge Announces Intention to Permanently Strike North Dakota’s Restrictions on Medication Abortion (PRESS RELEASE) At the conclusion of a three-day trial, District Court Judge Wickham Corwin announced today that he plans to issue a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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