Texas passed House Bill 2 in 2013, which requires that abortion providers obtain admitting privileges at local hospitals and mandates a medically obsolete method of medication abortion. Laws that require abortion providers to have admitting [...]

Center for Reproductive Rights: Politicians in U.S. House Holding Women's Health Hostage (PRESS RELEASE) Politicians in the U.S. House of Representatives over the weekend attached a so-called “conscience clause” to a must-pass federal government spending [...]

Texas Health Care Providers in Court to Protect Abortion Access in Texas Lawsuit seeks to immediately block restrictions that will jeopardize women’s health and interfere with a woman’s ability to make personal medical decisions (PRESS [...]

Despite Country’s Own Laws, Costa Rica Continues to Deny Women Legal Abortion Center for Reproductive Rights brings second case of human rights violations in Costa Rica to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (PRESS RELEASE) [...]

The Center is challenging an Oklahoma law that unconstitutionally restricts adults and teens’ access to over-the-counter emergency contraceptives, by requiring adult women to show ID to a pharmacist to buy them, and teens under 17 [...]

NEW LAWSUIT: Oklahoma Law Restricting Emergency Contraception Violates State Constitution Center for Reproductive Rights seeks to block law keeping emergency contraception behind the counter before it takes effect Aug. 22 (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for [...]

NC Legislature Continues Anti-Democratic Tactics, Sends Anti-Choice Amendments to Governor's Desk Center for Reproductive Rights urges Gov. Pat McCrory to veto these clear attacks on women’s health and rights (PRESS RELEASE) Following a string of [...]

TX Gov Signs Package of Harmful, Unconstitutional Measures to Make Abortion Practically Non-Existent Provisions similar to the new Texas law have been challenged and blocked in other states (PRESS RELEASE) Governor Rick Perry signed into [...]

This suit challenged a new Louisiana law which expands the State’s authority to suspend or revoke the licenses of outpatient abortion facilities, thus restricting access to care for Louisiana women. Filing date: 09/20/2010 State: Louisiana, [...]

The Center challenged a newly enacted Texas law that prohibits a woman from getting an abortion unless her physician first performs an ultrasound, places the ultrasound images in her view, describes the images to her, [...]