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Statement from Nancy Northup, President & CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, on HB 126 passed by the Missouri legislature today:

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, [...]

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Abortion Battle Goes to U.S. Supreme Court

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 [...]

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Oklahoma Court Strikes Down Restrictions on Medication Abortion

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 [...]

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Mississippi Six-Week Abortion Ban Challenged in Court

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 [...]

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Court Strikes Down North Carolina Abortion Ban

Court Strikes Down North Carolina Abortion Ban A federal district court struck down a longstanding North Carolina law yesterday—a law that banned abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, except in a medical emergency. (PRESS RELEASE) A [...]

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Supreme Court Halts Closure of Abortion Clinics in Louisiana

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 [...]

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Fate of Louisiana Abortion Clinics Hinges on Supreme Court Emergency Request

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 [...]

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Senate Rejects Bill to Deny Millions of Women Health Care Coverage

Senate Rejects Bill to Deny Millions of Women Health Care Coverage (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the U.S. Senate rejected a sweeping ban on insurance coverage of abortion that would have devastated access to reproductive healthcare for [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.

Kansas Court Says Abortion Clinics Can Keep Using Telemedicine

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 [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.