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Texas Judge Grants Temporary Order Allowing Pregnant Woman to Access Abortion Care in the State card link

Texas Judge Grants Temporary Order Allowing Pregnant Woman to Access Abortion Care in the State

"The idea that Ms. Cox wants so desperately to be a parent and this law may have her lose that ability is shocking and would be a genuine miscarriage of justice." — Judge Maya Guerra Gamble

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Center Sues Texas on Behalf of Pregnant Woman Seeking an Emergency Abortion to Protect Her Health, Life and Future Fertility

With a fatal fetal diagnosis and a high-risk pregnancy, woman asks court to block abortion bans to avoid the harm of being forced to continue her pregnancy to term.

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Center Argues Case on Abortion Bans’ Medical Exceptions at Texas Supreme Court

Watch the video replay of the arguments in Zurawski v. State of Texas, the Center’s case on behalf of Texas physicians and women denied abortion care.

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Center’s “Emergency Medical” Exceptions Case Heads to Texas Supreme Court November 28

In Zurawski v. State of Texas, the Center is representing women denied abortion care despite facing severe pregnancy complications that risked their health and lives.

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IACHR Explores Human Rights Violations of U.S. Abortion Bans

Watch the replay of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights hearing with testimony by the Center and its partners on rights violations resulting from the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

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More Women Join Lawsuit Against Texas After Being Denied Abortion Care Despite Dangerous Pregnancy Complications card link

More Women Join Lawsuit Against Texas After Being Denied Abortion Care Despite Dangerous Pregnancy Complications

Number of women harmed by the state’s abortion bans continues to grow as case heads to the Texas Supreme Court November 28.

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Abortion on the Ballot: Ohio Voters Approve State Constitutional Right to Abortion

Ohio becomes the seventh state to vote in favor of abortion since the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the fourth state to approve a proactive constitutional amendment enshrining reproductive freedom in their state constitutions.

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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Hold Hearing on Rights Violations of U.S. Abortion Bans

Watch the November 8 livestream of testimony by the Center and its partners at the IACHR’s public hearing examining the grave human rights violations resulting from the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

Center Expands Work on Behalf of Patients Denied Abortion Care Despite Grave Pregnancy Complications card link

Center Expands Work on Behalf of Patients Denied Abortion Care Despite Grave Pregnancy Complications

Building momentum on its case against Texas, the Center files complaints in Idaho, Tennessee and Oklahoma to ensure pregnant people in dire situations can access abortion care and doctors have clarity on “medical emergency” exceptions in their state’s abortion bans.

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The Global Context of the U.S.’s Regression on Abortion

As highlighted in a recent article and in Center resources, the U.S. has become a global outlier on abortion rights.

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South Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Abortion Ban Almost Identical to One it Threw Out in January

With a new Court makeup after its only female justice retired, Court's ruling is devastating to abortion access in the state and throughout the South.

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Court Rules to Reinstate Significant Restrictions on Abortion Medication but Not to Revoke FDA Approval of the Drug

Mifepristone will remain available under current regulations due to an earlier U.S. Supreme Court order.

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After Ruling Clarifying Medical Exceptions to Texas’s Abortion Bans, Order Is Blocked While State Appeals

Injunction by Texas judge in favor of the Center's plaintiffs would have allowed abortions for severe pregnancy complications and fatal fetal diagnoses and protected physicians from prosecution for using their "good faith judgment."

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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