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Woodcock and Galson Depositions Released

Ex-FDA Chief Yanked Authority from Senior Staff in "Morning-After Pill" Decision, Officials Testify New York, NY— Since January 2005, former Commissioner for the Food and Drug Administration Dr. Lester Crawford repeatedly yanked decision-making powers on [...]

Contraception, Emergency Contraception,United States,In the Courts,News

Ex-Ob/Gyn Chief In Arizona, Fired For Advocating Abortion, Files New Claims Against Phoenix Officials

Doctor Says Officials Violated Freedom of Speech New York New York, May 5, 2006 -- The former director of an OB/GYN residency program at a Phoenix hospital has filed a newly amended complaint in an [...]

Abortion, Other Barriers, Censorship, Medical Education,United States,In the Courts,News

Court Sets Precedent, Stopping Kansas Attorney General’s Effort to Invade Teen Privacy

Judge Rules that "Kiss and Tell" Law Will Drive Teens Away from Seeking Medical Care New York, NY- Today, the U.S. District Court of the District of Kansas stopped the Kansas Attorney General from enforcing [...]

Legal Restrictions, Adolescent SRHR,United States,In the Courts,News

Florida Supreme Court Finds Informed Consent Abortion Law Constitutional, Based On State’s Concessions at Oral Argument

New York, NY- Today, the Florida Supreme Court found an informed consent abortion law constitutional, but adopted an interpretation of the statute that allows abortion providers to provide their patients with information specific to their [...]

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State of Wisconsin Seeks to Join Center’s Lawsuit Against the FDA Over the “Morning-After Pill”

New York, NY-Today, the state of Wisconsin filed legal documents with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York seeking to join the Center for Reproductive Rights' lawsuit against the Food and [...]

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U.S. Women Face Unprecedented Assault on Reproductive Rights, Center for Reproductive Rights Testifies Before Human Rights Committee

New York, NY—Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights testified before the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC), informing the panel of the U.S. government’s failures to protect women’s reproductive rights as covered in the principal [...]

Adolescent SRHR, Sex Education, Contraception, Emergency Contraception, Funding for Reproductive Healthcare, Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality,United States,At the United Nations,News

Supreme Court Agrees to Review Federal Abortion Ban

New York— Today, the Supreme Court agreed to review Gonzales v. Carhart, the case in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit struck down the Federal Abortion Ban, also known as the [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,United States,In the Courts,News

Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline’s “Kiss and Tell” Law Goes to Trial

Kline Scheduled to Appear in Court on February 3 WHAT: The trial for Aid for Women v. Foulston, a federal civil rights lawsuit in U.S. District Court of the District of Kansas brought by the [...]

Legal Restrictions, Adolescent SRHR,United States,In the Courts,News

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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