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Texas Strips Planned Parenthood of Medicaid Funding Amid Dire Women’s Health Crisis

Texas Strips Planned Parenthood of Medicaid Funding Amid Dire Women’s Health Crisis Latest attack will cut off access to essential care for thousands in the state’s hardest-hit communities (PRESS RELEASE) Texas politicians today moved to [...]

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Second Court Victory for Arizona Women in Two Days: District Court Continues to Block Law Forcing Doctors to Lie to Women

Second Court Victory for AZ Women in Two Days: District Court Continues to Block Law Forcing Doctors to Lie to Women Order comes after state officials admits expert is lacking one week before a scheduled [...]

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State Court Continues to Block Arizona’s Politically Motivated Restrictions on Medication Abortion

State Court Continues to Block Arizona’s Politically Motivated Restrictions on Medication Abortion Ruling comes less than one week before trial on Arizona law that would force doctors to tell patients it’s possible to “reverse” an [...]

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State Court Blocks Oklahoma Measure Criminalizing Doctors for Providing Safe, Common Abortion Method, But Fails to Block 72-Hour Waiting Period

State Court Blocks Oklahoma Measure Criminalizing Doctors for Providing Safe, Common Abortion Method (PRESS RELEASE) Earlier today, a state court judge blocked an Oklahoma measure banning the most commonly used method of ending a pregnancy [...]

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Leading National Health Organizations, Legal Scholars, and State Attorneys General Oppose Texas Clinic Shutdown Law

Leading National Health Organizations, Legal Scholars, and State Attorneys General Oppose Texas Clinic Shutdown Law American Medical Association and 12 state Attorneys General among broad coalition urging U.S. Supreme Court to avert impending health crisis [...]

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New Research Reveals Devastating Impact of Clinic Shutdown Laws on Texas Women

New Research Reveals Devastating Impact of Clinic Shutdown Laws on Texas Women Without U.S. Supreme Court intervention, widespread clinic delays will undermine the constitutional rights of women (PRESS RELEASE) New research released today by the Texas Policy [...]

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New Lawsuit Challenges Two Oklahoma Laws That Delay Women’s Health Care and Criminalize Doctors

New Lawsuit Challenges Two Oklahoma Laws That Delay Women’s Health Care and Criminalize Doctors (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a new lawsuit in state district court today challenging two Oklahoma measures which [...]

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Texas Continues to Fight Back: El Paso Clinic Reopens Following Supreme Court Action Blocking Sham Abortion Restrictions

Texas Continues to Fight Back: El Paso Clinic Reopens Following Supreme Court Action Blocking Sham Abortion Restrictions Reproductive Services in El Paso reopens, but millions of Texas women still at risk of losing access to [...]

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A Crucial Option

A Crucial Option Medication abortion is safe, legal, and capable of revolutionizing reproductive health care. American women have been using legal medication abortion—an early abortion method that involves taking oral medication rather than having a [...]

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United States Rejects Calls by U.N. Human Rights Council to End Harmful Restrictions on Reproductive Rights

United States Rejects Calls by U.N. Human Rights Council to End Harmful Restrictions on Reproductive Rights U.S. position leaves women without access to essential health services (PRESS RELEASE) This week the United States government rejected [...]

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Beating Back the Bans

Beating Back the Bans Pre-viability bans on abortion are unconstitutional, unconscionable, and unwarranted. Knowing why is key to defeating them. Instead of improving women’s health in any manner, laws that ban abortion at 20 weeks [...]

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U.S. Senate Blocks Vote on Unconstitutional Federal Abortion Ban

U.S. Senate Blocks Vote on Unconstitutional Federal Abortion Ban Measure banning abortion at 20 weeks of pregnancy would create mandatory delay for rape survivors, makes no exceptions for women’s health (PRESS RELEASE) Pro-choice Senators voted [...]

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U.S. House Passes Harmful Measure Stripping Planned Parenthood of All Federal Funding

U.S. House Passes Harmful Measure Stripping Planned Parenthood of All Federal Funding House also passes measure criminalizing doctors, interfering with practice of medicine (PRESS RELEASE) Despite one in five women depending on Planned Parenthood in her [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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