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Day 3: Leaked Email Reveals Judge Kavanaugh’s Views on Roe and “Precedent”
Day 3: Leaked Email Reveals Judge Kavanaugh’s Views on Roe and “Precedent” Concept of “settled law” rules the day—but past Judge Kavanaugh emails are unsettling Today was the last chance for the Senate and the [...]
Day 2: Judge Brett Kavanaugh Skirts Questions on Abortion
Day 2: Judge Brett Kavanaugh Skirts Questions on Abortion Kavanaugh vows to "follow Supreme Court precedent" — his record shows otherwise Judge Brett Kavanaugh, on the second day of his confirmation hearing, repeatedly refused to [...]
Texas Court Strikes Down Unconstitutional Texas Reproductive Health Restriction in Challenge Brought by Whole Woman’s Health and Texas Abortion Providers
(PRESS RELEASE) Today, a federal district court judge struck down a Texas measure requiring health care providers to bury or cremate all embryonic and fetal tissue from abortions, miscarriages, and ectopic pregnancy surgeries—regardless of their [...]
Day 1: Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Hearing Begins: What’s at Stake?
Day 1: Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Hearing Begins: What’s at Stake? Amid considerable tumult, the Senate Judiciary Committee today began the hearing process to consider the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to serve as the next [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Opposes Confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh
Center for Reproductive Rights Opposes Confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh Kavanaugh’s judicial record, writing, and public statements are fundamentally hostile to reproductive rights (PRESS RELEASE) Statement from Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center [...]
Statement on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing Dates
Statement on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing Dates (PRESS RELEASE) Said Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights: “Members of the United States Senate have a responsibility to understand [...]
New Directors Join Board of Center for Reproductive Rights
New Directors Join Board of Center for Reproductive Rights (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights, a global legal advocacy organization that fights to ensure reproductive rights are guaranteed in law as human rights, announced [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health Submit Amicus Brief in Support of the “Janes”
Center for Reproductive Rights, NAPAWF, NLIRH Submit Amicus Brief in Support of the “Janes” (PRESS RELEASE) Today the Center for Reproductive Rights, the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF), and the National Latina Institute [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
Trial Concludes in Challenge to Unconstitutional Texas Abortion Restrictions
Trial Concludes in Challenge to Unconstitutional Texas Abortion Restrictions (PRESS RELEASE) A trial concluded today in Texas federal district court in a lawsuit brought by lead plaintiff Whole Woman’s Health and other Texas abortion providers, [...]
Lawsuit Filed Against HHS for Refusing to Release Documents Regarding New Office for Civil Rights Division
Lawsuit Filed Against HHS for Refusing to Release Documents (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights and the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) today filed suit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) [...]
Nancy Northup: “We Need Answers” From Judge Kavanaugh
Nancy Northup: “We Need Answers” From Judge Kavanaugh In light of President Trump’s vow to only nominate to the U.S. Supreme Court Justices hostile to abortion rights, the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh may pose [...]
Speak Out Now Against the “Domestic Gag Rule”
Speak Out Now Against the "Domestic Gag Rule" In June, the Trump administration proposed a dangerous new rule that would prohibit providers that receive federal Title X family planning funds from making referrals for abortion care. The rule would also prohibit granting Title [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Nomination to U.S. Supreme Court
Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Nomination to U.S. Supreme Court (PRESS RELEASE) Said Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights: “President Trump has vowed to nominate to [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.