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Affordable Contraception on Trial

Affordable Contraception on Trial The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act included a mandate for employers to provide copay-free contraception to its workers, effectively putting birth control within the reach of millions more women—and [...]

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Judge Condemns Latest Fed Delays on EC

Judge Condemns Latest Fed Delays on EC Just weeks after issuing a landmark decision in the Center’s epic battle to make emergency contraception available to all women without a prescription, Judge Edward Korman was back [...]

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A Ban By Any Other Name

A Ban By Any Other Name by Nancy Northup, President & CEO, Center for Reproductive Rights Since the day the United States Supreme Court found in Roe v. Wade constitutional protections for women's right to [...]

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Forced to Surrender

Forced to Surrender A New Orleans medical clinic had no choice but to close after a withering, years-long attack by the government designed to stop abortions. Maria Couevas is anything but a quitter. The facts [...]

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USA Today: ‘Plan B’ contraception ruling correct

USA Today: 'Plan B' contraception ruling correct by Nancy Northup, President & CEO, Center for Reproductive Rights As a mother, I can understand the visceral reaction of many parents to the idea of teens having [...]

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Updated Undue Burden Module is now available

Updated Undue Burden Module is now available This newly updated Undue Burden Module serves to break down Casey’s undue burden standard, to analyze its separate components, and to introduce students to a variety of judicial [...]

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Under Federal Attack

Under Federal Attack The most unpopular Congress in history didn't take that title by accident or through a stroke of bad luck. The 112th Congress, which came to an end just a few months ago, [...]

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Stopping All Violence

Last week, President Obama signed the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which funds support groups for and prosecution of violent crimes against women. VAWA has made an enormous impact over the years, [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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A Battle in Arkansas

A Battle in Arkansas Yesterday, a legislature of extremists in Arkansas ignored the governor, ignored broad national support for the right to abortion, ignored the United States Supreme Court, ignored logic, and, most importantly, ignored [...]

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UN Focuses on Reproductive Rights Issues

UN Focuses on Reproductive Rights Issues This month, national leaders, diplomats, and human rights defenders from around the world gathered in Geneva to attend the 22nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. This [...]

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Extremists Target Rape Exception

Extremists Target Rape Exception Just when you thought the opponents of reproductive freedom couldn't get any more radical, they outdo themselves. An organization that pushes for so-called personhood measures—all of which have been resoundingly defeated, [...]

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Our Mission, Our Bond

Our Mission, Our Bond This month, we celebrate a pivotal moment in our country's history. Forty years ago, the United States Supreme Court changed the destinies of millions upon millions of women with its landmark [...]

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2012: U.S. in Review

2012: U.S. in Review Put 2012 against any year since the U.S. Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade, in 1973, and you would be hard pressed to find a period that offered as many highs [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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