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Texas State Officials Appeal Federal Court Decision Blocking Unconstitutional Abortion Restrictions

Texas Officials Appeal Federal Court Decision Blocking Unconstitutional Abortion Restrictions Attorney General also asks 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to stay the injunction, which would make abortion care nonexistent for one-third of Texas women (PRESS [...]

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Court Decision Protects Abortion Access for Most Women in Texas, But Upholds Restrictions on Medication Abortion

Court Decision Protects Abortion Access for Most Women in Texas, But Upholds Restrictions on Medication Abortion Ruling blocks provision that would have made safe, legal abortion non-existent for one in three Texas women (PRESS RELEASE) [...]

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2013 Student Policy and Advocacy Award goes to Tulane LSRJ

2013 Student Policy and Advocacy Award goes to Tulane LSRJ Tulane University Law School chapter of Law Students for Reproductive Justice (LSRJ) receives the Center for Reproductive Rights Student Policy and Advocacy Award This semester, [...]

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Texas Health Care Providers in Federal Court to Block Harmful Anti-Choice Measures

Texas Health Care Providers in Federal Court to Block Harmful Anti-Choice Measures (PRESS RELEASE) A federal judge will hear testimony and arguments today in a legal challenge to block two harmful and unconstitutional provisions of [...]

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Center for Reproductive Rights: Politicians in U.S. House Holding Women’s Health Hostage

Center for Reproductive Rights: Politicians in U.S. House Holding Women's Health Hostage (PRESS RELEASE) Politicians in the U.S. House of Representatives over the weekend attached a so-called “conscience clause” to a must-pass federal government spending [...]

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Texas Health Care Providers in Court to Protect Abortion Access in Texas

Texas Health Care Providers in Court to Protect Abortion Access in Texas Lawsuit seeks to immediately block restrictions that will jeopardize women’s health and interfere with a woman’s ability to make personal medical decisions (PRESS [...]

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United Across the U.S.

Transforming this nation’s reproductive rights landscape, to one in which all women have access to the full range of reproductive health care, will require vigorous and widespread pressure on Congress from Americans. On September 25, [...]

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Center for Reproductive Rights Hosts “UNITE TONIGHT”

Center for Reproductive Rights Hosts "UNITE TONIGHT" on Wed. 9/25 A national day of action on September 25th to defend against extreme attacks on women’s health care (PRESS RELEASE) On September 25, the Center for [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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2014 Sarah Weddington Writing Prize for New Student Scholarship in Reproductive Rights

Call for submissions - win prizes, get published! The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) and Law Students for Reproductive Justice (LSRJ) invite submissions for the ninth annual Sarah Weddington Writing Prize. The 1st place winning [...]

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Beyond Roe: Reproductive Justice in a Changing World

Beyond Roe: Reproductive Justice in a Changing World On October 11, 2013, the Center will co-sponsor “Beyond Roe: Reproductive Justice in a Changing World” at Rutgers School of Law – Camden. This day-long event will [...]

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The Worst Broken Record

After a decade-long battle led by the Center for Reproductive Rights, in June this year the US Food and Drug Administration finally approved the emergency contraceptive Plan B One-Step for over-the-counter sale. Like clockwork, Oklahoma, [...]

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Mark Ruffalo Speaks Out

Mark Ruffalo Speaks Out Great speech from Mark Ruffalo over the weekend. The actor wrote a letter that was read at an abortion rights rally in Jackson, Mississippi, recounting his mother’s harrowing experience with an [...]

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State Judge Blocks Okla. Emergency Contraception Restrictions

State Judge Blocks Okla. Emergency Contraception Restrictions Plan B One-Step can remain on pharmacy, grocery store shelves without restriction pending outcome of Center for Reproductive Rights lawsuit (PRESS RELEASE) A state judge ruled today that [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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