Original Meaning Amicus Brief
Amicus is the Constitutional Accountability Center, a public interest law firm and think tank. The brief argues that the text and history of the Fourteenth Amendment protect a robust right to liberty, including the right [...]
Bipartisan Former Federal Judges and Department of Justice Officials Amicus Brief
Amici served as federal judges and senior officials in the United States Department of Justice. This bipartisan group does not submit its brief to address the correctness of this Court’s abortion cases, but instead sounds [...]
Mitigating the Burdens of Unconstitutional Restrictions Amicus Brief
Amici are the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Louisiana. The brief argues that multiple courts across the country have found admitting privileges requirements have no benefits and cause severe burdens to abortion [...]
All Women’s Stories Amicus Brief
Amici are women from all walks of life who chose to have an abortion. These signers share personal stories demonstrating that access to abortion is essential for women to be equal participants in society. Signers [...]
Poverty Burdens Amicus Brief
Amici are the National Health Law Program and the National Network of Abortion Funds. The brief argues that Act 620 will have a particularly harmful impact on vulnerable populations. Low-income pregnant people are more likely [...]
Social Science Researchers Amicus Brief
Amici are social science researchers who have collectively spent decades conducting and publishing research about the safety, incidence, and impacts of state regulation on abortion access in the United States. These signers present research that [...]
Reproductive Justice Legal Scholars Amicus Brief
Amici are legal scholars with expertise in reproductive justice. The brief argues that abortion is part of a broader right to reproductive autonomy, and abortion restrictions must be evaluated using an intersectional lens. When measuring [...]
Whole Woman’s Health and Whole Woman’s Health Alliance Amicus Brief
Amici are Whole Woman’s Health, the plaintiff in the 2016 Supreme Court case Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, and Whole Woman’s Health Alliance. Signers explain WWH’s effort to comply with the identical, medically unnecessary, admitting [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
Federal Court Scholars Amicus Brief
Amici are professors who focus on federal jurisdiction and procedure, including the third-party standing doctrine. The brief documents the deep historical roots of third party standing, which has been recognized and applied by the Supreme [...]
Stereotyping, Sex Equality, and Reproductive Decision-Making Amicus Brief
Amicus is Yale Law School’s Information Society Project. The brief argues that because Act 620 serves no valid purpose, but simply obstructs access to abortion, it violates Supreme Court jurisprudence rejecting regulation of pregnancy based [...]
American Bar Association Amicus Brief
Amicus is the American Bar Association, the largest voluntary association of attorneys and legal professionals in the world. The brief builds on a 2019 ABA resolution urging governments not to impose on healthcare providers regulatory [...]
Members of Congress Amicus Brief
Amici are 197 members of the United States Congress. They argue that, as members of Congress, they are bound to support and defend the Constitution, which guarantees the right to personal liberty and bodily autonomy. [...]
Evaluating Priorities Amicus Brief
Amici are organizations committed to improving the health and well-being of women and their families nationally and in the state of Louisiana. Signers argue that Louisiana chronically lags behind other states in critical health outcomes, [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
