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Ferguson v. City of Charleston: Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioners Submitted by the AMA

South Carolina Motion of the American Medical Association for leave to file brief as Amicus Curiae in support of neither party...

Maternal Health,United States,In the Courts,Case Document

Planned Parenthood of Alaska v. State: Alaska’s Supreme Court Ruling

Alaska I. Introduction From time to time, we are called upon to decide constitutional cases that touch upon the most contentious, moral, ethical, and political issues of our day. In deciding such cases, we are [...]

Abortion, Adolescent SRHR,United States,In the Courts,Documents

Planned Parenthood of Alaska v. State : Plaintiffs’ Appellee Brief

ALASKAAk. Const. art. I, § 1This constitution is dedicated to the principles that all persons have a natural right to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and the enjoyment of the rewards of their own [...]

Abortion, Adolescent SRHR,United States,In the Courts,Case Document

تنظيم الأسرة من ألاسكا ضد الدولة v. آخر بري الابتدائية

المدعون في مرحلة ما بعد محاكمة قصيرة الأدلة المقدمة في المحاكمة تبين أن 24 بينالي الشارقة، الذي يمنع القاصرين دون 17 من ممارسة حقهم الدستوري في الحصول على الإجهاض إلا إذا كانت وحتى الحصول على [...]

Abortion, Adolescent SRHR,United States,In the Courts,Case Document

Planned Parenthood of Alaska v. State: Plaintiffs’ Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE

Abortion, Adolescent SRHR,United States,In the Courts,Case Document

Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic Consideration of the Constitutionality of the challenged provisions of the Act on Artificial Interruption of Pregnancy

Filing date: April 2007Country/Region: Slovakia Center Attorney(s): Christina Zampas Partners: 1) International Women’s Human Rights Law Clinic of the City University of New York School of Law, 2) Slovak Family Planning Association, and 3) ProChoice [...]

Abortion,Europe, Slovakia,In the Courts,Case

A Tale of Extraordinary Courage: Interview with K.L.

17-year-old K.L. took on the country Peru for enabling officials to force her to carry a fatally-impaired fetus to term. When our client K.L. was seventeen years old, she found out that she was pregnant [...]

Abortion, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Latin America & Caribbean, Peru, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,In the Courts

Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic Consideration: Amicus brief (Slovak)

Úvod1. Tieto písomné pripomienky predkladá Centrum pre reprodukčné práva v New York City a Právna klinika medzinárodných ženských ľudských práv pri Právnickej fakulte City University v New Yorku v spolupráci so Slovenskou spoločnosťou pre plánované [...]

Europe, Slovakia,In the Courts,Case Document

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic Consideration: Amicus brief (English)

Introduction1. These written comments are submitted by the Center for Reproductive Rights and the International Women’s Human Rights Law Clinic at the City University of New York School of Law, in cooperation with the Slovak [...]

Europe, Slovakia,In the Courts,Case Document

Stenberg v. Carhart

The Center for Reproductive Rights brought this case on behalf of Nebraska abortion provider Dr. Leroy Carhart to challenge Nebraska’s method ban on abortion. That law was part of a wave of similar state bans [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,United States,In the Courts,Case

Stenberg v. Carhart: 8th Circuit Court of Appeals Decision

Nebraska The State of Nebraska appeals a District Court 3 decision holding a Nebraska statute banning "partial-birth abortion" unconstitutional. The District Court permanently enjoined enforcement of the statute and awarded attorney's fees and costs to [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,United States,In the Courts,Documents

Stenberg v. Carhart: Nebraska’s Supreme Court brief

The Petitioners are Don Stenberg, Attorney General of the State of Nebraska, Gina Dunning, Director of Regulation and Licensure of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, and Charles Andrews, M.D., Chief Medical Officer [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,United States,In the Courts,Case Document

Stenberg v. Carhart: CRR’s Supreme Court brief

QUESTIONS PRESENTED1. Whether the Nebraska partial-birth abortion statute violates women's right to privacy because it bans a broad range of abortion procedures, including the safest method of second-trimester abortion, without regard to fetal viability?2. Whether [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,United States,In the Courts,Case Document

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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