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Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, et al. v. State of Florida, et al.

This case challenging Florida’s 15-week abortion ban argues it is unconstitutional under the state’s constitutional protections.

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Video Series: Your Questions, Asked and Answered

In this video series, Center attorneys answer your questions about our U.S. Supreme Court case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The case, which challenges a Mississippi abortion ban, is the most consequential U.S. abortion [...]

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Amicus Briefs: Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson

A broad range of experts and leaders in constitutional law, health care, government, and civil rights have filed amicus briefs in two cases challenging Texas’s unconstitutional law, Senate Bill 8 (S.B. 8), which bans abortion [...]

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Oklahoma Supreme Court Blocks Three Extreme Abortion Laws in Center Lawsuit

All five Oklahoma laws challenged in the lawsuit are now blocked while the case continues.

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Videos: The Case Explained

Center attorneys explain the upcoming Supreme Court case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health.

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Amicus Briefs: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

A broad range of experts and those most impacted by abortion restrictions have filed amicus briefs (“friend of the court” briefs) urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban in Dobbs [...]

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Isaacson, et al. v. Brnovich, et al.

(Updated 07.07.22) On June 25, an emergency request was made asking a federal court to block Arizona’s personhood law as applied to abortion. A hearing on the motion is scheduled for July 8. The Center [...]

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Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, et al. v. Wilson, et al.

(REVISED 04.26.2022) This case challenges SB 1, a South Carolina law that bans abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy. At six weeks, many women do not realize they are pregnant and this law would [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

Ruling’s Impact on the Undue Burden Standard

A new report issued by the Center for Reproductive Rights analyzes the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2020 decision in June Medical Services v. Russo, a leading abortion case brought by the Center.

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Memphis Center for Reproductive Health v. Slatery

(REVISED 2.24.2022) - In this case, the Center challenged a Tennessee bill that aims to prevent abortion as early as six weeks of pregnancy and prevents pregnant people from obtaining abortion care for certain reasons, [...]

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June Medical Services, LLC, v. Russo

In this major 2020 U.S. Supreme Court abortion case, the Court strikes down a Louisiana abortion restriction and affirms the strong legal standard used by courts for decades to determine the constitutionality of abortion laws.

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Center for Reproductive Rights and National Women’s Law Center v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The Center for Reproductive Rights and the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) filed suit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for refusing to release records related to a new division within the [...]

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Helen Weems v. State of Montana

(Revised 5.16.23) The Montana Supreme Court permanently struck down a law that prohibited advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) from providing abortion care and reaffirmed the right to abortion under the state constitution. The lawsuit was brought [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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