European Committee of Social Rights Decision: Interights v. Croatia
The case challenged the sexual education curriculums in Croatia that are religious and ideology-based models. Such programs, while claiming to provide youth with tools to lead healthier and more moral lives, have failed to provide [...]
Vo. v. France (European Court of Human Rights)
Filing date: November 26, 2003 Country/Region: FranceCenter Attorney(s): Christina Zampas Summary: In November 2003, the Center filed an amicus brief with the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Vo v. France. The [...]
In re Access to Emergency Contraception in Ecuador / Amici (Constitutional Tribunal of Ecuador)
In 2005, anti-choice organizations in Ecuador filed a suit to outlaw emergency contraception, alleging that EC violates the right to life as established in the Ecuadorian constitution. As a result of their lawsuit, a lower [...]
In re Access to Emergency Contraception in Colombia (amicus brief) (Colombian Council of State)
On June 5, 2008, in a landmark decision, the Colombian Council of State ruled against anti-choice groups' efforts to ban emergency contraception. The court found that emergency contraception, commonly known as the "morning-after pill," is [...]
In re Abortion Law Challenge in Colombia / Amici (Constitutional Court of Colombia)
In April 2005, Colombian citizen Monica Róa, a former Center fellow and current attorney at Women's Link Worldwide, filed a petition with the Colombian Constitutional Court challenging the constitutionality of Colombia’s abortion law, which categorically [...]
Challenge to Abortion Law in Nicaragua / Amici (Supreme Court of Nicaragua)
In May 2007, The Center for Reproductive Rights and Yale University's Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic submitted a joint friend-of-the-court brief to the Supreme Court of Nicaragua.Country/Region: , Nicaragua/LACCenter Attorney(s): , Lilian Sepúlveda [...]
Ramakant Rai v. Union of India / Amici (Supreme Court of India)
International human rights law protects the rights of women to have access to voluntary sterilization services free of coercion, discrimination, and violence. In April 2004, the Center prepared a legal memorandum on the illegality of [...]
D. v. Ireland (European Court of Human Rights)
In April 2005, the Center filed an amicus brief with the European Court of Human Rights in support of a woman, D., who alleged that Ireland’s prohibition of abortion constitutes a violation of the European [...]
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Jackson Women’s Health Organization v. Amy
Filing date: 06/29/04 State: Mississippi Plaintiff(s): , Jackson Women's Health Organization Center Attorney(s): , Bonnie Scott Jones Co-Counsel/Cooperating Attorneys: , S. Mark Wann at Maxey Wann, PLLC (local) Summary: The Center for Reproductive Rights brought [...]
Planned Parenthood of Alaska v. State
In 1997, the Alaska legislature passed a bill which, if it had gone into effect, would have prevented any unmarried woman under 17 years of age from having an abortion in Alaska unless she has [...]
Northland Family Planning Clinic, Inc. v. Cox
Filing date: 03/01/05 State: Michigan Plaintiff(s): Northland Family Planning Clinic, Inc., Northland Family Planning Clinic, Inc. – West, Northland Family Planning Clinic, Inc. – East, Summit Medical Center, Inc., Planned Parenthood Mid-Michigan Alliance, and Planned [...]
Hope Medical Group for Women v. Kim Edward Leblanc
The Center for Reproductive Rights filed this lawsuit in federal court in the Eastern District of Louisiana to prevent the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners from unfairly disciplining a non-obstetrician-gynecologist physician for performing first-trimester [...]
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