Latest News
Groups Ask Court to Block Abortion Ban
Leading Reproductive Health and Rights Groups Say Michigan Law Would Prohibit Virtually All Abortions in the State The American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America asked [...]
Court Stops Virginia’s Third Attempt to Outlaw Safe Abortions
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit declared a Virginia abortion ban unconstitutional and held "the lack of a health exception alone provides a sufficient basis for invalidating restrictions on a woman's [...]
Court Strikes Down Mississippi Abortion Law: Women in State Narrowly Escape Virtual Ban on Second Trimester Abortion
Today, women in Mississippi narrowly escaped a virtual ban on second trimester abortions in their state when the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi declared a 2004 law unconstitutional. The law would [...]
Tulsa Clinic Challenges Teen Abortion Act as it Hits Governor’s Desk
Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, challenging teen abortion legislation that fails to protect the most vulnerable adolescents in the state. [...]
Teen Endangerment Act: Putting Politics Before Teens’ Well-Being
Statement From Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights The Center for Reproductive Rights strongly opposes the abortion bill H.R. 748, passed by the House of Representatives today, and calls on the Senate to reject [...]
FDA Commissioner Crawford, No More Stalling! Plan B Belongs On the Drugstore Shelves.
Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights The Center for Reproductive Rights urges the FDA's Acting Commissioner Lester Crawford to issue a decision making the emergency contraceptive Plan B available without a prescription [...]
U.S. Government’s Appeal in Federal Abortion Ban Case Heads to Court for the First Time
WHAT: Oral argument in Carhart v. Gonzales will be heard at U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.The Eighth Circuit will review the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska's decision on September [...]
Alaska Supreme Court to Review Injunction on State’s Teen Abortion Law
WHAT: Oral arguments will be heard at the Alaska Supreme Court in Planned Parenthood of Alaska, et. al. v. State of Alaska. The Supreme Court will review the Superior Court of the State of Alaska's [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
Yet Another Excuse from the FDA on Delaying Plan B Decision
Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights Last week, Dr. Lester Crawford, the nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration, gave yet another excuse for failing to make the emergency contraceptive, Plan [...]
Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights
The Teen Endangerment Act The Center for Reproductive Rights urges Congress to reject the Teen Endangerment Act (H.R. 748, S. 8, 396, 403). The Center opposes the Teen Endangerment Act because its passage would not [...]
Michigan Abortion Ban Put on Hold While Challenge Proceeds
The American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America announced today that Michigan has agreed to delay enforcement of its recently enacted abortion ban until the court considers [...]
Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights
Responding to India Supreme Court Decision on Country’s Sterilization Practices The Center for Reproductive Rights is extremely pleased that the Indian Supreme Court is taking action against the illegal and coercive sterilization practices in its [...]
As World Eases Restrictions on Abortion, U.S. Becomes More Restrictive, Study Finds
Since 1995, 15 countries have passed laws making abortion legal under more circumstances, while only five-including the United States-have taken steps to make abortion illegal or more difficult for women to obtain. According to a [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.