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Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline’s “Kiss and Tell” Law goes before Appeals Court
WHAT: Oral argument in Aid for Women v. Foulston will be heard at U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. The Tenth Circuit will review the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas' [...]
Shame On the FDA: More Deception and Delay
Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights Today, the Food and Drug Administration announced that it would delay making a decision about Plan B, the emergency contraceptive commonly known as the morning-after pill, [...]
Contraceptive Equity Bills Gain Momentum in State Legislatures
In the United States almost 50% of pregnancies are unintended. Contraceptive equity legislation could reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and the need for abortion by providing affordable and reliable contraception for women. Women Deserve [...]
For First Time in NCLR’s History, Briefing on Reproductive Rights of Hispanic Women to be Held at Annual Conference
For the first time since the creation of the National Council of La Raza, two organizations focused on women's reproductive rights issues will host a briefing on the reproductive advancement of Latinas during La Raza's [...]
Key Victory In Appeals Court Against 2003 Federal Abortion Ban
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held unconstitutional the "Partial Birth Abortion Act of 2003," because the law failed to provide any exception if a woman's health is at stake. The [...]
Law Endangering Young Women Challenged in Federal Court:
Health Care Providers Say Law Imperils Health and Lives of Florida’s Young Women Today on behalf of four women's health care centers and two individual physicians, the Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood Federation [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
Paulina: Five Years Later (Spanish)
In 1999, 13-year-old Paulina Ramírez became pregnant after she was raped by an intruder in her home in Mexicali, Mexico. Soon after discovering that she was pregnant, Paulina sought an abortion. According to state legislation, [...]
Paulina: Five Years Later
In 1999, 13-year-old Paulina Ramírez became pregnant after she was raped by an intruder in her home in Mexicali, Mexico. Soon after discovering that she was pregnant, Paulina sought an abortion. According to state legislation, [...]
Legal Grounds: Reproductive and Sexual Rights in African Commonwealth Courts
Reproductive and sexual rights, which are guaranteed in international and regional human rights treaties, mean nothing if they are not recognized and enforced by national-level courts. Legal Grounds: Sexual and Reproductive Rights in African Commonwealth [...]
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 [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.