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Stereotyping, Sex Equality, and Reproductive Decision-Making Amicus Brief

Amicus is Yale Law School’s Information Society Project. The brief argues that because Act 620 serves no valid purpose, but simply obstructs access to abortion, it violates Supreme Court jurisprudence rejecting regulation of pregnancy based [...]

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American Bar Association Amicus Brief

Amicus is the American Bar Association, the largest voluntary association of attorneys and legal professionals in the world. The brief builds on a 2019 ABA resolution urging governments not to impose on healthcare providers regulatory [...]

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Members of Congress Amicus Brief

Amici are 197 members of the United States Congress. They argue that, as members of Congress, they are bound to support and defend the Constitution, which guarantees the right to personal liberty and bodily autonomy. [...]

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Evaluating Priorities Amicus Brief

Amici are organizations committed to improving the health and well-being of women and their families nationally and in the state of Louisiana. Signers argue that Louisiana chronically lags behind other states in critical health outcomes, [...]

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LGBTQ Organizations Amicus Brief

Amicus signers are LGBTQ organizations. The brief argues that allowing states to force abortion clinics to close will worsen existing health disparities for LGBTQ people who use services that abortion and reproductive health care providers [...]

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Criminal Prosecution of Self-Managed Abortion Amicus Brief

Amici are healthcare professionals, researchers, attorneys, and advocates in the field of sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice united in the belief that no one should be criminalized for having an abortion or for [...]

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Reproductive Justice Advocates Amicus Brief

Amici are organizations and individuals fighting for reproductive justice. The brief argues that marginalized communities – including low-income people, people of color, young people, immigrants, disabled people, and LGBTQ+ people - already face significant barriers [...]

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Women’s Equality & Economic Opportunity Amicus Brief

National Women’s Law Center and 72 other organizations committed to equality and economic opportunity for women. The brief argues that abortion restrictions impede women’s ability to participate equally in society by harming economic security, equality, [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

Religious Organizations Amicus Brief

Amici are religious organizations from a broad range of faiths including Catholics, Methodists, Muslims, Presbyterians, the United Church of Christ, the Unitarian Universalist Association, and the principle Rabbinical organizations of Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist Judaism. The [...]

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Lawyers Stories Amicus Brief

Amicus signers are 368 lawyers who have had abortions. They are current, former, and future members of the legal community who have contributed to the legal field in myriad capacities, including as equity partners of [...]

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State Attorneys General Amicus Brief

Amici are 21 States and the District of Columbia. These states argue that Whole Woman’s Health correctly held that a state restriction on abortion cannot survive constitutional scrutiny if it imposes greater burdens than benefits. [...]

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Violence and Harassment Targeting Abortion Care Amicus Brief

Amici are organizations committed to the safety of abortion care providers and their patients. This brief presents striking evidence, from Louisiana and throughout the nation, of anti-abortion violence and harassment. This climate of hostility and [...]

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Medical Staff Professionals Amicus Brief

Amici are healthcare practitioners, professors, managers, and consultants who teach and practice at some of the country’s top medical schools and hospitals, serve on credentialing committees, and have acted as hospital trustees and chief medical [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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