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Case Timeline: Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson
May 19: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 8 into law. July 13: Plaintiffs filed the case in federal district court. August 4-5: The defendants filed motions to dismiss, asking the district court to [...]
Abortion Providers’ Brief Filed in TX Abortion Ban Case Before SCOTUS
10.27.2021 – (PRESS STATEMENT) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed its opening brief in advance of Monday’s arguments when the Supreme Court will hear both Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson and United States v. [...]
Oklahoma Supreme Court Blocks New Abortion Restrictions
10.25.2021 – (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Oklahoma state Supreme Court blocked three extreme abortion restrictions that were scheduled to take effect November 1 and threatened to devastate abortion access in the state. Today’s ruling means [...]
Supreme Court Will Hear Texas Abortion Ban Cases
10.22.2021 – (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear two cases challenging Texas’ ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy (S.B. 8). The court declined to rule on a request [...]
Statement on Biden Administration’s National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality
10.22.2021 (PRESS STATEMENT) Statement from Nancy Northup, President & CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights: “We are thrilled with the Biden administration’s first-ever National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality. We applaud President Biden’s [...]
Poland: A Year On, Abortion Ruling Harms Women
For Immediate Release (Brussels, October 19, 2021) – Women, girls, and all pregnant people have faced extreme barriers to accessing legal abortions in the year since a Constitutional Tribunal ruling virtually banned legal abortion in Poland, 14 human [...]
Legislators, Advocates and Experts Collaborate at Center’s State Leadership Summit
Proactive strategies to advance reproductive health, rights and justice highlighted the discussions at the Center's State Leadership Summit.
Texas Abortion Ban in Effect Again After Appeals Court Ruling
10.08.21 – (PRESS STATEMENT) Today—in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice—the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request from the state of Texas, allowing the state’s six-week abortion ban (S.B. 8) [...]
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Texas Abortion Ban Temporarily Blocked by Federal Court
10.06.21 – (PRESS STATEMENT) Today, a federal district court temporarily blocked Texas’ abortion ban (SB 8), in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice. The judge issued a preliminary injunction, blocking the ban [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Files New Federal Lawsuit Challenging Unconstitutional Texas Abortion Ban
10.05.2021 – (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights announced today that it has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois that seeks to consolidate multiple lawsuits filed [...]
Court Refuses to Block New Abortion Restrictions in Oklahoma
10.04.2021 – (PRESS RELEASE) Today, a state court judge in Oklahoma ruled from the bench and denied in part a request for a temporary injunction against several extreme abortion restrictions that will decimate access to [...]
Lawsuit by the Center and Partners Blocks Arizona’s “Reason” Abortion Ban
In yet another lawsuit brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners to block a state abortion ban, a federal district court judge temporarily blocked Arizona’s ban on abortion for patients with fetal diagnoses, just hours [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
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