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Court Shuts Down Man Who Fakes Abortion Services in Louisiana
After a hearing today, Judge Stanwood R. Duval of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana granted a preliminary injunction against William Graham, a Louisiana man who has been operating a fake [...]
Man Who Fakes Abortion Services to Appear in Hearing Wednesday
Defendant Expected to Represent Himself in Court As More Victims Come ForwardWHAT: Oral arguments will be heard regarding plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction against William Graham. Choice, Inc. v. Graham is a federal lawsuit [...]
Judge Blocks Enforcement of Kansas “Kiss and Tell” Law
Ensures Confidential Health Care for Teens The U.S. District Court of the District of Kansas today granted a preliminary injunction against enforcement of a law that threatens the confidentiality of teenagers seeking health care services. [...]
Court Enjoins New Abortion Law, Protecting Rights of Nearly 400 Mississippi Women
Learn more about other abortion bans Today, Judge Tom S. Lee of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi granted a preliminary injunction against a new abortion law. Now, the nearly 400 [...]
Center Temporarily Blocks Mississippi Abortion Law
Learn more about other abortion bans. Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights won a temporary restraining order on behalf of the Jackson Women's Health Organization (JWHO) against a new abortion law in Mississippi. The law [...]
Center Wins Appeal Against Arizona Abortion Regulation and Day in Court
San Francisco Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit agreed with the Center for Reproductive Rights’ challenge against an Arizona law regulating abortion providers. Among other things, physicians and clinics would have [...]
Court Orders Preliminary Injunction Against Utah Abortion Ban
On Thursday, June 10, 2004, the Utah Attorney General’s Office, on behalf of the State of Utah and the Salt Lake City prosecutor’s office, agreed to a court-ordered preliminary injunction to prevent enforcement of the [...]
In Vitro Twins Ruled as Deceased Father’s Legitimate Children
San Francisco The Center for Reproductive Rights hails today’s ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit as a victory for equality. This afternoon, the court ruled that a set of seven-year-old twins [...]
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Louisiana Man Sued for Faking Abortion Services
Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit in the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against Metairie, Louisiana, resident William Graham on behalf of three women, a Metairie medical facility, one [...]
Closing Arguments Presented in Nebraska Federal Abortion Ban Trial
Lincoln, NE Lawyers for the plaintiffs and for the U. S. Department of Justice presented final oral arguments today before U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf in Carhart v. Ashcroft, the bench trial challenging the constitutionality [...]
Reproductive Rights Groups Hail First Ruling to Permanently Block Federal Abortion Ban
San Francisco The National Abortion Federation, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and the American Civil Liberties Union praised today’s ruling by a federal court judge in San Francisco striking down the "Partial Birth Abortion Ban [...]
Closing Arguments Begin in Carhart v. Ashcroft Federal Abortion Ban Trial in Nebraska
Lincoln | Learn MoreWHAT: The closing oral arguments in Carhart v. Ashcroft, a federal civil rights lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf [...]
State of Utah Agrees to Order Temporarily Blocking Abortion Ban
Salt Lake City, UTThe State agreed yesterday temporarily not to enforce its ban on abortions starting as early as 12 weeks of pregnancy.A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the new law was filed by the [...]
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