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Center and its Partner Argue Against Tanzania’s Expulsion of Pregnant Girls from School
The Center's case seeks to protect the right of Tanzanian girls to continue their education and pursue opportunities during and after pregnancy.
International Human Rights and Abortion: Spotlight on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
International and human rights organizations and legal experts weigh in to support the Center’s Supreme Court case challenging a Mississippi abortion ban.
Over 150 State Legislators Sign Letter to Call on the Senate to Enact Permanent and Mandatory Postpartum Medicaid Investments in Build Back Better Act
State legislators across 38 states encourage congressional leadership to include permanent and mandatory postpartum Medicaid coverage for one year in the Build Back Better Act.
Precedent and the Rule of Law: Spotlight on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
In upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case nearly 50 years of precedent hang in the balance.
Center to Hold Global Webinar on SRHR in Humanitarian Settings
The Center for Reproductive Rights and the Gender Centre at the Graduate Institute, Geneva, will hold a webinar on November 23 titled "Accountability for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Humanitarian Settings."
Abortion and Gender Equality: Spotlight on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
For almost five decades, the right to abortion has helped advance gender equality in the U.S. by allowing generations of women to pursue their personal, educational, and employment opportunities and life goals.
New Rule Restores Reproductive Health Services to Title X Family Planning Program
Biden Administration's Final Rule on Title X restores reproductive health services under nationwide family planning program.
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 [...]
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Oral Arguments Presented at the Supreme Court in Texas Abortion Ban Cases
Cases challenging the Texas law brought by the Center and the Department of Justice were argued at the Court November 1.
Briefs Filed in Texas Abortion Ban Cases Cite Threats to Constitutional Rights, the Rule of Law, and Health and Wellbeing
Citing threats to constitutional rights and the rule of law—as well as harms to health and wellbeing—experts in constitutional law, health care, government, and civil rights filed amicus briefs in support of two cases challenging Texas’s extreme abortion ban.
Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments Monday in Texas Abortion Ban Case
Listen to the livestream as the Center presents its case--Monday, November 1 at 10 a.m.
Center Files Its Brief to SCOTUS: Texas’s Scheme to Deny Constitutional Right to Abortion Must be Stopped
In the opening brief in Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson, the Center and its partners argue that states cannot nullify rights guaranteed by the Constitution--as Texas has done with its extreme abortion ban.
Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson
At Supreme Court, Texas Scheme to Evade Review of Abortion Ban Raises Questions from Justices
The Center presents oral arguments in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson, its case against the Texas abortion ban.
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.