What Does ‘Abortion’ Mean? Even the Word Itself Is Up for Debate.
The New York Times
The Center's Jenny Ma was interviewed for this New York Times article.
Comment to the Department of Veterans Affairs on Interim Final Rule on Reproductive Health Services
The Center submitted the comment in support of the rule.
Arizona abortion rights backers sue to overturn old ban
AP, Reuters, and other outlets
Several media outlets reported on the lawsuit filed by the Center and its partners seeking to restore abortion access in Arizona. The lawsuit asks the court to clarify doctors’ obligations under the state’s multiple, overlapping [...]
Citizen Petition to the FDA on the Use of Mifepristone for Miscarriage Management
The Center was one of 49 leading medical and scientific associations, research institutions, and advocacy organizations joining to submit this petition to the FDA on October 4, 2022. It requests that miscarriage management be added [...]
Comment: Proposed Rule on Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act
The Center for Reproductive Rights submitted this comment on October 3, 2022, to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in support of the proposed rule interpreting the non-discrimination provision of the Affordable Care [...]
100 Days Since Roe v. Wade Was Overturned: The 11 Biggest Consequences
Forbes and other outlets
Several outlets reported on the state of abortion access in the U.S. 100 days since Roe v. Wade was overturned. Forbes analyzed the impact of the Supreme Court's ruling revoking the constitutional right to abortion, [...]
Opinion: U.S. abortion restrictions absolutely do not align with European law
The Washington Post
The Center's Leah Hoctor, senior regional director for Europe and an expert on international and comparative European law on abortion, wrote this Washington Post opinion piece to counter claims made by U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham [...]
‘Do No Harm’: OB-GYNs Weigh the Legal Impact of Abortion Bans
The New York Times
The New York Times published a chilling video called “Do No Harm,” featuring OB-GYNs discussing the legal risks they face in a post-Roe world and the ways abortion bans are harming their ability to help [...]
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Call for Submissions: 2022 Writing Prize for New Student Scholarship in Reproductive Rights & Justice
If/When/How, the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice at UC Berkeley School of Law and the Center for Reproductive Rights now invite submissions for the 17th annual Writing Prize for New Student Scholarship in Reproductive Rights & Justice.
Post-Roe Fallout: “People are seeing what it really means to ban abortion”
MSNBC
Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, was interviewed by MSNBC’s Ali Velshi about state abortion bans that recently took effect. “For years, this was just able to be kicked around [...]
Human rights-based accountability for sexual and reproductive health and rights in humanitarian settings
PLOS Global Public Health Journal
Center for Reproductive Rights staff members Grady Arnott, Manager of Legal Research for Global Advocacy, and Beatrice Odallo, Advocacy Advisor for Africa, co-authored a peer-review article published in PLOS Global Public Health Journal examining the [...]
More trigger bans loom as 1 in 3 women lose most abortion access post-Roe
The Washington Post and NPR
This piece in Washington Post reports that nearly 21 million — about one in three girls and women in the United States between the ages of 15 and 44 — have lost access to abortion. [...]
State Abortion Bans Cause Confusion While Anti-Abortion Activists Push for Fetal Personhood
The New York Times
The New York Times quoted Jenny Ma, senior staff attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Elisabeth Smith, the Center’s director of state policy and advocacy, in recent articles about post-Roe abortion law in [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
