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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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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 [...]
The Far-Right Is Coming For Abortion Rights in the Heart of Europe
Vice
Vice quoted Leah Hoctor, the Center’s senior regional director for Europe, in an article about the upcoming elections in Italy and how the country’s far-right is poised to roll back abortion rights if they win [...]
Florida Court Denies Pregnant Teen’s Request to Waive Legal Guardian Consent for Abortion
CNN and WENY
Autumn Katz, the Center’s interim director of litigation, was quoted in recent articles about a Florida court’s decision to deny a pregnant teen’s request to waive the state’s legal guardian consent requirement for abortion. In [...]
Louisiana’s Three Remaining Abortion Clinics Close, Leaving Neighboring States Without Abortion Clinics for the First Time in 50 Years
The Independent
The Center’s senior staff attorney Jenny Ma was quoted in an article about the closure and relocation of Louisiana’s three remaining abortion clinics, which shut down as the state’s anti-abortion law goes into effect. The [...]
South Carolina Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Six-Week Abortion Ban
Multiple Sources
The Center’s senior counsel Genevieve Scott was quoted in recent articles about the South Carolina Supreme Court’s decision to temporarily block the state’s six-week abortion ban in a case brought by the Center. “Today's decision [...]
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