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Oklahoma Supreme Court Steps in to Block Abortion Ban After Rogue Ruling

Court issues order temporarily blocking a ban on the standard method of abortion after 14 weeks of pregnancy (Press Release) — Today, the Oklahoma Supreme Court granted an emergency request to block the state’s ban [...]

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Civil Rights Groups and the County of Santa Clara Urge Court to Block HHS Denial of Care Rule

Patients’ Lives at Risk if Trump Administration Rule Goes into Effect Nov. 22 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Lambda Legal, and the County [...]

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U.N. Security Council affirms Women, Peace and Security Agenda

(New York)--Today, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2493 during the opening moments of the Security Council Annual Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and marks the tenth resolution since the [...]

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Center for Reproductive Rights Announces Creative Council led by Elizabeth Banks

Actors, producers, directors, artists, and cultural icons to join forces to champion reproductive rights access in the United States and around the world (Press Release) The Center for Reproductive Rights, a global human rights organization, [...]

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Court Blocks Oklahoma Law that Violates Doctors’ Free Speech

Court Blocks Oklahoma Law that Violates Doctors’ Free Speech Law would force physicians to tell patients that some abortions are “reversible” (PRESS RELEASE)—Today, a state district court judge ruled from the bench and temporarily blocked [...]

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Louisiana could become the first state without abortion access as soon as next year

CBS interviews the Center's client in June Medical v. Gee about the devastating impact of the state’s abortion law. Read more at CBS News.

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Abortion in America – Louisiana: “These laws have literally nothing to do with safety”

T.J. Tu, the Center’s senior counsel for litigation, is interviewed by CBS about June Medical v. Gee and the impact of the law on Louisiana women. Watch interview at CBS News.

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Center for Reproductive Rights Sues Department of Health and Human Services for Failing to Comply with Freedom of Information Act Requests

(PRESS RELEASE) —Today, the Center for Reproductive Rightsfiled a complaint against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for failing to produce records related to the Office for Civil Rights’ (OCR) operations and enforcement [...]

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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights files case of Manuela vs. El Salvador before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Bogotá, New York, San Salvador (PRESS RELEASE) -- The Center for Reproductive Rights and its local partner in El Salvador, Agrupación Ciudadana para la Despenalización del Aborto, celebrate the decision taken by the Inter-American Commission [...]

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A Supreme Court Abortion Case That Tests the Court Itself

The New York Times discusses the Center’s Louisiana case, June v. Gee, the first major U.S. Supreme Court abortion since Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh joined the bench. Read more at NYTimes.

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Supreme Court Revisits Abortion With Louisiana Case

NPR reports on the Center’s Louisiana abortion case that is nearly identical to a Texas case decided by the court three years ago. Read more at NPR.

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Center for Reproductive Rights Back at U.S. Supreme Court; Identical Abortion Issue Decided in 2016

Court will revisit abortion precedent as it reviews a law designed to shutdown abortion clinics (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a petition for certiorari filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights, [...]

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Fight for Abortion Rights Returns to Supreme Court

Justices have agreed to hear a Center case out of Louisiana that could determine the future of abortion rights. Today the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear June Medical v. Gee, a case brought by [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.