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30 Years of Impact: Advancing Abortion Rights

Over the last 30 years, the Center has been working to transform abortion law and policy worldwide, so that every person has access to this care.

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Texas Court Throws Out Case Against Doctor Who Violated Abortion Ban

12.08.22 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, a state court ruled that it would dismiss a lawsuit against Dr. Alan Braid, a Texas physician who provided an abortion to a woman in violation of the state’s ban [...]

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The Center at 30: Changing Law, Changing Lives

Since its founding in 1992, the Center has advanced legal protections for reproductive rights in more than 65 countries.

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UN Treaty Bodies Call for the Philippines to Decriminalize Abortion and Protect Adolescents’ SRHR 

Actions follow years of advocacy by the Center and its national partners.

Abortion, Legal Restrictions, Adolescent SRHR, Sex Education,Asia, Philippines,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,Story

How Some Of The World’s Most Powerful Women Are Fighting For Reproductive Rights

This Forbes piece reports on the steps that its "100 Most Powerful Women" have taken to protect access to reproductive health care since the U.S. Supreme Court revoked the constitutional right to abortion. Nancy Northup, [...]

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New Tool Tracks State Abortion Cases

12.05.22 (PRESS RELEASE) —Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights and Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law launched a new tool that tracks all abortion ban cases filed in state courts since the Supreme Court [...]

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State Court Abortion Litigation Tracker Launched by the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Brennan Center for Justice

Tool aggregates litigation against abortion bans in state courts since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

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Kansas Telemedicine Ban Blocked, Allowing Expansion of Medication Abortion Services

The use of telemedicine is an important tool for increasing access to abortion care, especially in remote and underserved areas.

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

Kansas Court Says Abortion Clinics Can Use Telemedicine 

11.23.22 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, a Kansas state court blocked a 2011 law that prohibited doctors from providing medication abortion via telemedicine. The preliminary injunction was issued in a lawsuit filed by the Center for [...]

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Georgia Supreme Court Allows Six-Week Abortion Ban to Again Take Effect

11.23.2022 (PRESS RELEASE) – The Georgia Supreme Court granted an emergency stay of a lower court’s injunction today, allowing a six-week abortion ban to take effect once again while the state’s appeal continues. The ban [...]

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Video Replay: U.S. Abortion Regression in the Global Context

Watch the presentation from the International Conference on Family Planning by the Center's Katy Mayall.

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The Abortion Rights Fights Still Playing Out In State Courts

In this piece for Alliance for Justice, the Center's Alex Wilson, staff attorney, discusses the importance of state courts and constitutions after the U.S. Supreme Court removed federal protections for abortion rights. "In the face [...]

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Global impacts of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and abortion regression in the United States

Six Center leaders representing regions around the world jointly wrote this commentary piece for Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters examining the global implications of the elimination of the constitutional right to abortion in the United [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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