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Maine Family Planning v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

(REVISED 01.07.2022) Just days after the Trump Administration published its Domestic Gag Rule, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a case on behalf of Maine Family Planning --the largest reproductive health care organization in the state and its sole [...]

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Center for Reproductive Rights and National Women’s Law Center v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The Center for Reproductive Rights and the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) filed suit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for refusing to release records related to a new division within the [...]

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Irish 4 Reproductive Health, et al. v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al.

(Revised 10.7.21) Citing flagrant defiance of federal law and the U.S. Constitution, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), Americans United for Separation of Church and State (Americans United), and the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR), along [...]

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Center for Reproductive Rights: Trump Administration Budget Endangers Reproductive Health

Center for Reproductive Rights: Trump Administration Budget Endangers Reproductive Health Budget threatens essential health programs for women, families, and vulnerable populations The Center for Reproductive Rights denounced President Donald Trump’s proposed FY 2019 budget released [...]

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Following Series of Victories Blocking Trump Administration’s Discriminatory Contraception Coverage Rules, Center for Reproductive Rights Withdraws Challenge

Center Withdraws Challenge After Victories Blocking Trump Administration's Discriminatory Contraception Coverage Rules (Media Advisory) – Following a series of victories blocking the Trump administration’s interim final rules that threaten to curtail access to birth control coverage [...]

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Medical Students for Choice vs. Wright

 The Center for Reproductive Rights submitted a complaint today in federal court in the District Court of the District of Columbia challenging interim final rules released last week by the Trump administration that threaten to [...]

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Trump Policies Put Women’s Futures at Risk

Trump Policies Put Women’s Futures at Risk On the evening of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, appeared on MSNBC’s For The Record with Greta to [...]

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U.S. Supreme Court Sends Second Challenge to ACA Birth Control Benefit Back to Lower Courts

U.S. Supreme Court Sends Second Challenge to ACA Birth Control Benefit Back to Lower Courts (PRESS RELEASE) Today the U.S. Supreme Court remanded Zubik v. Burwell, the second major challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Second Attack on ACA Birth Control Benefit

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Second Attack on ACA Birth Control Benefit Religiously affiliated employers attempting to undermine women’s guaranteed access to affordable contraception (PRESS RELEASE) Today the U.S. Supreme Court will hear [...]

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U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Second Attack on ACA Birth Control Benefit

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Second Attack on ACA Birth Control Benefit Nonprofits fighting to interfere with employees’ access to affordable health care despite existing accommodation (PRESS RELEASE) The U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to [...]

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City of Manila Health Official Apologizes for the Denial of Reproductive Health Services and Violations Against Women

City of Manila Health Official Apologizes for the Denial of Reproductive Health Services and Violations Against Women (PRESS RELEASE) This week, a Manila City Health Office official has apologized for the barriers facing women with unplanned [...]

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Op-Ed: Abortion ID Bill Unfairly Targets Immigrants

Op-Ed: Abortion ID Bill Unfairly Targets Immigrants The following was published in the Austin American Statesman on Tuesday, May 26: My name is Vero Higareda. I am 21 years old. I am an immigrant Latina. [...]

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U.S. Supreme Court Lets Private Companies Deny Birth Control Coverage to Employees

U.S. Supreme Court Lets Private Companies Deny Birth Control Coverage to Employees Setting a dangerous precedent, nation’s highest court allows bosses to discriminate against employees’ health care coverage based solely on personal, religious views (PRESS [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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