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Court Stops Virginia’s Third Attempt to Outlaw Safe Abortions
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit declared a Virginia abortion ban unconstitutional and held "the lack of a health exception alone provides a sufficient basis for invalidating restrictions on a woman's [...]
Court Strikes Down Mississippi Abortion Law: Women in State Narrowly Escape Virtual Ban on Second Trimester Abortion
Today, women in Mississippi narrowly escaped a virtual ban on second trimester abortions in their state when the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi declared a 2004 law unconstitutional. The law would [...]
Tulsa Clinic Challenges Teen Abortion Act as it Hits Governor’s Desk
Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, challenging teen abortion legislation that fails to protect the most vulnerable adolescents in the state. [...]
FDA Commissioner Crawford, No More Stalling! Plan B Belongs On the Drugstore Shelves.
Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights The Center for Reproductive Rights urges the FDA's Acting Commissioner Lester Crawford to issue a decision making the emergency contraceptive Plan B available without a prescription [...]
Alaska Supreme Court to Review Injunction on State’s Teen Abortion Law
WHAT: Oral arguments will be heard at the Alaska Supreme Court in Planned Parenthood of Alaska, et. al. v. State of Alaska. The Supreme Court will review the Superior Court of the State of Alaska's [...]
Yet Another Excuse from the FDA on Delaying Plan B Decision
Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights Last week, Dr. Lester Crawford, the nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration, gave yet another excuse for failing to make the emergency contraceptive, Plan [...]
Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights
The Teen Endangerment Act The Center for Reproductive Rights urges Congress to reject the Teen Endangerment Act (H.R. 748, S. 8, 396, 403). The Center opposes the Teen Endangerment Act because its passage would not [...]
Michigan Abortion Ban Put on Hold While Challenge Proceeds
The American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America announced today that Michigan has agreed to delay enforcement of its recently enacted abortion ban until the court considers [...]
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Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights
Responding to India Supreme Court Decision on Country’s Sterilization Practices The Center for Reproductive Rights is extremely pleased that the Indian Supreme Court is taking action against the illegal and coercive sterilization practices in its [...]
Women’s Health Care Providers Challenge Michigan Law Banning Virtually All Abortions
ACLU, Center for Reproductive Rights, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America File Joint Lawsuit in Federal Court Today The American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America asked [...]
Center Sues FDA for Denying Women Over-the-Counter Access to Emergency Contraception
FDA Internal Memo Suggests Agency Did Not Follow Regulations Read the complaint online (PDF) | Virtual Press Kit Friday evening, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed suit against the Acting Commissioner of the Food and [...]
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