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Center’s “Emergency Medical” Exceptions Case Heads to Texas Supreme Court November 28
In Zurawski v. State of Texas, the Center is representing women denied abortion care despite facing severe pregnancy complications that risked their health and lives.
More Women Join Lawsuit Against Texas After Being Denied Abortion Care Despite Dangerous Pregnancy Complications
Number of women harmed by the state’s abortion bans continues to grow as case heads to the Texas Supreme Court November 28.
Kenya Court of Appeal Expected to Issue Judgment Soon in Case of Pregnant Woman Abused by Hospital Staff and Forced to Deliver on Hospital Floor
The Center is defending a 2018 judgment recognizing that the neglect and abuse of women seeking maternity health services are rights violations under the Kenyan Constitution and international law.
Kenyan Court Exonerates Health Care Provider and Mother of Adolescent Girl from Abortion Charges
Case’s dismissal aligns with earlier rulings that abortion is a health care right under the Kenyan Constitution.
Center Continues Work to Enforce the Constitutional Right to Abortion in Kenya
Hearing being today in case concerning the unjust prosecution of a health care provider and the mother of an adolescent girl treated for serious pregnancy complications.
Center Expands Work on Behalf of Patients Denied Abortion Care Despite Grave Pregnancy Complications
Building momentum on its case against Texas, the Center files complaints in Idaho, Tennessee and Oklahoma to ensure pregnant people in dire situations can access abortion care and doctors have clarity on “medical emergency” exceptions in their state’s abortion bans.
South Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Abortion Ban Almost Identical to One it Threw Out in January
With a new Court makeup after its only female justice retired, Court's ruling is devastating to abortion access in the state and throughout the South.
Court Rules to Reinstate Significant Restrictions on Abortion Medication but Not to Revoke FDA Approval of the Drug
Mifepristone will remain available under current regulations due to an earlier U.S. Supreme Court order.
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After Ruling Clarifying Medical Exceptions to Texas’s Abortion Bans, Order Is Blocked While State Appeals
Injunction by Texas judge in favor of the Center's plaintiffs would have allowed abortions for severe pregnancy complications and fatal fetal diagnoses and protected physicians from prosecution for using their "good faith judgment."
News Coverage: Texas District Court Ruling in Zurawski v. State of Texas
Multiple outlets
Judge Jessica Mangrum’s August 4 ruling on Zurawski v. State of Texas clarified the medical exception in the state’s abortion bans, enabling physicians to use their “good faith judgment,” in consultation with their pregnant patients, [...]
Women’s Stories in Center’s Texas Case ‘May Change the Abortion Narrative’
Boston Globe
Mary Ziegler writes in the Boston Globe about the power of the women’s testimony in the Center’s Zurawski v. State of Texas case.
News Coverage: Hearing in Zurawski v. State of Texas
Multiple outlets
View media highlights about the riveting testimony from women denied abortion care despite facing dangerous risks to their health, lives and future fertility.
Hearing Wrap-up: Zurawski v. State of Texas
Texas women denied abortion care give riveting testimony while the state tries to dismiss the lawsuit.
Reproductive rights are human rights.
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