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Virginia District Court Rejects Bid to Halt Lawsuit Against the Commonwealth’s Longstanding Abortion Restrictions
Virginia District Court Rejects Bid to Halt Lawsuit Against the Commonwealth’s Longstanding Abortion Restrictions Decision allows challenge by Virginia health care providers to move forward (PRESS RELEASE) A Virginia federal court today rejected the Commonwealth’s efforts to shut [...]
Texas Court Strikes Down Unconstitutional Texas Reproductive Health Restriction in Challenge Brought by Whole Woman’s Health and Texas Abortion Providers
(PRESS RELEASE) Today, a federal district court judge struck down a Texas measure requiring health care providers to bury or cremate all embryonic and fetal tissue from abortions, miscarriages, and ectopic pregnancy surgeries—regardless of their [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health Submit Amicus Brief in Support of the “Janes”
Center for Reproductive Rights, NAPAWF, NLIRH Submit Amicus Brief in Support of the “Janes” (PRESS RELEASE) Today the Center for Reproductive Rights, the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF), and the National Latina Institute [...]
Trial Concludes in Challenge to Unconstitutional Texas Abortion Restrictions
Trial Concludes in Challenge to Unconstitutional Texas Abortion Restrictions (PRESS RELEASE) A trial concluded today in Texas federal district court in a lawsuit brought by lead plaintiff Whole Woman’s Health and other Texas abortion providers, [...]
Lawsuit Filed Against HHS for Refusing to Release Documents Regarding New Office for Civil Rights Division
Lawsuit Filed Against HHS for Refusing to Release Documents (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights and the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) today filed suit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) [...]
Speak Out Now Against the “Domestic Gag Rule”
Speak Out Now Against the "Domestic Gag Rule" In June, the Trump administration proposed a dangerous new rule that would prohibit providers that receive federal Title X family planning funds from making referrals for abortion care. The rule would also prohibit granting Title [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Nomination to U.S. Supreme Court
Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Nomination to U.S. Supreme Court (PRESS RELEASE) Said Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights: “President Trump has vowed to nominate to [...]
Nancy Northup Op-Ed: “Personal Liberties” Beyond Abortion are Enshrined in Roe
Nancy Northup Op-Ed: “Personal Liberties” Beyond Abortion are Enshrined in Roe The retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy raises serious concerns about the future of abortion access in light of President Trump’s promise to nominate Supreme [...]
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Nancy Northup Statement on Justice Kennedy Retirement
Nancy Northup Statement on Justice Kennedy Retirement Said Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights: “Justice Kennedy’s retirement is devastating news at a divisive time in our nation and on the [...]
Supreme Court Decision Awards Free Pass to Deceptive Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Supreme Court Decision Awards Free Pass to Deceptive Crisis Pregnancy Centers The Supreme Court today struck down a California law that protects women from so-called Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) by requiring them to disclose the [...]
On Behalf of Notre Dame Students, Groups Sue Trump-Pence Administration and University Over Backroom Deal to Take Away Coverage of Birth Control
On Behalf of Notre Dame Students, Groups Sue Trump-Pence Administration and University Over Backroom Deal SOUTH BEND, IN — Citing flagrant defiance of federal law and the U.S. Constitution, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), [...]
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 [...]
Falls Church Healthcare Center et al. v Norman Oliver et al.
This lawsuit sought to overturn several core components of the longstanding, unconstitutional abortion restrictions on the books in Virginia. These laws needlessly targeted abortion providers and harm patients seeking abortion services by imposing burdensome and [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
