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Man Who Fakes Abortion Services to Appear in Hearing Wednesday
Defendant Expected to Represent Himself in Court As More Victims Come ForwardWHAT: Oral arguments will be heard regarding plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction against William Graham. Choice, Inc. v. Graham is a federal lawsuit [...]
R.R. v. Poland (European Court of Human Rights)
European Court of Human Rights Rules Poland’s Denial of Legal Reproductive Care Violates Human Rights (Updated 4.01.21) The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Poland’s failure to ensure the applicant’s timely access to prenatal diagnostic examinations and information, which [...]
Judge Blocks Enforcement of Kansas “Kiss and Tell” Law
Ensures Confidential Health Care for Teens The U.S. District Court of the District of Kansas today granted a preliminary injunction against enforcement of a law that threatens the confidentiality of teenagers seeking health care services. [...]
Court Enjoins New Abortion Law, Protecting Rights of Nearly 400 Mississippi Women
Learn more about other abortion bans Today, Judge Tom S. Lee of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi granted a preliminary injunction against a new abortion law. Now, the nearly 400 [...]
Court Rejects Use of European Human Rights Law to Establish Fetal Rights
In a case that could have undermined abortion rights across Europe, today the European Court of Human Rights refused to treat a fetus as a person under the European Convention for the Protection of Human [...]
Center Temporarily Blocks Mississippi Abortion Law
Learn more about other abortion bans. Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights won a temporary restraining order on behalf of the Jackson Women's Health Organization (JWHO) against a new abortion law in Mississippi. The law [...]
Court Rejects Use of European Human Rights Law to Establish Fetal Rights
In July 2004, in a case that could have undermined abortion rights across Europe, today the European Court of Human Rights refused to treat a fetus as a person under the European Convention for the [...]
Center Wins Appeal Against Arizona Abortion Regulation and Day in Court
San Francisco Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit agreed with the Center for Reproductive Rights’ challenge against an Arizona law regulating abortion providers. Among other things, physicians and clinics would have [...]
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In Vitro Twins Ruled as Deceased Father’s Legitimate Children
San Francisco The Center for Reproductive Rights hails today’s ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit as a victory for equality. This afternoon, the court ruled that a set of seven-year-old twins [...]
Court Orders Preliminary Injunction Against Utah Abortion Ban
On Thursday, June 10, 2004, the Utah Attorney General’s Office, on behalf of the State of Utah and the Salt Lake City prosecutor’s office, agreed to a court-ordered preliminary injunction to prevent enforcement of the [...]
Louisiana Man Sued for Faking Abortion Services
Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit in the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against Metairie, Louisiana, resident William Graham on behalf of three women, a Metairie medical facility, one [...]
Closing Arguments Presented in Nebraska Federal Abortion Ban Trial
Lincoln, NE Lawyers for the plaintiffs and for the U. S. Department of Justice presented final oral arguments today before U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf in Carhart v. Ashcroft, the bench trial challenging the constitutionality [...]
Closing Arguments Begin in Carhart v. Ashcroft Federal Abortion Ban Trial in Nebraska
Lincoln | Learn MoreWHAT: The closing oral arguments in Carhart v. Ashcroft, a federal civil rights lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.