This is a federal court challenge to an Arizona law, passed in 2012, that prohibits abortions beginning at 20 weeks (measured from the date of fertilization). Filing date: 7/12/2012 State: Arizona Plaintiff(s): Paul A. Isaacson, [...]

Texas Tribune: Groups weigh legal challenge to abortion bill "As an omnibus bill restricting abortion access in Texas makes its way to Gov. Rick Perry’s desk, opponents of the measure are already weighing the possibility [...]

Mother Jones: Republicans want to ban abortions after 20 weeks "The Center for Reproductive Rights, a New York-based nonprofit, is at the center of the key legal battles over abortion and contraception. CRR filed the [...]

New Lawsuit Filed to Block Nearly 50-Page Kansas Law Restricting Reproductive Health Care (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit today to block a new Kansas law encompassing 47 pages of unconstitutional [...]

The Day that Will Live in Infamy by Aram Schvey, Policy Counsel for Foreign Policy and Human Rights at the Center for Reproductive Rights August 1, 2012: A date that will live in infamy. Or [...]

Arkansas Governor Vetoes Unconstitutional Legislative Assault on Reproductive Rights Ban on abortion at 12 weeks would have been most extreme anti-choice law in the country (PRESS RELEASE) Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe vetoed a measure Monday [...]

NEW LAWSUIT: Oklahoma Law Restricting Emergency Contraception Violates State Constitution Center for Reproductive Rights seeks to block law keeping emergency contraception behind the counter before it takes effect Aug. 22 (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for [...]

North Dakota Legislature Approves Three More Unconstitutional Bills Designed to Ban Abortion in the State Measure designed to shut down the state’s only abortion clinic moves to governor’s desk (PRESS RELEASE) Just a week after [...]

2012: U.S. in Review Put 2012 against any year since the U.S. Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade, in 1973, and you would be hard pressed to find a period that offered as many highs [...]

Forced to Surrender A New Orleans medical clinic had no choice but to close after a withering, years-long attack by the government designed to stop abortions. Maria Couevas is anything but a quitter. The facts [...]