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In the Courts: Recent News on U.S. Abortion Rights Cases
Challenging abortion restrictions and bans in state courts.
Four Years After Whole Woman’s Health, Center Awaits U.S. Supreme Court’s Ruling on Identical Abortion Law
June 27 marks four years since the United States Supreme Court issued its historic decision in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, striking down a Texas law designed to close most of the state’s abortion clinics [...]
U.S. Repro Watch, June 7
Oklahoma court strikes down two bans, hearing on abortion pill lawsuit, and other top news on U.S. reproductive rights.
U.S. Repro Watch, March 8
This week's top 5 news items on U.S. reproductive rights.
Center Report: More State Abortion Restrictions Passed in 2021 Than in Any Year Since Roe v. Wade
In 2021, states across the U.S. passed laws restricting and banning abortion at a rate higher than in any previous year since the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the constitutional right to abortion in 1973. This [...]
Oklahoma Supreme Court Ruling Affirms Right to Life-Saving Abortion Care
While yesterday’s high court decision strikes down two “vigilante-style” abortion bans in the state, Oklahoma’s pre-Roe ban remains in effect.
U.S. Repro Watch, June 29
A year without Roe and another report on the devastating impacts of abortion bans, plus more top news on U.S. reproductive rights.
Center Files Emergency Motion with the U.S. Supreme Court to Block Louisiana Law
Update: The United States Supreme Court issued a temporary administrative stay on February 1, preventing the admitting privileges law from going into effect today, February 4. The Court now has until Thursday, February 7 to respond [...]
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Bill to Secure a Nationwide Right to Abortion Introduced in U.S. Congress
The Center-backed Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) would create a new statutory right to abortion in the U.S.
Desperately Seeking Care: Six Months of Texas’s Extreme Abortion Ban
Panic and chaos as patients are turned away in droves.
U.S. Repro Watch, March 16
This week's top 5 news items on U.S. reproductive rights.
Legal Experts Urge the Supreme Court to Strike Down Abortion Restriction in June Medical Case, Stressing Precedent and Rule of Law
Legal Experts Urge the Supreme Court to Strike Down Abortion Restriction Briefs by the American Bar Association, constitutional scholars, and former federal Judges and officials urge the Court to uphold precedent from Roe, Casey and [...]
South Carolina: A Sign of Harmful Laws to Come?
South Carolina: A Sign of Harmful Laws to Come? Lawmakers in South Carolina have pre-filed an assortment of new legislation aimed at making it harder for women to access legal abortion care and birth control. [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
