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South Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Abortion Ban Almost Identical to One it Threw Out in January card link

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.

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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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Dobbs’s Destructive Originalism: Using “History and Tradition” to Undermine Liberty

This analysis by the Center explains the Dobbs majority’s approach to determining what liberty interests the Fourteenth Amendment protects; considers the ways in which the U.S. Supreme Court has previously assessed protected liberty interests; and [...]

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The Center and Partners Sue South Carolina to Block New Abortion Ban

A six-week abortion ban—nearly identical to one thrown out by the state supreme court earlier this year—was signed into law this morning, causing chaos and confusion for patients and providers.

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New Report Shows More Evidence of Harm Caused by Abortion Bans

Report by ANSIRH details poor-quality care post-Roe and its harm to patients and providers.

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New Study Finds Many Refugees from Ukraine are Cut Off from Reproductive Health Care card link

New Study Finds Many Refugees from Ukraine are Cut Off from Reproductive Health Care

Facing restrictive abortion and contraception laws and other quality of care barriers in Poland, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, many women feel they have no choice but to return to Ukraine to obtain care.

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Center Files Lawsuit to Ensure Access to Abortion Drug in Three States

Lawsuit seeks to protect mifepristone access in Virginia, Montana, and Kansas in light of the drug’s legal uncertainty.

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Health, Pharmaceutical and Legal Experts Urge Circuit Court to Reverse Order Attempting to Block FDA’s Approval of Abortion Drug

Case to be argued at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on May 17.

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Medicaid Rule Limiting Abortion Access in Montana Is Blocked After Lawsuit by the Center and Partners card link

Medicaid Rule Limiting Abortion Access in Montana Is Blocked After Lawsuit by the Center and Partners

New state rule would have effectively eliminated access to abortion care for most Montanans insured through Medicaid.

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Plaintiff in Center’s Case Against Texas to Testify at the U.S. Senate April 26

Amanda Zurawski to testify at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "The Assault on Reproductive Rights in a Post-Dobbs America." Watch the hearing live.

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New Study Finds Oklahoma Hospitals Unable to Provide Clear and Accurate Information on Emergency Obstetric Care

Report by the Center, Physicians for Human Rights, and Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice raises concerns about pregnant patients’ ability to access life-saving obstetric care in states where abortion is banned.

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No One Could Say: Accessing Emergency Obstetrics Information as a Prospective Prenatal Patient in Post-Roe Oklahoma

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“Let’s Talk Repro” Series: Breana Lipscomb, Senior Advisor for Maternal Health & Rights

“Movements for change are most impactful when the communities that are most affected by human rights violations are leading on that change.”

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.