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Center’s “Emergency Medical” Exceptions Case Heads to Texas Supreme Court November 28
In Zurawski v. State of Texas, the Center is representing women denied abortion care despite facing severe pregnancy complications that risked their health and lives.
More Women Join Lawsuit Against Texas After Being Denied Abortion Care Despite Dangerous Pregnancy Complications
Number of women harmed by the state’s abortion bans continues to grow as case heads to the Texas Supreme Court November 28.
Kenya Court of Appeal Expected to Issue Judgment Soon in Case of Pregnant Woman Abused by Hospital Staff and Forced to Deliver on Hospital Floor
The Center is defending a 2018 judgment recognizing that the neglect and abuse of women seeking maternity health services are rights violations under the Kenyan Constitution and international law.
Center Expands Work on Behalf of Patients Denied Abortion Care Despite Grave Pregnancy Complications
Building momentum on its case against Texas, the Center files complaints in Idaho, Tennessee and Oklahoma to ensure pregnant people in dire situations can access abortion care and doctors have clarity on “medical emergency” exceptions in their state’s abortion bans.
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.
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.
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 [...]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Reproductive rights are human rights.
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