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Center for Reproductive Rights Sues Department of Health and Human Services for Failing to Comply with Freedom of Information Act Requests
(PRESS RELEASE) —Today, the Center for Reproductive Rightsfiled a complaint against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for failing to produce records related to the Office for Civil Rights’ (OCR) operations and enforcement [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Back at U.S. Supreme Court; Identical Abortion Issue Decided in 2016
Court will revisit abortion precedent as it reviews a law designed to shutdown abortion clinics (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a petition for certiorari filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights, [...]
Abortion Case Heads to Oklahoma Supreme Court
Center for Reproductive Rights appeals recent court decisions that could devastate abortion access in Oklahoma. (Press Release) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed an appeal with the Oklahoma Supreme Court, asking it to block [...]
Court Rules Northern Irish Abortion Law Violates Women’s Human Rights
(Geneva)—The Center for Reproductive Rights welcomes today’s judgement from the Northern Irish High Court which ruled that Northern Ireland’s highly restrictive abortion law contravenes women’s human rights. The Center intervened as a third party in [...]
Federal Court Blocks Georgia’s Abortion Ban From Taking Effect
U.S. District Court Judge Blocks a Georgia Law Banning Abortion from the Earliest Weeks in Pregnancy from Going into Effect While the Case is Argued in the Court (Press Release) -Today, the U.S. District Court [...]
Federal Court Rules on Virginia Abortion Restrictions
In a mixed ruling, a federal judge struck down multiple anti-abortion laws in Virginia, while upholding others (Press Release) Today, a federal district court ruled on four Virginia laws that have impeded abortion access for [...]
Lambda Legal, Center for Reproductive Rights and Americans United Sue Trump Administration to Block Denial of Care Rule
Lambda Legal, CRR, and Americans United Sue Trump Administration to Block Denial of Care Rule (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Lambda Legal, and Americans United for Separation of Church and State [...]
Statement from Nancy Northup, President & CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, on HB 126 passed by the Missouri legislature today:
Statement from Nancy Northup, President & CEO, on HB 126 passed by the Missouri legislature today “Without shame and on the heels of Alabama’s new criminal abortion ban, the Missouri legislature has passed an unconstitutional, [...]
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Abortion Battle Goes to U.S. Supreme Court
Abortion Battle Goes to U.S. Supreme Court Abortion Battle Goes to U.S. Supreme Court (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights is filing a petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking [...]
Oklahoma Court Strikes Down Restrictions on Medication Abortion
Oklahoma Court Strikes Down Restrictions on Medication Abortion (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Oklahoma Supreme Court permanently blocked a 2014 Oklahoma measure (H.B. 2684) that restricts a woman’s access to medication abortion—a non-surgical method of ending [...]
Mississippi Six-Week Abortion Ban Challenged in Court
Mississippi Six-Week Abortion Ban Challenged in Court (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights expanded their current lawsuit in Mississippi, adding a challenge to the state’s six-week ban signed into law last week. The [...]
Court Strikes Down North Carolina Abortion Ban
Court Strikes Down North Carolina Abortion Ban A federal district court struck down a longstanding North Carolina law yesterday—a law that banned abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, except in a medical emergency. (PRESS RELEASE) A [...]
Supreme Court Halts Closure of Abortion Clinics in Louisiana
Supreme Court Halts Closure of Abortion Clinics in Louisiana (PRESS RELEASE) – Tonight, the Supreme Court granted an emergency request from the Center for Reproductive Rights, blocking a law that would have shut down some [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.