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El Litigio Internacional en la Promoción y el avance de los derechos reproductivos en América latina

En las últimas décadas, la defensa legal ha jugado un papel crítico para el cambio de la realidad de la vida reproductiva de las mujeres en países alrededor del mundo. Los tribunales pueden ser un [...]

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Virginia’s Abortion Ban Challenged in Federal Court

Ban Threatens Women’s Health by Preventing Doctors from Performing Safe Procedures Richmond, VAToday, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a case in federal court challenging Virginia’s abortion procedures ban as an unconstitutional threat to women’s [...]

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ACLU, Center for Reproductive Rights, and Florida NOW Fight Efforts to Interfere With Care of Severely Disabled Rape Victim

The state of Florida should stop interfering with a woman's ability to make choices concerning the course of her pregnancy and medical care, said the American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and [...]

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Abortion Clinic asks North Dakota Supreme Court to Affirm Ruling Rejecting Abortion-Breast Cancer Scare Tactic

In an argument before the North Dakota Supreme Court on Wednesday, the Red River Women's Clinic will ask the State Supreme Court to affirm a lower court ruling rejecting the plaintiff's abortion-breast cancer scare tactic. [...]

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Hearing Set for Court Challenge to Florida’s Ban on Medicaid Funded Abortions

Charging that Florida's ban on Medicaid funded abortions discriminates based on sex, the Center for Reproductive Rights will argue before a Florida court that it is unconstitutional to deny low-income women Medicaid funded abortions when [...]

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ACLU and Center for Reproductive Rights Admonish State of Florida for Failing to Protect the Health and Rights of a Rape Victim

By failing to ask the court to appoint a guardian for a severely disabled woman who is pregnant as a result of rape, the state of Florida once again abdicated its responsibilities today, placing politics [...]

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Congress Urged to Lift Ban on Abortions at Military Facilities Abroad

Statement of Nancy Northup, President This week, Congress is expected to vote on an amendment to the Department of Defense authorization act (HR 1588 and S 1050) that would lift a seven-year-old ban on women [...]

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ACLU and Center for Reproductive Rights Ask Court to Protect the Health and Rights of a Florida Rape Victim

The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights asked a state trial court today to block the state from appointing a guardian for the fetus of a severely disabled woman who is [...]

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Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Care in Michigan no Longer at Risk After Law Suit is Settled

Michigan abortion providers have settled a lawsuit against the State to block a vague, new Michigan law that would have limited women's access to reproductive health care. Under the settlement, women will be able to [...]

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Women in Indiana Forced to Make Two Trips to a Clinic in Order to Obtain an Abortion

Judge Refuses to Enjoin the Law during State Court Challenge Today, a judge denied a motion to prevent the Indiana mandatory delay law's "two-trip" requirement from taking effect, forcing women in Indiana to make two [...]

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Center for Reproductive Rights’ Expert Simon Heller to Testify Before Congress Against Abortion Ban

On Tuesday, March 25th, Simon Heller, Of Counsel, for the Center for Reproductive Rights will testify that an abortion ban pending before the House of Representatives is unconstitutional for the same reasons that led the [...]

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Abortion Providers Challenge Michigan Law that Impairs Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Care and Threatens Providers’ Financial Stability

Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights asked a district court judge to block a Michigan law that could limit women's access to reproductive health care and put abortion clinics out of business. Scheduled to take [...]

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Senate Passes Unconstitutional Abortion Ban

Legislation Prohibits Safest Abortion Procedure After 12 Weeks of Pregnancy Flouting a decision by the United States Supreme Court that found a ban on so-called "partial-birth abortion" to be unconstitutional, the U.S. Senate today passed [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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