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Center for Reproductive Rights and ACLU File Lawsuit to Block Extreme and Unconstitutional Abortion Ban in Arkansas

Center and ACLU File Lawsuit to Block Extreme Abortion Ban in Arkansas (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights, American Civil Liberties Union, and ACLU of Arkansas filed a legal challenge today against Arkansas's unconstitutional [...]

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Federal Judge Blocks All Enforcement of Mississippi Admitting Privileges Requirement

Federal Judge Blocks Enforcement of Mississippi Admitting Privileges Requirement State Department of Health will be barred from revoking clinic’s license based on admitting privileges pending outcome of federal lawsuit (PRESS RELEASE) A federal court ruled [...]

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North Dakota Governor Signs the Nation’s Most Extreme Attack on Women’s Constitutional Rights into Law

North Dakota Governor Signs the Nation’s Most Extreme Attack on Women’s Constitutional Rights into Law Governor also approves law designed to shut down state’s only abortion clinic and unconstitutional bill outlawing abortions based on sex [...]

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North Dakota Legislature Approves Three More Unconstitutional Bills Designed to Ban Abortion in the State

North Dakota Legislature Approves Three More Unconstitutional Bills Designed to Ban Abortion in the State Measure designed to shut down the state’s only abortion clinic moves to governor’s desk (PRESS RELEASE) Just a week after [...]

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North Dakota Legislature to Consider Five Extreme Anti-Choice Bills, All Designed to Ban Safe and Legal Abortion

North Dakota Legislature to Consider Five Extreme Anti-Choice Bills One measure, SB 2305, copies Mississippi’s legislative efforts to shut down last remaining clinic (PRESS RELEASE) Committees in both houses of the North Dakota State Legislature [...]

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Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade (PRESS RELEASE) On the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the historic decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that recognized a woman's [...]

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More than 40 New State Laws Passed in 2012 Restricting Women’s Reproductive Rights and Health Care

More than 40 New State Laws Passed in 2012 Restricting Women's Reproductive Rights and Health Care While fewer laws were passed than record-setting 2011, Center for Reproductive Rights report finds at least 19 states enacted [...]

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