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Mandatory Delays and Junk Science Among New Abortion Restrictions in 2015

Mandatory Delays and Junk Science Among New Abortion Restrictions in 2015 New policy brief details troubling trends in abortion restrictions   (PRESS RELEASE) Anti-choice politicians in states across the U.S. have continued to pass harmful restrictions [...]

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State Court Blocks Florida Law That Forces Mandatory Delay, Additional Visits for Women Seeking Safe, Legal Abortion

State Court Blocks Florida Law That Forces Mandatory Delay, Additional Visits for Women Seeking Safe, Legal Abortion (PRESS RELEASE) A state court judge today blocked a recently passed Florida measure forcing a woman to wait [...]

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Supreme Court Steps In to Protect Abortion Access in Texas

Supreme Court Steps In to Protect Abortion Access in Texas Nation’s highest court blocks 5th Circuit ruling that would have shuttered all but 9 clinics in the state (PRESS RELEASE)  In a 5-4 order, the U.S. [...]

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Kenyan Women Denied Safe, Legal Abortion Services

Kenyan Women Denied Safe, Legal Abortion Services Center for Reproductive Rights Files Case Against Ministry of Health in High Court of Kenya (PRESS RELEASE) Kenya’s Ministry of Health is undermining women’s constitutional rights and contributing to [...]

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State Court Blocks Kansas Law Criminalizing Doctors for Providing Safe, Common Abortion Method

State Court Blocks Kansas Law Criminalizing Doctors for Providing Safe, Common Abortion Method (PRESS RELEASE) Earlier today, a state court judge blocked a Kansas law banning the most commonly used method of ending a pregnancy [...]

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New Lawsuit Challenges Three Tennessee Laws that Threaten to Close Abortion Clinics, Force Women to Delay Care

New Lawsuit Challenges Three Tennessee Laws that Threaten to Close Abortion Clinics, Force Women to Delay Care Texas-style clinic shutdown laws would further devastate abortion access in Tennessee, across the South (PRESS RELEASE) The Center [...]

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U.S. Supreme Court Preserves Affordable Care Act; Ensures Critical Health Benefits for Millions of Americans

U.S. Supreme Court Preserves Affordable Care Act, Ensures Critical Health Benefits for Millions of Americans In protecting critical tax credits for federal exchanges established under Obamacare, women in 34 states to maintain preventive health coverage [...]

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U.N. Committee Calls for Abortion Law Reform in Chile

U.N. Committee Calls for Abortion Law Reform in Chile (PRESS RELEASE) Following a review of Chile’s human rights record on economic, social, and cultural rights, a United Nations committee has called for Chile to quickly approve [...]

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Fifth Circuit Refuses to Stay Ruling That Could Immediately Shutter All But 9 Abortion Clinics in Texas

Fifth Circuit Refuses to Stay Ruling That Could Immediately Shutter All But 9 Abortion Clinics in Texas Center for Reproductive Rights to ask Supreme Court to block ruling before it takes effect on July 1 [...]

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North Carolina’s Coercive Ultrasound Law Permanently Blocked as Supreme Court Refuses Review

North Carolina’s Coercive Ultrasound Law Permanently Blocked as Supreme Court Refuses Review Federal district court, appellate court both determined law violates First Amendment, interferes in doctor-patient relationship (PRESS RELEASE)—The United States Supreme Court today declined [...]

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Texas Governor Abbott Signs Bill Blocking Young Women’s Access to Safe, Legal Abortion

Texas Governor Abbott Signs Bill Blocking Young Women’s Access to Safe, Legal Abortion Abbott signs measure four days after devastating appellate court decision which threatens to leave only eight abortion clinics in the state. Measure [...]

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New House Bill Would Prevent Harmful Federal Restrictions That Deny Safe Abortion Services to Millions Worldwide

New House Bill Would Prevent Harmful Federal Restrictions That Deny Safe Abortion Services to Millions Worldwide Rep. Nita Lowey and more than 100 other Representatives sponsor new legislation that puts an end to future presidents [...]

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Senator Lindsay Graham Introduces Unconstitutional Federal Abortion Ban

Senator Lindsay Graham Introduces Unconstitutional Federal Abortion Ban Measure nearly identical to recently passed House measure banning abortion after 20 weeks, includes cruel 48-hour waiting period for rape survivors (PRESS RELEASE) Today Senator Lindsay Graham [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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