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Ireland President Michael D. Higgins Signs Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013 Into Law

Ireland President Michael D. Higgins Signs Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013 Into Law Legislation Only For Women Whose Live Are At Risk Fails to Expand Access to Safe and Legal Abortion (PRESS RELEASE) [...]

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North Carolina Legislature Continues Anti-Democratic Tactics, Sends Harmful Abortion Restrictions to Governor’s Desk

NC Legislature Continues Anti-Democratic Tactics, Sends Anti-Choice Amendments to Governor's Desk Center for Reproductive Rights urges Gov. Pat McCrory to veto these clear attacks on women’s health and rights (PRESS RELEASE) Following a string of [...]

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Senate Committee Passes Appropriations Bills Promoting Equal Health Coverage for D.C., Peace Corps

Senate Committee Passes Appropriations Bills Promoting Equal Health Coverage for D.C., Peace Corps Center for Reproductive Rights applauds members of Senate Appropriations Committee, urges Congress to keep these critical advances intact through final passage (PRESS [...]

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Ireland To Enact Abortion Legislation Only For Women Whose Lives Are At Risk

Ireland To Enact Abortion Legislation Only For Women Whose Lives Are At Risk Seanad Approves Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill, Legislation Fails to Expand Access to Safe and Legal Abortion (PRESS RELEASE) After a [...]

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Federal Judge in ND Blocks the Nation’s Earliest and Most Extreme Abortion Ban

Federal Judge in ND Blocks the Nation's Earliest and Most Extreme Abortion Ban Judge calls law banning abortion as early as six weeks “clearly invalid and unconstitutional” under U.S. Supreme Court precedent (PRESS RELEASE) A [...]

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TX Gov Signs Package of Harmful, Unconstitutional Measures to Make Abortion Practically Non-Existent

TX Gov Signs Package of Harmful, Unconstitutional Measures to Make Abortion Practically Non-Existent Provisions similar to the new Texas law have been challenged and blocked in other states (PRESS RELEASE) Governor Rick Perry signed into [...]

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Center for Reproductive Rights Calls on House Appropriations Committee to Lift Ban on D.C. Using Local Funds to Provide Abortion Coverage for Low-Income Women

CRR Calls on House Committee to Lift Ban on D.C. Using Local Funds to Provide Abortion Coverage for Low-Income Women Current appropriations bill would continue to deny thousands of D.C. women comprehensive coverage for reproductive [...]

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Dáil Approves Ireland Abortion Legislation Only For Women Whose Lives Are At Risk

Dáil Approves Ireland Abortion Legislation Only For Women Whose Lives Are At Risk Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013 Goes to the Seanad For Final Vote, Legislation Fails to Expand Access to Safe and [...]

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North Carolina Senate Deceptively Advances Package of Extreme Abortion Bills with No Public Notice or Debate

NC Senate Deceptively Advances Package of Extreme Abortion Bills with No Public Notice or Debate Center for Reproductive Rights calls on the full House and Governor Pat McCrory to reject these clear assaults on women’s [...]

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Full 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Vacates Decision Blocking Baltimore Truth-in-Advertising Measure for Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Sends Case Back to Lower Court

Full 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Vacates Decision Blocking Baltimore Truth-in-Advertising Measure for CPCs (PRESS RELEASE) Recognizing the substantial evidence amassed by the Baltimore City Council that crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) often engage in deceptive [...]

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Two Dangerous and Misleading Provisions of New Kansas Anti-Abortion Law Blocked by State Court

Two Provisions of Kansas Anti-Abortion Law Blocked by State Court Center for Reproductive Rights pledges to continue fight against all parts of law (PRESS RELEASE) A Kansas district court judge has issued a temporary injunction [...]

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Center for Reproductive Rights Files Lawsuit in North Dakota to Block Nation’s Earliest and Most extreme Abortion Ban

CRR Files Lawsuit in North Dakota to Block Nation's Earliest and Most extreme Abortion Ban Legal challenge takes on unconstitutional laws outlawing abortions as early as six weeks and banning the procedure based on sex [...]

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New Lawsuit Filed to Block Nearly 50-Page Kansas Law Restricting Reproductive Health Care, Discriminating Against Women and Doctors

New Lawsuit Filed to Block Nearly 50-Page Kansas Law Restricting Reproductive Health Care (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit today to block a new Kansas law encompassing 47 pages of unconstitutional [...]

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