Abortion providers can resume medication abortions and abortion procedures for patients who would otherwise be unable to access abortion due to gestational age cut-offs Today, a federal district court granted a second temporary restraining order [...]

The court ruled that the district court was wrong to grant emergency relief that would allow all abortion care to continue in Texas. (PRESS RELEASE) Today, in a 2-1 decision, a three-judge panel of the [...]

Abortion is essential health care—this remains especially true during the current COVID-19 pandemic. This resource developed by the Center and the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health [...]

Federal court says Oklahoma abortion providers can resume care, blocking the state’s order to halt abortions during the pandemic (PRESS RELEASE) Today a federal district judge in Oklahoma granted a temporary restraining order at the [...]

This comes one day after federal district court blocks the order, allowing essential care Today, a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals used an extraordinary measure to allow Gov. Greg Abbott to [...]

Filings Come in Response to Politicians Who Have Exploited COVID-19 Pandemic to Try to Ban Access to Abortion for More Than 10 Million Women of Reproductive Age Today, abortion providers in Alabama, Iowa, Ohio, and [...]

(REVISED 4.22.2020) This litigation challenges actions taken by Governor Greg Abbott and other state officials to ensure that patients can continue to access essential, time-sensitive abortion services during the COVID-19 pandemic. While doctors and nurses in his state [...]

Anti-abortion members of Congress again chose to play politics with women’s health care—this time by trying to hold up critical emergency funding for Covid-19 relief to expand the reach of the Hyde Amendment.    Their efforts failed when both houses passed the relief bill without it. In a coronavirus rescue package that would [...]