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COMUNICADO DE PRENSA: Un año sin Roe c. Wade

Declaración de Nancy Northup, Presidenta y Directora General del Centro de Derechos Reproductivos: “Estados Unidos se encuentra inmerso en una crisis de salud pública inexcusable, creada por la anulación injustificada del fallo Roe c. Wade [...]

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Center for Reproductive Rights Attorney Confirmed to Federal Bench 

06.20.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, in a bipartisan vote, the U.S. Senate confirmed Julie Rikelman as a judge to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She will be the first Jewish woman [...]

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Kansas Abortion Restrictions Challenged in Court

06.06.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, Kansas abortion providers filed a lawsuit in state court challenging several onerous, harmful restrictions. These laws make abortion care harder to access by creating delays and forcing providers to relay [...]

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Oklahoma Supreme Court Strikes Down Vigilante Abortion Bans

Oklahoma high court rules that S.B. 8 copycat laws are unconstitutional, though pre-Roe ban remains in effect.

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Court Temporarily Blocks South Carolina Abortion Ban

5.26.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, a South Carolina state court granted abortion providers' request to temporarily block a newly-enacted ban on abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy (Senate Bill 474). The ban took immediate [...]

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South Carolina Abortion Providers File New State Court Challenge to Six-Week Abortion Ban

05.25.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, Greenville Women’s Clinic, and two physician-plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in state court seeking to block Senate Bill 474, South Carolina’s newly-enacted ban on abortion after approximately [...]

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Montana District Court Blocks Several Unconstitutional Abortion Restrictions

05.23.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, a Montana District Court judge granted abortion providers’ request for a preliminary injunction to block several restrictions on abortion access. The challenge to the laws was filed by Planned Parenthood [...]

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More Women Join Abortion Lawsuit Against Texas

05.22.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, eight additional women came forward to join a lawsuit filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights against the state of Texas (Zurawski v. State of Texas). The case was originally [...]

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Abortion Rights Advocates File Challenges to New Abortion Restrictions in Montana 

05.18.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, Montana abortion advocates filed an amended complaint in state court challenging HB 862 and HB 544, two new anti-abortion laws. HB 862, like the federal Hyde Amendment, would prohibit the [...]

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Rachana Desai Martin Joins Center for Reproductive Rights as  Chief Government and External Relations Officer 

05.17.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights announced that Rachana Desai Martin has joined the organization as Chief Government and External Relations Officer. She will lead advocacy with the United Nations, multilateral [...]

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Montana Supreme Court Expands Types of Clinicians Who Can Provide Abortions 

05.12.2023 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Montana Supreme Court struck down a criminal law that limited access to abortion by preventing advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) from providing abortion care. Last year, a lower court [...]

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Abortion Providers Sue FDA to Protect Access to Abortion Pill

05.08.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, abortion providers in Virginia, Montana, and Kansas filed a federal lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to protect access to mifepristone—one of the two drugs used in medication [...]

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Medicaid Rule Limiting Abortion Access Blocked in Montana 

05.01.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, a Lewis and Clark County District Court judge issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking a rule from the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) that would [...]

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