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NEW LAWSUIT: Oklahoma Law Restricting Emergency Contraception Violates State Constitution, Discriminates Against Women
NEW LAWSUIT: Oklahoma Law Restricting Emergency Contraception Violates State Constitution Center for Reproductive Rights seeks to block law keeping emergency contraception behind the counter before it takes effect Aug. 22 (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for [...]
Leading Reproductive Rights Organizations Join Together For “31 Days of Unity”
Leading Reproductive Rights Organizations Join Together For “31 Days of Unity” Center for Reproductive Rights joins with reproductive rights, health, and justice organizations in August to urge Congress to take action against extreme attacks on [...]
State Judge Blocks ND Law Designed to Close Only Abortion Clinic in the State
State Judge Blocks ND Law Designed to Close Only Abortion Clinic in the State (PRESS RELEASE) A state judge ruled today that North Dakota state officials cannot enforce a law designed to shut down the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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47 Pages of Intrusion
Dr. Traci Nauser didn't go to medical school so she could become a reproductive rights activist, and for most of her career she has been able to focus on doing the job she loves: being [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A Sustained Assault
A Sustained Assault There was a time not long ago when those of us dedicated to protecting reproductive freedom viewed the surge in attacks of 2011 as an aberration, an extreme political reaction. But 2012 [...]
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 [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.