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Oklahoma Supreme Court Blocks Two Unconstitutional Measures Designed to Severely Restrict Access to Abortion

Oklahoma Supreme Court Blocks Two Unconstitutional Measures Designed to Severely Restrict Access to Abortion Oklahoma’s clinic shutdown law, restrictions on medication abortion blocked while litigation continues (PRESS RELEASE) Today the Oklahoma Supreme Court blocked two [...]

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Oklahoma Women At Risk of Losing Access to Non-Surgical Abortion on November 1

Oklahoma Women At Risk of Losing Access to Non-Surgical Abortion on November 1 District court fails to block unconstitutional law restricting medication abortion from taking effect. Center for Reproductive Rights plans immediate appeal to state [...]

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ND Supreme Court Opinion: MKB Management Corp d/b/a Red River Women’s Clinic, Kathryn Eggleston, M.D., v. Birch Burdick and Terry Dwelle, M.D.

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North Dakota’s Highest Court Upholds Unconstitutional Restrictions on Medication Abortion

North Dakota’s Highest Court Upholds Unconstitutional Restrictions on Medication Abortion Court ignores threats to women’s health and safety (PRESS RELEASE) North Dakota’s law severely restricting medication abortion—a non-surgical method of ending a pregnancy in its [...]

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Burns v. Cline: District Court Decision to Plaintiffs Motion for Temporary Injunction

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Oklahoma Judge Greenlights Unconstitutional Clinic Shutdown Law

Oklahoma Judge Greenlights Unconstitutional Clinic Shutdown Law State court fails to block unconstitutional restrictions targeting abortion providers, Center for Reproductive Rights plans immediate appeal to state Supreme Court (PRESS RELEASE) A state district court judge [...]

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A Global View of Abortion Rights

A critical accompaniment to the World's Abortion Laws map, this fact sheet provides a snapshot of the current status of abortion in countries across the globe, trends in global abortion laws and a summary of [...]

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Questions & Answers: Understanding the World’s Abortion Laws Map

This fact sheet provides readers with critical information for understanding the World Abortion Laws map, including information on the legal sources of abortion laws, as well as in-depth descriptions of each category on the abortion [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.

Fact Sheet: Manuela vs. El Salvador

                              Manuela, a 33-year-old Salvadoran woman of low socio-economic resources, died of cancer while serving an unjust 30-year prison sentence for [...]

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Texas Clinics Closed by Fifth Circuit Can Reopen in Light of Supreme Court Ruling

Texas Clinics Closed by Fifth Circuit Can Reopen in Light of Supreme Court Ruling Nation’s Highest Court Reinstates Injunction Blocking Texas Law that Shuttered Nearly All Abortion Clinics in the State (PRESS RELEASE) In a [...]

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Planned Parenthood et al. v. Abbott: en banc denial

The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has refused to reconsider the constitutionality of two provisions of Texas’ HB2, a measure that has shuttered abortion providing clinics statewide.

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Full 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Refuses to Consider Texas Law Shuttering Abortion Clinics Statewide, Leaving Women without Safe, Legal Health Care Options

Full 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Refuses to Consider Texas Law Shuttering Abortion Clinics Statewide Women’s Health Care Providers, Advocates Considering Options as Law Remains in Effect (PRESS RELEASE) The full U.S. Court of Appeals [...]

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Texas Health Care Providers Take Fight for Abortion Access to U.S. Supreme Court

Texas Health Care Providers Take Fight for Abortion Access to U.S. Supreme Court Texas women facing devastating loss of constitutionally protected health care (PRESS RELEASE) Following a decision Thursday from the U.S. Court of Appeals [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.