State District Court Permanently Blocks Oklahoma Restrictions on Medication Abortion Due to Legal Challenge from Center Center has challenged eight measures restricting access to reproductive health since 2011 A state district court today permanently blocked  [...]

Center for Reproductive Rights to Fight Back in Court After Trump Administration Guts Women’s Access to Birth Control Trump administration issues final rules allowing employers, universities to deny women insurance coverage for birth control (PRESS [...]

U.S. House of Representatives Passes Unconstitutional Nationwide Ban on Abortion at 20 Weeks (PRESS RELEASE)—Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 36, an unconstitutional nationwide ban on abortion at 20 weeks, prohibiting safe and [...]

Center for Reproductive Rights Warns Graham-Cassidy Imperils Women’s Health Care (PRESS RELEASE)—Today the Senate Finance Committee held the first and only public hearing on the Graham-Cassidy proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which [...]

European Union and United Nations Launch Spotlight Initiative to End Violence Against Women European Union Pledges 500 Million Euros Towards Gender Equality Fund (PRESS RELEASE) This week the European Union and the United Nations kicked [...]

Women and girls in conflict and post-conflict settings face increased risks of sexual violence and urgently need sexual and reproductive healthcare services, such as obstetric and antenatal care for pregnant women, access to contraceptive information [...]

Nancy Northup: Rescinding DACA Program Is "Chilling" Statement of Nancy Northup, President and CEO, Center for Reproductive Rights: “Attorney General Sessions’ announcement today that the Justice Department is rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals [...]

Federal District Court Temporarily Blocks Texas Measure (PRESS RELEASE) A federal district court judge today issued a temporary restraining order blocking a 2017 Texas measure banning the safest and most common method of ending a [...]