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Hawaiʻi Midwifery Litigation
Kahoʻohanohano v. State of Hawaiʻi
Lawsuit asks the court to block a midwifery restriction law to restore access to safe, respectful, and culturally informed maternal care in Hawai‘i communities.
Victory in Kenya: Court of Appeal Affirms Right to Respectful Maternal Health Care
Court issues sweeping decision in Center’s case of pregnant woman physically and verbally abused by hospital staff and left to deliver on a concrete floor.
‘Medical colonialism’: midwives sue Hawaii over law regulating Native birth workers
The Guardian
In this piece by the Guardian, Center plaintiff Kiʻi Kahoʻohanohano and Senior Staff Attorney Hillary Schneller discuss a new case seeking to protect midwifery care in Hawaiʻi.
Defending Reproductive Autonomy: Center Sues Hawaiʻi to Protect Midwifery Care
Lawsuit asks state court to block a midwifery restriction law to restore access to safe, respectful, and culturally informed maternal care in Hawaiʻi communities.
The Center’s Nancy Northup Discusses “Patently Absurd” Alabama IVF Ruling
CNN
In an interview with Kaitlan Collins on CNN, the Center's President and CEO highlights the damaging implications of the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling recognizing embryos as children.
U.S. Repro Watch, February 22
Alabama Supreme Court rules embryos are children, data on patient clinic visits sold to anti-abortion campaign, and other news on U.S. reproductive rights.
Center-led Program in Bangladesh to Improve Reproductive Health Services for Rohingya Refugees
Modeled on its successful accountability initiative in Uganda, program at Cox’s Bazar refugee settlement aims to enhance delivery of sexual, reproductive and maternal health services.
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U.S. Repro Watch, February 7
Anti-abortion lawmakers work to keep abortion off the ballot, premature births on the rise, and other news on U.S. reproductive rights.
Aligning Michigan Abortion Laws with the Voter-Approved Reproductive Freedom Amendment
Center sues state to block burdensome abortion laws left on the books after voters enshrined reproductive freedom into their state constitution in 2022.
U.S. Repro Watch, February 1
SCOTUS warned of “junk science” in medication abortion case, pregnancies from rape in states banning abortion, and other news on U.S. reproductive rights.
U.S. Repro Watch, January 24
Marking what would have been Roe’s anniversary, funding limits for faux health clinics, pharmacists train to prescribe abortion pills, and other news on U.S. reproductive rights.
Kate Cox Tells Her Story
The Daily, CBS Sunday Morning
Kate Cox, who was denied emergency abortion care by the Texas Supreme Court, talks to CBS Sunday Morning and The Daily.
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