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Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice, et al. v. Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy, et al.

The Center is challenging an Oklahoma law that unconstitutionally restricts adults and teens’ access to over-the-counter emergency contraceptives, by requiring adult women to show ID to a pharmacist to buy them, and teens under 17 [...]

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The Stakes are High

The Stakes are High Maureen, a maternal health advocate in Uganda, lost her young cousin under tragic, but entirely preventable circumstances. The young woman learned that she was pregnant when she was a first year in [...]

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New Report Highlights 16 Decisions on Reproductive Health and Rights from the Supreme Court of Nepal

New Report Highlights 16 Decisions on Reproductive Health and Rights from the Supreme Court of Nepal “Supreme Court’s Decisions on Reproductive Health and Rights,” launched in June 2013, is the latest publication from the Asia [...]

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Hodes & Nauser MDs, P.A., et al. v. Schmidt, et al.: Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment

Hodes &, Nauser MDs, P.A., et al. v. Schmidt, et al.: Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment

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Hodes & Nauser MDs, P.A., et al. v. Schmidt, et al.: Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment

Hodes &, Nauser MDs, P.A., et al. v. Schmidt, et al.: Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment

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Choice, Inc. of Texas d/b/a Causeway Medical Clinic et al v. Greenstein

This suit challenged a new Louisiana law which expands the State’s authority to suspend or revoke the licenses of outpatient abortion facilities, thus restricting access to care for Louisiana women. Filing date: 09/20/2010 State: Louisiana, [...]

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Texas Medical Providers Performing Abortion Services v. Lakey

The Center challenged a newly enacted Texas law that prohibits a woman from getting an abortion unless her physician first performs an ultrasound, places the ultrasound images in her view, describes the images to her, [...]

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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 [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

MKB Management Corp et al. v. Burdick et al.

This case challenged North Dakota Senate Bill 2305, which requires any physician providing abortions to obtain admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the abortion facility. SB 2305 was set to take effect [...]

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Piercing Review of Kenya’s Reproductive Health Services

Piercing Review of Kenya’s Reproductive Health Services In May 2013, the Committee against Torture conducted its periodic review of the human rights situation in Kenya, assessing the country's compliance with the United Nations Convention against [...]

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UN Committee Issues Recommendations to Rwanda

UN Committee Issues Recommendations to Rwanda In March 2013, the Center for Reproductive Rights submitted its first-ever shadow letter on Rwanda to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ( UNCESCR) to [...]

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Second Amended Complaint: JWHO v. Currier

Second Amended Complaint: JWHO v. Currier

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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 [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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