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Hill v. Kemp
, Filing date: 01/14/04State: OklahomaPlaintiff(s): Harold E. Hill, Margaret R. and William F. McCright, John J. McQueen, Rita J. Moskowitz, Barbara Santee, and Oklahoma Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Inc.Center Attorney(s): ,Janet Crepps Co-Counsel/Cooperating Attorneys: [...]
Richmond Medical Center for Women v. Herring
This case challenges Virginia's Partial Birth Infanticide Act of 2003 (the "Virginia Ban"), a method ban that targets the dilation and evacuation (D&E) method of abortion. Filing Date: 6/18/2003 State: Virginia Plaintiff(s): Richmond Medical Center [...]
Gonzales v. Carhart
On November 8, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in two challenges to the Federal Abortion Ban, also known as the "Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003."Filing date: 10/31/2003State: NebraskaPlaintiff(s): Leroy Carhart, M.D., William [...]
Ferguson v. City of Charleston
The Center brought this case on behalf of ten women targeted by a “Search and Arrest” policy initiated in 1989 by the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and local law enforcement officials. Under the [...]
Choice, Inc. v. Graham
Filing date: , 6/7/2004 State: Louisiana Plaintif(s): Choice, Inc. Of Texas D/B/A Causeway Medical Clinic, Center Atorney(s): , Sandy Cohen Co-Counel/Cooperating Attorneys: , Morrison & Foerster LLP: Jamie Levitt, J. Alexander Lawrence, Sarah Rosell (co-counsel), [...]
Carey v. Maricopa County
In this action, CRR represents Dr. J. Christopher Carey as part of our ongoing efforts to protect the ability of physicians to obtain abortion training, and to perform abortion procedures without undue government interference. Filing [...]
Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood for Northern New England
The Center for Reproductive Rights submitted an amicus (or friend-of-the-court) brief in this case before the Supreme Court, as part of our efforts to preserve the ability of abortion providers and patients to challenge abortion [...]
P. and S. v. Poland (European Court of Human Rights)
European Court of Human Rights Sets Standards for the Rights of Adolescents to Reproductive Health Services (Updated 04.01.21) The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Poland violated an adolescent’s human rights when her access to a legal [...]
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Q&A: Khiara M. Bridges
Khiara M. Bridges joined the Center in July as the first Center for Reproductive Rights-Columbia Law School Fellow. She is a top graduate of Columbia Law School and holds a PhD in anthropology from Columbia [...]
Tysiac v. Poland (European Court of Human Rights)
In September 2005, the Center filed an amicus brief on behalf of Tysiac—a visually impaired Polish woman who was denied access to legal abortion on health grounds—arguing for States’ duty to ensure effective access to [...]
Maternal Mortality in Nigeria
In Nigeria, pregnant women just hours from giving birth travel unprotected on motorbikes instead of ambulances. Other women go around maternity wards begging for money to pay hospital fees. ,This shouldn't be happening in Nigeria: [...]
Linking HIV and Reproductive Rights
The Center Spotlights Reproductive Rights at the XVII International AIDS Conference Human rights, including reproductive rights, must be at the center of the fight against HIV/AIDS. The Center for Reproductive Rights will be taking that [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
