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Fort Wayne Women’s Health v. Health Commissioner, Fort Wayne-Allen County Department Of Health

A case challenging a county ordinance that allows for increased government access to confidential patient records and imposes a special set of stringent requirements on doctors who practice in Fort Wayne-Allen County, but live outside [...]

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NEW CASE: Indiana Doctor Files Lawsuit against Allen County Ordinance

(PRESS RELEASE) Today, Indiana Doctor Ulrich Klopfer, owner of abortion clinic Fort Wayne Women's Health, filed a legal challenge against a county ordinance that imposes a special set of stringent requirements on doctors who practice [...]

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Decade-long Arizona Abortion Battle Ends in Victory

05.07.10 - Earlier today, a longtime legal challenge against a 1999 Arizona law regulating abortion providers has come to a close and a 10-year stay blocking the law's enforcement has been lifted by the U.S. [...]

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Making News in Oklahoma

                In late September, the Center filed a case against a dangerous law in Oklahoma that will impose a host of restrictions on a woman's access to abortion [...]

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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), [...]

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Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on Conclusion of Grand Jury Investigation of Dr. George Tiller

On Thursday, July 3, a citizen-convened grand jury refused to indict Kansas abortion provider Dr. George Tiller. In a written statement, the jurors said they had not found sufficient evidence to accuse Dr. Tiller of [...]

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Kansas Supreme Court Limits Grand Jury’s Power in Abortion Patients’ Medical Records Case

NEW YORK -- Today, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that the grand jury investigating abortion provider Dr. George Tiller cannot embark on a fishing expedition into his patients' medical records. The court ordered the lower [...]

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Center for Reproductive Rights Argues Before Kansas Supreme Court to Stop Grand Jury from Obtaining Patient Medical Records in Abortion Case

NEW YORK- Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights argued before the Kansas Supreme Court to stop a citizen-petitioned grand jury from obtaining the medical records of approximately 2,000 women who sought services from Kansas abortion [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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Court Shuts Down Man Who Fakes Abortion Services in Louisiana

After a hearing today, Judge Stanwood R. Duval of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana granted a preliminary injunction against William Graham, a Louisiana man who has been operating a fake [...]

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Man Who Fakes Abortion Services to Appear in Hearing Wednesday

Defendant Expected to Represent Himself in Court As More Victims Come ForwardWHAT: Oral arguments will be heard regarding plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction against William Graham. Choice, Inc. v. Graham is a federal lawsuit [...]

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Louisiana Man Sued for Faking Abortion Services

Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit in the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against Metairie, Louisiana, resident William Graham on behalf of three women, a Metairie medical facility, one [...]

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North Dakota Supreme Court Throws out Abortion-Breast Cancer Lawsuit Against Clinic

Today, the North Dakota Supreme Court ruled that an anti-choice protestor had no right to use a false advertising law to harass the state's sole abortion clinic. The decision maintains a lower court ruling that [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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