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Court Blocks North Dakota Law Forcing Physicians to Lie About Abortion
In case filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights and the AMA, a federal court has blocked a law that would force doctors to tell patients that some abortions are reversible (PRESS RELEASE) Today, a [...]
Justice for Evelyn
Justice for Evelyn El Salvador frees woman wrongly accused under repressive abortion laws UPDATE: El Salvador’s attorney general has announced that he is appealing Evelyn’s acquittal. This is the state’s [...]
Planned Parenthood Arizona, et al. v. Brnovich, et al.
This federal lawsuit challenged three Arizona TRAP (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Provider) laws that prevent and delay many women from accessing abortion. The lawsuit was filed on April 11, 2019 and jointly voluntarily dismissed without [...]
County of Santa Clara v. HHS
(Revised 9.21.21) This lawsuit challenges the "Denial of Care" rule first issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2019, which changed a component of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act [...]
Rogue Oklahoma Court Upholds Ban on Standard Abortion Method
Oklahoma facing abortion access crisis as it becomes first state to uphold law that would ban standard abortion method Today, an Oklahoma state court became the first in the nation to uphold a law making [...]
Oklahoma Court Goes Rogue, Upholds Abortion Ban
Judge says doctors can no longer use a safe and standard abortion method (Press Release) Today, the Oklahoma district court became the first court in the country to uphold a ban on the standard method [...]
Northern Ireland Takes Critical Step Toward Decriminalization of Abortion
Northern Ireland Takes Critical Step Toward Decriminalization of Abortion In contrast to the recent proliferation of abortion bans and restrictions throughout the United States, the overall global trend is toward the liberalization of abortion laws [...]
Judge refuses to block Title X Rule in Maine, jeopardizing healthcare access for thousands of Mainers
Judge refuses to block Title X Rule in Maine, jeopardizing healthcare access Ruling will force Maine’s family planning clinics to eliminate key services, severely limiting healthcare options in many rural communities U.S. District Court Judge [...]
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SisterSong v. Kemp
(Revised July 20, 2022) This lawsuit challenges Georgia’s 2019 effort to ban abortion, which was set to take effect on January 1, 2020. House Bill 481 would ban abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy, before [...]
ACLU, Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood File Lawsuit Challenging Georgia Abortion Ban
ACLU, Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood File Lawsuit Challenging Georgia Abortion Ban Extreme Law Takes Direct Aim at the Right to Abortion Guaranteed by Roe v. Wade The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU [...]
AMA files lawsuit to protect patient-physician relationship in North Dakota in partnership with the Center for Reproductive Rights
AMA files lawsuit to protect patient-physician relationship in North Dakota in partnership with the Center for Reproductive Rights State law would force physicians to provide false and misleading information to patients (PRESS RELEASE)– The American [...]
Emergency Request to Block Title X Rule Filed in Maine
Emergency Request to Block Title X Rule Filed in Maine After a nationwide block of the Gag Rule was lifted yesterday, the Center for Reproductive Rights is asking a court in Maine to re-block the [...]
Expulsion of Pregnant and Married Girls from School Must Stop
The Center has filed a complaint to bring this discriminatory and reprehensible practice to a halt On June 17, with our Tanzanian partner the Legal and Human Rights Centre, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.