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Center and Partners Challenge Tennessee Medication Abortion “Reversal” Law
The Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners have sued to block a Tennessee law requiring doctors to lie to patients by telling them that medication abortions can be “reversed.” Such a “reversal” claim is [...]
North Carolina Abortion Providers and Reproductive Justice Activists File Sweeping Litigation Challenging Multiple Abortion Restrictions
Restrictions disproportionately impact Black North Carolinians and people in rural areas Abortion providers in North Carolina and SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective today filed litigation challenging several medically unnecessary abortion restrictions that have [...]
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. Moore
(REVISED 12.18.2021) - This case challenges five measures meant to restrict abortion in North Carolina, including: A licensing scheme that arbitrarily singles out abortion providers with medically unnecessary and onerous requirements.A ban that prevents qualified [...]
Tennessee’s Medically Unsound ‘Abortion Reversal’ Law Challenged in Court
Medical experts agree there is no evidence that a medication abortion can be “reversed.” Abortion providers in Tennessee filed a lawsuit today challenging a requirement that forces doctors to provide false and misleading information to [...]
Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi v. Slatery
(REVISED 2.24.2022) In this case, the Center challenged a Tennessee law requiring doctors to provide their patients with false and misleading information about “reversing” a medication abortion. Doctors would be forced to both lie to [...]
Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos condena a Ecuador y garantiza los derechos sexuales y reproductivos de las niñas en toda América Latina
Por primera vez la Corte IDH decide sobre un caso de violencia sexual contra niñas y adolescentes en el ámbito educativo y crea estándares para protegerlas de abuso en toda la región. El Centro de [...]
Landmark Ruling by Inter-American Court of Human Rights Sets International Standards to Prevent Sexual Violence in Schools
In a landmark ruling with wide-reaching impact, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights established legally binding standards to prevent sexual violence and harassment in schools throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, and held Ecuador responsible [...]
Landmark Ruling Will Help Protect Schoolgirls from Sexual Violence Throughout Latin America
The Center and partners win a major case before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights that sets standards in countries throughout the region. In a landmark ruling with wide-reaching impact, the Inter-American Court of Human [...]
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Federal Appeals Court Reverses Ruling that Blocked Arkansas Abortion Restrictions
The lawsuit, brought by the ACLU and the Center for Reproductive Rights, challenges multiple state laws that push abortion care out of reach The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today in a challenge to [...]
Federal Court Blocks Tennessee Abortion Bans
Tennessee’s law banning abortion at nearly every stage of pregnancy is blocked while litigation continues (PRESS RELEASE) Today, a federal district court in Tennessee issued a preliminary injunction blocking parts of a new Tennessee law, [...]
Center Lawsuits Block Abortion Bans in Georgia and Tennessee
Georgia ban ruled unconstitutional, Tennessee ban temporarily blocked On July 13, the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners secured two important victories blocking state abortion bans in Georgia and Tennessee. Georgia A federal district [...]
Georgia’s Six-Week Abortion Ban Declared Unconstitutional
District court decision is the Center's second victory in one day blocking state abortion bans. “It is in the public interest, and is this court’s duty, to ensure constitutional rights are protected,” wrote a federal [...]
Lawsuit by Center for Reproductive Rights and Partners Blocks Tennessee Abortion Bans
New Law Barred Abortion at Nearly Every Stage of Pregnancy and for Specific Reasons UPDATE: On November 20, a panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request from the state of Tennessee [...]
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Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
