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Supreme Court Declines to Review Oklahoma “Choose Life” License Plates Case
Statement from the Center for Reproductive Rights New York, NY - Yesterday, the Supreme Court declined to review Hill v. Kemp, a case which centers on a license plate program in Oklahoma which offers specialty [...]
Medical Emergency Exceptions to State Abortion Bans
Complaint Against Oklahoma Hospital for Denying Life-Saving Abortion Care
Update: On October 5, HHS’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services declined to find an EMTALA violation by Oklahoma University Health. On September 12, 2023, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed an administrative complaint with the [...]
Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules the Right to Abortion is Protected in Life-Threatening Situations
Oklahoma Supreme Court strikes down one criminal abortion ban and upholds another, leaving abortion unavailable for most in the state.
Oklahoma Supreme Court Keeps Pre-Roe Ban in Effect
03.21.23 – (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Oklahoma Supreme Court recognized that the state constitution protects the right to abortion in life-threatening situations but nonetheless upheld the state’s “pre-Roe” ban. Today’s decision means most Oklahomans will [...]
Post-Roe State Abortion Ban Litigation
Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice v. Drummond (Oklahoma)
On March 21, 2023, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the state constitution protects the right to abortion in life-threatening situations, but declined to rule whether its constitution protects a broader right to abortion outside [...]
Center and Partners File Challenge to Oklahoma’s Total Ban on Abortion
The Center and its partners filed a challenge in Oklahoma state court to block the state's total ban from taking effect.
Oklahoma’s Vigilante Abortion Ban Takes Effect, Further Devastating Access in the Region
Oklahoma Supreme Court refuses to block the Texas-style law.
Vigilante Abortion Ban Takes Effect in Oklahoma
05.03.2022 – (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Oklahoma Supreme Court declined to immediately block a citizen-enforced ban on abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy (S.B. 1503). The Oklahoma state legislature passed the ban on April [...]
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New Abortion Lawsuit Seeks to Expand Access in Oklahoma
New case highlights telemedicine and advanced practice clinicians as avenues to increasing abortion access (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit challenging two anti-abortion laws in Oklahoma, both of which are medically [...]
Oklahoma Court Strikes Down Restrictions on Medication Abortion
Oklahoma Court Strikes Down Restrictions on Medication Abortion (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Oklahoma Supreme Court permanently blocked a 2014 Oklahoma measure (H.B. 2684) that restricts a woman’s access to medication abortion—a non-surgical method of ending [...]
Oklahoma Court Fails to Block 72-Hour Abortion Delay
Oklahoma Court Fails to Block 72-Hour Abortion Delay (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Oklahoma District Court failed to block a measure tripling the state’s mandatory waiting period from 24 to 72 hours for virtually all women seeking abortion [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Secures Second Victory for Oklahoma Women’s Access to Abortion in Two Months
Center for Reproductive Rights Secures Second Victory for Oklahoma Women’s Access to Abortion in Two Months Oklahoma Supreme Court permanently blocks Texas-style clinic shutdown law, ruling comes less than six months after U.S. Supreme Court [...]
Oklahoma Supreme Court Permanently Blocks State Law Criminalizing Women’s Health Care Providers
Oklahoma Supreme Court Permanently Blocks Law Criminalizing Health Care Providers Measure would have allowed warrantless searches of abortion providers and felony charges for administrative errors (PRESS RELEASE) The Oklahoma Supreme Court today permanently blocked an [...]
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Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
