Michigan abortion providers have settled a lawsuit against the State to block a vague, new Michigan law that would have limited women’s access to reproductive health care. Under the settlement, women will be able to obtain and pay for medical services such as ultrasounds and pregnancy tests without jeopardizing their ability to later obtain an […]
Judge Refuses to Enjoin the Law during State Court Challenge Today, a judge denied a motion to prevent the Indiana mandatory delay law’s “two-trip” requirement from taking effect, forcing women in Indiana to make two trips to their physician’s office, at least 18 hours apart, in order to obtain an abortion. The Center for Reproductive […]
On Tuesday, March 25th, Simon Heller, Of Counsel, for the Center for Reproductive Rights will testify that an abortion ban pending before the House of Representatives is unconstitutional for the same reasons that led the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down an essentially identical ban two years ago. Simon Heller, who successfully argued Stenberg v. […]
Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights asked a district court judge to block a Michigan law that could limit women’s access to reproductive health care and put abortion clinics out of business. Scheduled to take effect on March 31, the new law prevents abortion providers from obtaining prompt payment for medical services that have already […]
Legislation Prohibits Safest Abortion Procedure After 12 Weeks of Pregnancy Flouting a decision by the United States Supreme Court that found a ban on so-called “partial-birth abortion” to be unconstitutional, the U.S. Senate today passed a nearly identical version of the abortion ban (S.3) in a 65-32 vote. “Today, the Senate passed a law that […]
Indianapolis, INToday, an Indiana state court issued a temporary restraining order blocking the state’s mandatory delay abortion law after the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a state court challenge on behalf of several Indiana reproductive health clinics. The “two-trip” law forces women seeking abortions to make two separate trips to their physician’s office – at […]
U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Challenge to Indiana’s Abortion Waiting Period Law Washington, D.C. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider a challenge to an Indiana abortion law that forces women seeking abortions to make two separate trips to their physician’s office – at least 18 hours apart – before they can obtain […]
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Anchorage, Alaska Trial began on Monday in a case brought by Alaska reproductive health service providers, represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Anchorage law firm of Feldman & Orlansky, challenging Alaska’s parental consent law. Alaska’s parental consent law, first enacted in 1997 but never enforced, requires pregnant minors under 17 who desire […]
UN Human Rights Committee Establishes Right to Abortion as a Human Right (Updated 3.18.21) The Center for Reproductive Rights persuaded the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) to recognize that women have a human right to access safe and legal abortion. In a ruling that has been cited extensively as precedent in other national-level court decisions on abortion access, the UNHRC established that denying access to legal abortion violates the International Covenant on […]