Braid v. Stilley
(Updated 10.13.21) The Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners filed a lawsuit on October 5, 2021 defending a physician who violated the Texas law banning abortion care at approximately six weeks of pregnancy, before many know [...]
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
Case News
Catch up on the latest news and analysis about Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.
Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice et al. v. O’Connor, et al.
(Updated 05.02.22) On April 28, 2022, the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners filed a motion to add to this case a challenge to SB 612, a law passed in April and due to [...]
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
Amicus Briefs: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
A broad range of experts and those most impacted by abortion restrictions have filed amicus briefs (“friend of the court” briefs) urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban in Dobbs [...]
Isaacson, et al. v. Brnovich, et al.
(Updated 07.07.22) On June 25, an emergency request was made asking a federal court to block Arizona’s personhood law as applied to abortion. A hearing on the motion is scheduled for July 8. The Center [...]
U.S. Supreme Court Case
Whole Woman’s Health et al. v. Jackson et al.
(Updated 2.24.22) On December 10, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in this case, refusing to block Texas’s unconstitutional abortion ban and vigilante scheme that has denied Texans their constitutional right to abortion and ended most [...]
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
Abortion in Mississippi
Mississippi has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country, making it difficult and, sometimes, impossible to access abortion care in the state.
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
The Case in Depth
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in this case on June 24, 2022. The ruling took away the constitutional right to abortion, abandoned almost 50 years of precedent, and paved the way for states [...]
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U.S. Supreme Court Case
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
In a devastating ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court revokes the constitutional right to abortion.
CM v. The Hospital Director of Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital & The Minister of Health (High Court of Malawi)
High Court of Malawi Clarifies Law on Abortion (Updated 06.28.2021) On June 15 2021, the Malawi High Court reaffirmed the statutory protections for legal abortion. In its ruling, the court reiterated that despite the existing [...]
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, et al. v. Wilson, et al.
(REVISED 04.26.2022) This case challenges SB 1, a South Carolina law that bans abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy. At six weeks, many women do not realize they are pregnant and this law would [...]
PAK and Salim Mohammed v. Attorney General and Three Others (Malindi High Court Petition Number E009 of 2020)
In this landmark case, the Kenyan High Court affirmed abortion as a fundamental right under the 2010 Constitution.
June Medical Services v. Russo
Ruling’s Impact on the Undue Burden Standard
A new report issued by the Center for Reproductive Rights analyzes the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2020 decision in June Medical Services v. Russo, a leading abortion case brought by the Center.
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