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Abortion Providers File for Rehearing In S.C. Abortion Ban Case
08.24.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, the Greenville Women’s Clinic, and two physician plaintiffs filed a request for rehearing on yesterday’s South Carolina Supreme Court decision, which upheld a ban on abortion [...]
BREAKING: South Carolina Supreme Court Allows Six-Week Abortion Ban to Go Into Effect
08.23.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, the South Carolina Supreme Court upheld the state’s newly enacted ban on abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy (Senate Bill 474). The law, which had been blocked since May [...]
Appellate Court Rules to Reinstate Restrictions on Abortion Pill
08.16.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit largely upheld an unprecedented order from Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk threatening access to mifepristone—one of two drugs used in medication abortion. The federal [...]
Texas Judge Rules in Favor of Women Denied Abortions
August 4, 2023 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, a Texas District Judge issued an injunction blocking Texas’ abortion bans as they apply to dangerous pregnancy complications, including fatal fetal diagnoses. After much confusion around what conditions [...]
Texas Women Give Gripping Testimony Against State in Abortion Hearing
07.20.2023 (PRESS RELEASE) — A two-day hearing concluded today in Austin in the case Zurawski v. State of Texas. The Center for Reproductive Rights brought this case on behalf of two OB-GYNs and 13 Texans [...]
Malta’s Amended Abortion Law Will Not Protect Women’s Health and Lives
06.28.2023 (PRESS RELEASE) Geneva: A newly adopted abortion law in Malta has been criticised by public health, human rights and women’s rights experts in Malta and across the world. Although the law technically removes the [...]
One Year Without Roe v. Wade
PRESS STATEMENT 06.22.23 Statement from Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights: "The United States is in the midst of an inexcusable public health crisis—one created by the Supreme Court’s unwarranted [...]
COMUNICADO DE PRENSA: Un año sin Roe c. Wade
Declaración de Nancy Northup, Presidenta y Directora General del Centro de Derechos Reproductivos: “Estados Unidos se encuentra inmerso en una crisis de salud pública inexcusable, creada por la anulación injustificada del fallo Roe c. Wade [...]
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World Refugee Day: Many Refugees Across Europe Continue to Be Denied Access to Essential Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, Prompting Call for Urgent Action
20.06.23 (PRESS RELEASE) Geneva – Many refugee women and girls who have sought sanctuary and safety in Europe are still being denied access to sexual and reproductive healthcare and gender-based violence support services, according to [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health Sector in Kenya Launch New Strategy to Implement Constitutional Provisions on Access to Safe and Legal Abortion
06.15.2023 – (PRESS RELEASE) NAIROBI Today, the Reproductive Health Sector in Kenya launched the Nakuru Strategy. In June 2022, the reproductive health sector convened in Nakuru to develop strategies towards the full implementation of Article [...]
Council of Europe Committee of Ministers Urges Poland to Ensure Access to Lawful Abortion Care
8 June 2023 (PRESS RELEASE) – Geneva—On 7 June 2023, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe issued a decision strongly urging Poland to ensure effective access to lawful abortion, without further delay, and [...]
Kansas Abortion Restrictions Challenged in Court
06.06.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, Kansas abortion providers filed a lawsuit in state court challenging several onerous, harmful restrictions. These laws make abortion care harder to access by creating delays and forcing providers to relay [...]
Oklahoma Supreme Court Strikes Down Vigilante Abortion Bans
Oklahoma high court rules that S.B. 8 copycat laws are unconstitutional, though pre-Roe ban remains in effect.
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