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U.S. House Passes Bill to Deny Millions of Women Reproductive Health Care Coverage
U.S. House Passes Bill to Deny Millions of Women Reproductive Health Care Coverage (PRESS RELEASE) The U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure today that would deny insurance coverage of abortion care for nearly all [...]
Trump Orders Global Gag Rule, Cuts Off Vital, Safe Abortion Services For Women
(PRESS RELEASE) As one of his first acts as president, Donald Trump imposed a sweeping new policy that restricts access to safe abortion services for women worldwide. Trump’s Global Gag Rule dictates that U.S.-supported international [...]
As the Hyde Amendment Turns Forty, Center for Reproductive Rights Continues to Call for Repeal
As the Hyde Amendment Turns Forty, Center for Reproductive Rights Continues to Call for Repeal 40 years since passage of dangerous and discriminatory Hyde Amendment coincides with new national poll showing voters support lifting abortion [...]
States Continue to Defend Unconstitutional Clinic Shutdown Laws in Spite of Supreme Court Ruling
States Continue to Defend Unconstitutional Clinic Shutdown Laws in Spite of Supreme Court Ruling (MEDIA ADVISORY) Earlier this week the Center for Reproductive Rights requested a federal district court permanently block Louisiana’s Texas-style clinic shutdown law [...]
House Judiciary Subcommittee Holds Hearing Targeting Low-Income Women’s Access to Safe, Legal Abortion
(PRESS RELEASE) Despite facing a host of other issues related to access to critical health care services, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice earlier today held a hearing which focused on two [...]
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Second Attack on ACA Birth Control Benefit
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Second Attack on ACA Birth Control Benefit Religiously affiliated employers attempting to undermine women’s guaranteed access to affordable contraception (PRESS RELEASE) Today the U.S. Supreme Court will hear [...]
Obama Budget Advances Reproductive Health at Home & Abroad, But Leaves Too Many Low-Income Women Behind
Obama Budget Advances Reproductive Health at Home & Abroad, But Leaves Too Many Low-Income Women Behind (PRESS RELEASE) President Barack Obama’s proposed FY2017 budget released yesterday includes steps toward expanding and promoting reproductive health care coverage [...]
President Obama Vetoes Congressional Measure Defunding Planned Parenthood
President Obama Vetoes Congressional Measure Defunding Planned Parenthood (PRESS RELEASE) President Barack Obama today vetoed a measure that attempted to defund Planned Parenthood and repeal key pieces of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The measure [...]
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U.S Senate Narrowly Passes Latest Attempt to Defund Planned Parenthood
U.S Senate Narrowly Passes Latest Attempt to Defund Planned Parenthood Pro-choice champions attempt to block defunding language and protect women’s health clinics (PRESS RELEASE) Ignoring calls from elected officials and other key leaders, the U.S. [...]
Court Protects Abortion Access for Low-Income Women in Alaska
Court Protects Abortion Access for Low-Income Women in Alaska (PRESS RELEASE) Today the Alaska Superior Court struck down a state law and Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) regulation that would have severely limited [...]
U.S. Senate Defeats Harmful Measure Stripping Planned Parenthood of All Federal Funding
U.S. Senate Defeats Harmful Measure Stripping Planned Parenthood of All Federal Funding (PRESS RELEASE) Pro-choice Senators blocked attempts to advance a measure today which would have stripped Planned Parenthood of all federal funding dedicated to [...]
U.S. Supreme Court Preserves Affordable Care Act; Ensures Critical Health Benefits for Millions of Americans
U.S. Supreme Court Preserves Affordable Care Act, Ensures Critical Health Benefits for Millions of Americans In protecting critical tax credits for federal exchanges established under Obamacare, women in 34 states to maintain preventive health coverage [...]
U.S. Supreme Court Case on Affordable Care Act Could Dismantle Advances in Affordable Reproductive Health Care for Millions of Women
U.S. Supreme Court Case on Affordable Care Act Could Dismantle Advances in Affordable Reproductive Care for Millions Hundreds expected to rally on Supreme Court steps in support of preserving critical tax credits in Obamacare’s massive [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
