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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.
Court Temporarily Blocks South Carolina Abortion Ban
5.26.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, a South Carolina state court granted abortion providers' request to temporarily block a newly-enacted ban on abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy (Senate Bill 474). The ban took immediate [...]
South Carolina Abortion Providers File New State Court Challenge to Six-Week Abortion Ban
05.25.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, Greenville Women’s Clinic, and two physician-plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in state court seeking to block Senate Bill 474, South Carolina’s newly-enacted ban on abortion after approximately [...]
Montana District Court Blocks Several Unconstitutional Abortion Restrictions
05.23.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, a Montana District Court judge granted abortion providers’ request for a preliminary injunction to block several restrictions on abortion access. The challenge to the laws was filed by Planned Parenthood [...]
More Women Join Abortion Lawsuit Against Texas
05.22.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, eight additional women came forward to join a lawsuit filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights against the state of Texas (Zurawski v. State of Texas). The case was originally [...]
Abortion Rights Advocates File Challenges to New Abortion Restrictions in Montana
05.18.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, Montana abortion advocates filed an amended complaint in state court challenging HB 862 and HB 544, two new anti-abortion laws. HB 862, like the federal Hyde Amendment, would prohibit the [...]
Rachana Desai Martin Joins Center for Reproductive Rights as Chief Government and External Relations Officer
05.17.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights announced that Rachana Desai Martin has joined the organization as Chief Government and External Relations Officer. She will lead advocacy with the United Nations, multilateral [...]
Montana Supreme Court Expands Types of Clinicians Who Can Provide Abortions
05.12.2023 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Montana Supreme Court struck down a criminal law that limited access to abortion by preventing advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) from providing abortion care. Last year, a lower court [...]
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Abortion Providers Sue FDA to Protect Access to Abortion Pill
05.08.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, abortion providers in Virginia, Montana, and Kansas filed a federal lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to protect access to mifepristone—one of the two drugs used in medication [...]
Medicaid Rule Limiting Abortion Access Blocked in Montana
05.01.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, a Lewis and Clark County District Court judge issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking a rule from the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) that would [...]
Lawsuit Filed to Stop New Medicaid Rule Restricting Abortion in Montana
04.28.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, all three of Montana’s abortion providersfiled a lawsuit in district court in Lewis and Clark County challenging a new rule by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services [...]
New Study: Most Oklahoma Hospitals Unable to Explain Their Policies on Emergency Abortion Care
04.25.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Not a single hospital in Oklahoma appears able to articulate clear, consistent policies for emergency obstetric care to pregnant patients, according to a new study published Tuesday. When called by prospective [...]
Supreme Court Keeps Abortion Pill on the Market as Case Continues
04.21.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, the Supreme Court announced it would continue to block an unprecedented order seeking to revoke the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s approval of mifepristone—one of the two drugs used in [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
