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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 [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
Supreme Court Prevents Radical Abortion Pill Ruling From Taking Effect for Now
04.14.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily prevented a radical court order from taking effect just hours before it was set to do so. If the Supreme Court had not acted, burdensome [...]
Florida Passes Ban on Abortion After Six Weeks of Pregnancy
04.13.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, the Florida legislature passed a ban on abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy, which is before many people know they are pregnant. The ban will now be sent to [...]
Appellate Court Upholds Most of Radical Decision Threatening Abortion Pill
04.13.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Last night just before midnight, the Fifth Circuit largely refused to block an order from Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk purporting to revoke the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s approval of mifepristone—one of two [...]
Medical Experts, Major Pharmaceutical Companies, Elected Officials, and Advocacy Groups File Briefs Urging the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to Reverse the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA Ruling
04.12.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Ahead of the 5th Circuit’s decision in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, 650 individuals, companies, and groups filed briefs urging the appellate court to grant an emergency stay of an outrageous [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
