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Hearing Set for Court Challenge to Florida’s Ban on Medicaid Funded Abortions
Charging that Florida's ban on Medicaid funded abortions discriminates based on sex, the Center for Reproductive Rights will argue before a Florida court that it is unconstitutional to deny low-income women Medicaid funded abortions when [...]
ACLU and Center for Reproductive Rights Admonish State of Florida for Failing to Protect the Health and Rights of a Rape Victim
By failing to ask the court to appoint a guardian for a severely disabled woman who is pregnant as a result of rape, the state of Florida once again abdicated its responsibilities today, placing politics [...]
Congress Urged to Lift Ban on Abortions at Military Facilities Abroad
Statement of Nancy Northup, President This week, Congress is expected to vote on an amendment to the Department of Defense authorization act (HR 1588 and S 1050) that would lift a seven-year-old ban on women [...]
ACLU and Center for Reproductive Rights Ask Court to Protect the Health and Rights of a Florida Rape Victim
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights asked a state trial court today to block the state from appointing a guardian for the fetus of a severely disabled woman who is [...]
Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Care in Michigan no Longer at Risk After Law Suit is Settled
Michigan abortion providers have settled a lawsuit against the State to block a vague, new Michigan law that would have limited women's access to reproductive health care. Under the settlement, women will be able to [...]
Bush Administration Urged to Implement HIV/AIDS Initiative without Strings Attached
Statement of Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights "Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a $15 billion HIV/AIDS plan aimed at combating the AIDS pandemic internationally over the next five years. We applaud [...]
Women in Indiana Forced to Make Two Trips to a Clinic in Order to Obtain an Abortion
Judge Refuses to Enjoin the Law during State Court Challenge Today, a judge denied a motion to prevent the Indiana mandatory delay law's "two-trip" requirement from taking effect, forcing women in Indiana to make two [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights’ Expert Simon Heller to Testify Before Congress Against Abortion Ban
On Tuesday, March 25th, Simon Heller, Of Counsel, for the Center for Reproductive Rights will testify that an abortion ban pending before the House of Representatives is unconstitutional for the same reasons that led the [...]
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Abortion Providers Challenge Michigan Law that Impairs Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Care and Threatens Providers’ Financial Stability
Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights asked a district court judge to block a Michigan law that could limit women's access to reproductive health care and put abortion clinics out of business. Scheduled to take [...]
Senate Passes Unconstitutional Abortion Ban
Legislation Prohibits Safest Abortion Procedure After 12 Weeks of Pregnancy Flouting a decision by the United States Supreme Court that found a ban on so-called "partial-birth abortion" to be unconstitutional, the U.S. Senate today passed [...]
Latin American Courts Violate Reproductive Rights
Innovative Research Reveals the Disparity between the Laws that Protect the Rights of Latin American Women and their Application Today the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Universidad de Los Andes School of Law (UNIANDES) [...]
Challenge to “Choose Life” License Plates Continues in Louisiana
Case Challenges Overall Policy for Issuing Specialty Plates Yesterday, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed an amended complaint challenging Louisiana's policy of issuing specialty license plates. The Center charges that Louisiana's specialty plates infringe on [...]
Indiana’s “Two-Trip” Abortion Requirement Temporarily Blocked By Judge after Clinics Challenge Law in State Court
Indianapolis, INToday, an Indiana state court issued a temporary restraining order blocking the state’s mandatory delay abortion law after the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a state court challenge on behalf of several Indiana reproductive [...]
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Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
