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Federal Court Strikes Down Georgia’s 2019 Abortion Ban
District court permanently blocks abortion ban from going into effect in a challenge from reproductive rights and justice activists, abortion providers, and reproductive rights organizations to the state’s 2019 law banning abortion. A federal court [...]
Tennessee Abortion Ban Blocked by Federal Court Minutes After Being Signed into Law
A Tennessee bill banning abortion at nearly every stage of pregnancy, which took effect earlier today after the governor signed the bill, has now been blocked in court Today, a federal district court in Tennessee [...]
U.S. Supreme Court Decision Will Cause Denial of Birth Control Coverage for Thousands
Court Gives Trump Administration Broad Authority to Expand Employer Exemptions for Moral and Religious Reasons The recent ruling by the United States Supreme Court in favor of the Trump administration’s bid to allow schools and [...]
Supreme Court Gives Green Light for Employers to Deny Birth Control Coverage to Employees
Contraception rules permitting employers to deny coverage will remain in effect after high court ruling Today, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand the Trump-Pence rules allowing nearly any employer and university to deny birth control [...]
Supreme Court Follows Precedent in Victory for Abortion Rights
Abortion clinics in Louisiana will remain open after high court strikes down a law that would have forced most to close Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Center for Reproductive Rights, [...]
STATEMENT: Supreme Court Rules in favor of Abortion Providers in June Medical Services v. Russo
Statement from Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, reacting to today’s pivotal ruling in favor of abortion providers: This is a big win that vindicates what we’ve said all along, which is that the Louisiana [...]
Four Years After Whole Woman’s Health, Center Awaits U.S. Supreme Court’s Ruling on Identical Abortion Law
June 27 marks four years since the United States Supreme Court issued its historic decision in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, striking down a Texas law designed to close most of the state’s abortion clinics [...]
Inicia litigio contra Perú en la CIDH por no proveer servicios de salud integral a víctimas de violencia sexual
Lima y Bogotá — La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) admitió por primera vez un caso contra Perú por obstaculizar el acceso integral de atención en salud a una víctima de violación sexual. El [...]
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Tennessee Abortion Ban Immediately Challenged in Court by the Center for Reproductive Rights, ACLU, and Planned Parenthood
Tennessee lawmakers have passed a bill banning abortion as early as six weeks of pregnancy; This new ban comes just two months after Tennessee unsuccessfully attempted to ban abortion procedures under the guise of COVID-19 [...]
June Medical Services v. Russo
Victory at the U.S. Supreme Court!
In June Medical Servces v. Russo, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana abortion restriction, following long-held legal standards protecting abortion rights and access.
Supreme Court Hears Case Challenging Trump-Pence Denial of Birth Control Coverage
On May 6 the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case of national significance that could have a huge impact on the ability of women across the country to access birth control. The case, Trump v. Pennsylvania, challenges the Trump-Pence Administration’s efforts to allow virtually any employer or university to deny its employees and [...]
Center Lawsuits to Protect Abortion Access During the COVID-19 Pandemic Are Working
The flurry of lawsuits filed since March by the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners are succeeding in protecting access to abortion care during the COVID-19 pandemic. In eight states, officials have used the [...]
Appellate Court Says Oklahoma Abortion Clinics Can Stay Open During Pandemic
Last night, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of abortion providers, denying Oklahoma’s request to stay a lower court’s ruling from last week that blocked the state’s ban on abortion care during [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
