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HHS Rule Will Encourage Discrimination Against Medical Patients

HHS’ Denial of Care Rule issued today empowers healthcare workers to withhold medical care from patients based on personal beliefs (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a Denial of Care Rule that will [...]

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Pakistan Court Orders Implementation of Measures to Address Obstetric Fistula

Pakistan Court Orders Implementation of Measures to Address Obstetric Fistula The Center for Reproductive rights welcomes a ruling by the Sindh High Court in Pakistan directing the government to implement measures to provide access to [...]

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Trump Administration Finalizes Title X Domestic Gag Rule

Trump Administration Finalizes Title X Domestic Gag Rule The Center for Reproductive Rights will ask court to block rule in Maine Today, the Trump Administration released a final rule that would make sweeping changes to [...]

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President Trump’s Remarks on Abortion Spread Misinformation

President Trump's Remarks on Abortion Spread Misinformation The following is a statement by Lourdes Rivera, Senior Vice President of U.S. Programs at the Center for Reproductive Rights about President Donald Trump’s State of the Union [...]

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Senate Rejects Bill to Deny Millions of Women Health Care Coverage

Senate Rejects Bill to Deny Millions of Women Health Care Coverage (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the U.S. Senate rejected a sweeping ban on insurance coverage of abortion that would have devastated access to reproductive healthcare for [...]

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Ohio Lawmakers Pass Multiple Extreme Abortion Bans

Ohio Lawmakers Pass Multiple Extreme Abortion Bans Center for Reproductive Rights urges Governor Kasich to veto Ohio abortion bans (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Ohio state senate passed a law (HB 258) that would effectively ban [...]

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Oklahoma Court Fails to Block 72-Hour Abortion Delay

Oklahoma Court Fails to Block 72-Hour Abortion Delay (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Oklahoma District Court failed to block a measure tripling the state’s mandatory waiting period from 24 to 72 hours for virtually all women seeking abortion [...]

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Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Testimony Confirms his Hostile Record and Philosophy Towards Reproductive Rights

Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Testimony Confirms his Hostile Record and Philosophy Towards Reproductive Rights (PRESS RELEASE) Statement of Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, on the confirmation hearing of Judge Brett [...]

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Center for Reproductive Rights Opposes Confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh

Center for Reproductive Rights Opposes Confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh Kavanaugh’s judicial record, writing, and public statements are fundamentally hostile to reproductive rights (PRESS RELEASE) Statement from Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center [...]

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Statement on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing Dates

Statement on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing Dates (PRESS RELEASE) Said Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights: “Members of the United States Senate have a responsibility to understand [...]

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Outcome of Irish Referendum on Abortion is a Momentous Result for Reproductive Rights

Outcome of Irish Referendum on Abortion is a Momentous Result for Reproductive Rights (GENEVA) The Center for Reproductive Rights celebrates today’s referendum result in favour of repeal of the Irish constitutional prohibition on abortion as [...]

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India Supreme Court Denies Abortion To Rape Survivor Living With HIV

India Supreme Court Denies Abortion To Rape Survivor Living With HIV (PRESS RELEASE) This week the Supreme Court of India denied a rape survivor living with HIV from seeking an abortion. In its ruling, the [...]

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Center for Reproductive Rights Vows to Fight Back in Court After President Trump Signs Executive Order Greenlighting Discrimination Against Women

Center Vows to Fight Back in Court After Trump Signs Executive Order Greenlighting Discrimination Against Women (PRESS RELEASE) President Donald Trump signed an executive order today that would grant wide exemptions to the Affordable Care [...]

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