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Center for Reproductive Rights Attorney Confirmed to Federal Bench
06.20.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, in a bipartisan vote, the U.S. Senate confirmed Julie Rikelman as a judge to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She will be the first Jewish woman [...]
U.S. Repro Watch, Jan. 18
Recent news of interest on reproductive rights in the United States.
U.S. Repro Watch: 5 Items You Won’t Want to Miss
Recent news of interest on reproductive rights in the United States.
Law and Policy Guide: Availability, Accessibility, Acceptability and Quality Framework
← Return to the full Law and Policy Guide and the World's Abortion Laws Map The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR Committee) has set forth four essential elements of the right to [...]
Law and Policy Guide: Adolescents
← Return to the full Law and Policy Guide and the World's Abortion Laws Map Adolescents often face a range of barriers when accessing abortion services, such as cost, stigma, lack of confidentiality, and misinformation [...]
Landmark Cases
Since its founding in 1992, the Center has shaped legal precedent on reproductive rights through victories in regional, federal and local courts around the world, as well at the United Nations, and has been involved [...]
Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest v. Streur, et al.
(REVISED 03.21.2019) This lawsuit successfully challenged a regulation that would have prevented most low-income women in Alaska seeking medically necessary abortion services from receiving Medicaid coverage. In 2001, the Alaska Supreme Court held that withholding [...]
Progressive groups warn Congress off Policy Riders for 2012 budget vote
September 21, 2011 Dear Senator or Representative, The undersigned organizations, on behalf of our millions of members and supporters, write today to express our strong opposition to the addition of policy riders in [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
Letter in Opposition to Policy Riders in H.R. 1, Continuing Resolution
The Honorable Harry Reid Senate Majority Leader United Sates Capitol S-321 Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Mitch McConnell Senate Minority Leader United States Capitol S-230 Washington, DC 20510 Dear Majority Leader Reid and Minority [...]
Health Care Reform in the Hyde Amendment’s Shadow
American Constitution Society Blog, December 7, 2009Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights The debate over abortion coverage within the larger health care reform dialogue has been painfully narrow for those of us who believe [...]
Victor Fisher, Anne Harrison, Mark A. Sandberg v. Craig Campbell
This case, known as the Alaska Personhood Initiative, is a pre-election challenge to the Alaska Lieutenant Governor's certification of a measure seeking to extend legal rights from the moment of conception. Case filed: 11/23/2009 State: [...]
Beyond Politics: Winning Reproductive Freedom One Case at a Time
Of Counsel, Winter 2005Message from our President Nancy Northup As if we didn't know, the headlines remind us that these are troubled times for reproductive rights. They chronicle the emboldened legislative agendas of the [...]
Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP): Avoiding the TRAP
"TRAP" laws (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) target the medical practices of doctors who provide abortions, and impose on them burdensome requirements which are different and more stringent than the legal requirements imposed on other [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
