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Obama Administration Announces Plans to Make Plan B One-Step Available Without Age Restriction
Obama Administration Announces Plans to Make Plan B One-Step Available Without Age Restriction Center for Reproductive Rights calls for equal access to more affordable, generic options (PRESS RELEASE) The Obama Administration has submitted a plan [...]
No More Delays for EC: 2nd Circuit Partially Denies Federal Government’s Request to Delay Bringing Emergency Contraception Over the Counter
2nd Circuit Partially Denies Federal Government’s Request to Delay Bringing Emergency Contraception (PRESS RELEASE) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has to immediately comply with U.S. District Court Judge Edward Korman’s court order to make [...]
House Subcommittee Amends Federal Legislation to Ban Abortion at 20 Weeks Nationwide
House Subcommittee Amends Federal Legislation to Ban Abortion at 20 Weeks Nationwide Center for Reproductive Rights calls on members of House Judiciary Committee to reject unconstitutional and harmful bill (PRESS RELEASE) Today the Subcommittee on [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on the Passing of Sen. Frank Lautenberg
Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on the Passing of Sen. Frank Lautenberg (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights issued the following statement on the recent passing of Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ). Said Nancy [...]
Inter-American Court of Human Rights Orders El Salvador Government to Allow Pregnant Woman with Critical Complications Access to Life-saving Health Care
IACHR Orders El Salvador Government to Allow Pregnant Woman Access to Life-Saving Health Care (PRESS RELEASE) Just hours after the Salvadoran Supreme Court denied a potentially life-saving abortion for a woman with serious complications in [...]
Salvadoran Supreme Court Denies Woman Life-Saving Abortion
Salvadoran Supreme Court Denies Woman Life-Saving Abortion (PRESS RELEASE) The Supreme Court in El Salvador ruled today that a woman facing serious health complications in her pregnancy cannot have an abortion that could save her [...]
House Subcommittee to Hear Testimony on Unconstitutional Federal Bill Banning Abortion at 20 Weeks
House Subcommittee to Hear Testimony on Unconstitutional Federal Bill Banning Abortion at 20 Weeks CRR calls on House Judiciary Committee to reject this clear violation of women’s fundamental rights and Supreme Court precedent (PRESS RELEASE) [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Implores Supreme Court of El Salvador To Authorize Emergency Abortion for Woman Facing Life-Threatening Complications
CRR Implores Supreme Court of El Salvador To Authorize Emergency Abortion for Woman Facing Life-Threatening Complication (PRESS RELEASE) “Beatríz” (a pseudonym) is a 22-year old Salvadoran woman who is 5 months pregnant and experiencing severe [...]
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Appeals Court Rejects Extreme and Dangerous Arizona Abortion Ban
Appeals Court Rejects Extreme and Dangerous Arizona Abortion Ban Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals grants permanent injunction against unconstitutional state law banning abortion at 20 weeks (PRESS RELEASE) A panel of judges of the U.S. [...]
Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas 12-Week Abortion Ban
Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas 12-Week Abortion Ban Arkansas’ abortion ban—one of the most extreme bans in the country— cannot take effect while lawsuit continues A federal judge ruled today that Arkansas’ extreme ban on abortion [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Takes Legal Action Against North Dakota Law Aimed at Closing State’s Only Abortion Clinic
Center for Reproductive Rights Takes Legal Action Against North Dakota Law Aimed at Closing State's Only Abortion Clinic (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights took legal action today on behalf of North Dakota’s only [...]
Federal Judge Denies Government’s Request to Delay Over-the-Counter Emergency Contraception
Federal Judge Denies Government's Request to Delay Over-the-Counter Emergency Contraception Judge Korman denies stay of his April order, gives government until Monday to appeal to 2nd Circuit (PRESS RELEASE) Calling the Obama Administration’s appeal of [...]
Obama Administration Appeals Federal Court Order to Make Emergency Contraception Available to Women of All Ages
Obama Administration Appeals Federal Court Order to Make Emergency Contraception Available to Women of All Ages Government also requests a stay of Judge Korman’s order pending its appeal to 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals (PRESS [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
