Abortion: News

State restrictions would have effectively eliminated access to abortion care for most Montanans insured through Medicaid.

Today’s ruling permanently blocks several laws restricting Medicaid patients’ access to abortion care, a win for Montanans

Ban violates 2024 voter-approved amendment protecting abortion rights.

03.05.25 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge permanently blocked the state’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The case, filed in Maricopa County Superior Court, asserts that the ban [...]

03.03.25 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) released a new study exposing how abortion restrictions are influencing where people live and work, and what they look for in employers. The [...]

New research finds that access to reproductive health care is playing a role in employee recruitment and retention—as well as states’ economic vitality.

Replay now available! March 9 panel at the South by Southwest Conference discusses the importance of reproductive health care policies in attracting and retaining employees. 

The Center’s Catalina Martínez Coral and movement partners discuss the recent landmark decisions by the UN Committee on Human Rights.

BRUSSELS, 24.02.25—Three years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, many refugees—particularly women and girls—continue to face serious barriers in accessing essential sexual and reproductive healthcare in some parts of the EU. The recent decision to [...]

"Georgia's abortion ban endangers people's lives and health and doctors are not to blame for such harms." —Amicus brief submitted in case challenging the state's six-week ban

Trial scheduled February 13–18 in Center’s case that argues the restrictions violate Michigan's voter-approved Reproductive Freedom Amendment.

WARSAW, 13.02.25—Today, the Warsaw Court of Appeal ruled that the 2022-2023 trial of human rights defender Justyna Wydrzyńska did not meet the standards of judicial independence and it returned the matter to trial court for [...]

Statement from the Center for Reproductive Rights on stalled abortion law reform in Germany

Center’s state team provided legal expertise in drafting policy language.

Regressive policy restricts funding for foreign organizations providing sexual and reproductive health care.

Those pardoned physically blocked patients from entering health care facilities, stole fetal tissue from clinics, and injured patients and health care workers.