In the Courts

In Peru during the 1990s, thousands of women were forcibly sterilized as part of a State policy—including Celia Ramos, who died in 1997 after undergoing surgical sterilization without her valid consent. On May 22, the [...]

El caso de Celia Ramos vs Perú marca un precedente histórico: es el primero sobre esterilización forzada en Perú en ser juzgado por la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos. En la audiencia ante la Corte, [...]

Center’s latest Arizona case continues efforts to bring state laws in line with new constitutional protections for abortion rights.

05.22.2025 (PRESS RELEASE) – Arizona doctors filed a lawsuit today seeking to strike down many remaining abortion restrictions and further expand access to care in the state. One such restriction forces patients to unnecessarily make [...]

Judge agrees with the Center's argument that three burdensome restrictions violate the Reproductive Freedom for All Act passed in 2022.

05.13.25 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, a Michigan state court permanently struck down several onerous and baseless abortion restrictions in the state. The court ruled that three challenged restrictions violate Michigan’s Reproductive Freedom for All (RFFA) [...]

The girls in these cases had little to no access to sexual health and reproductive services—including abortion—and, after being sexually assaulted, were forced to remain pregnant and give birth at risk to their health and lives.

Patients facing life-threatening pregnancy complications and health conditions will be able to obtain abortion care—but those with fatal fetal diagnoses and serious mental health conditions will not.

An Idaho state court issued a ruling April 11 in Adkins v. State of Idaho, broadening the medical exception to the state’s total abortion ban. Center attorneys were interviewed about the ruling by several media [...]

Ruling expands the exceptions in one of the strictest abortion bans in the country, but many women are still left behind

Case at the U.S. Supreme Court could determine whether states can block Medicaid patients from accessing basic health services at the organization’s health centers.

Oral arguments at the North Dakota Supreme Court focus on the state’s appeal of a lower court ruling striking down the near-total ban.

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

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 [...]

03.04.25 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, the Department of Justice revealed it will reverse course in a case brought by the Biden Administration challenging Idaho’s abortion ban—one of the strictest in the nation. The case sought [...]