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Enforcing Arizona’s New Abortion Rights Amendment
Lawsuit filed by the Center and partners challenges the state’s 15-week abortion ban as a violation of the amendment approved by voters last month.
At Idaho Trial, Center Plaintiffs Discuss Damaging Impact of State’s Abortion Bans
Court hears testimony from women denied abortion care despite dire pregnancy complications and doctors prevented from providing patient care.
Arizona Health Care Providers File Lawsuit Challenging Abortion Ban and To Resume Providing Care Across the State
12.03.2024 (PRESS RELEASE) – Arizona health care providers filed a lawsuit today challenging a ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which is in violation of the state’s new constitutional amendment protecting the fundamental [...]
Montana Court Blocks New Restrictions on Abortion Clinics
11.15.24 (PRESS RELEASE) —Today, a Montana state court blocked a series of new restrictions on abortion clinics that were issued by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services in September. The rules would [...]
Watch the Livestream: Trial in the Center’s Idaho “Medical Exceptions” Case Starts November 12
Tune in and hear testimony from Idaho doctors and women denied abortion care despite risks to their health and lives.
"They Are Girls, Not Mothers"
The Girls’ Stories
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.
Ruling Temporarily Blocking Tennessee’s Abortion Ban Means Doctors Can Treat Patients Facing Dangerous Pregnancy Complications
In case brought by the Center, court outlines conditions in which abortion care is permitted and acknowledges that the ban’s medical exceptions are vague and confusing.
Tennessee Court Says Some Women Denied Abortions Should Have Received Them Under Law
10.18.2024 (PRESS RELEASE) – Last night, a three-judge panel of the Tennessee Chancery Court unanimously agreed that the unclear exception to Tennessee’s abortion ban is preventing women in the state from getting medically necessary abortion [...]
Center’s Cases at the UN Seek New Human Rights Standard to Ensure Safe Abortion and Protections for Sexual Abuse Survivors
“They are girls, not mothers” cases against Ecuador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua—brought on behalf of four girls denied access to abortion and other reproductive services—could lead to SRHR protections throughout Latin America and across the world.
In Win for Montanans, Montana Supreme Court Keeps Abortion Restrictions Blocked While Cases Proceed
10.09.24 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Montana Supreme Court upheld a district court’s rulings temporarily blocking a number of abortion restrictions, including a ban on dilation and evacuation (D&E) abortions, the most common method for [...]
Georgia Supreme Court Reinstates Six-Week Abortion Ban
10.07.24 (PRESS RELEASE) — The Supreme Court of Georgia issued a ruling today staying a trial court decision striking down H.B. 481, a ban on abortion after approximately six weeks of pregnancy — before many people [...]
Georgia Six-Week Abortion Ban Ruled Unconstitutional
“Forcing a woman to carry an unwanted, not-yet-viable fetus to term violates her constitutional rights to liberty and privacy.” —Judge Robert McBurney
Georgia Court Rules State Constitution Protects Abortion, Blocks Six-Week Ban
09.30.2024 (PRESS RELEASE) – The Superior Court of Fulton County issued a ruling today finding that the Georgia Constitution prohibits political interference with an individual’s abortion decision before viability. Based on that ruling, the court [...]
Victory in North Dakota! Abortion Will Again Be Legal in the State
In a case brought by the Center and its partners, court rules North Dakota’s near-total abortion ban unconstitutional.
North Dakota Court Rules State Abortion Ban Unconstitutional
09.12.2024 (PRESS RELEASE) –Today, a North Dakota state court struck down the state’s total abortion ban as unconstitutional. The ban will be enjoined in the coming days. The Center for Reproductive Rights, Weil, Gotshal & [...]
EMTALA Complaints Against Texas Hospitals
Complaints Against Texas Hospitals for Denying Emergency Care for Ectopic Pregnancies
This administrative complaint argues that the hospitals violated its obligations under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) by denying pregnant women care for life-threatening ectopic pregnancies.
Center Files Complaints Against Texas Hospitals for Denying Women Emergency Care for Life-Threatening Ectopic Pregnancies
Filings mark the latest Center work representing dozens of patients denied or delayed abortion care despite facing risks to their health, lives and future fertility.
Iowa Abortion Ban Will Take Effect on Monday
7.26.24 (PRESS STATEMENT) – On Monday, July 29, an extreme six-week abortion ban is set to take effect in Iowa. This will mean that 18 states now ban abortion entirely or as early as six [...]
Court Rules Native Hawaiian Midwives Can Resume Providing Care
In Center case defending reproductive autonomy, Court temporarily blocks law preventing traditional midwives from providing pregnancy and birth care in their communities.
Court Rules in Favor of Native Hawaiian Midwives
07.24.2024 (PRESS RELEASE) – Yesterday, a Hawai‘i state court temporarily blocked part of the Midwifery Restriction Law, which prevents pregnant people in Hawai‘i from using traditional midwives for their pregnancies and births, as they have [...]
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