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Idaho Ruling Broadens Medical Exception to State’s Strict Abortion Bans
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.
Ruling in Adkins v. State of Idaho: Media Highlights
Multiple outlets
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 [...]
Center Backs Law Firms Targeted by Trump Administration
Amicus briefs argue that the administration's orders against law firms threaten the rule of law.
Idaho Court Says Women Can Get Abortions for Many Pregnancy Complications
Ruling expands the exceptions in one of the strictest abortion bans in the country, but many women are still left behind
Listen to the Replay: SCOTUS Hears Case Targeting Planned Parenthood, April 2
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.
Watch the Livestream: Arguments in the North Dakota Abortion Ban Case, March 25
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.
Protecting Medicaid Patients: Montana Court’s Ruling Blocks Hurdles to Abortion Care
State restrictions would have effectively eliminated access to abortion care for most Montanans insured through Medicaid.
Montana Court Strikes Down Restrictions on Abortion Care for Medicaid Patients
Today’s ruling permanently blocks several laws restricting Medicaid patients’ access to abortion care, a win for Montanans
Arizona Judge Permanently Blocks State’s 15-Week Abortion Ban, Declaring it Unconstitutional
Ban violates 2024 voter-approved amendment protecting abortion rights.
Arizona 15-Week Abortion Ban Permanently Blocked Under Arizona Abortion Access Act
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 [...]
Trump Admin Will Drop Case Protecting Emergency Abortion Care at Hospitals
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 [...]
Global Impact of the “They Are Girls, Not Mothers” Rulings Highlighted at Quito Press Conference
The Center’s Catalina Martínez Coral and movement partners discuss the recent landmark decisions by the UN Committee on Human Rights.
Georgians Directly Harmed by State’s Abortion Ban Share Their Stories in Court Filing
"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
Watch the Livestream of Court Arguments in Case Challenging Michigan Abortion Restrictions
Trial scheduled February 13–18 in Center’s case that argues the restrictions violate Michigan's voter-approved Reproductive Freedom Amendment.
Polish Court Orders Retrial in Case of Human Rights Defender Justyna Wydrzyńska
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 [...]
Victory at the UN in the “They Are Girls, Not Mothers” Cases
Human Rights Committee establishes new worldwide standards for access to abortion, sex education, and protections for sexual abuse survivors.
UN Ruling: Ecuador and Nicaragua Must Legalize Abortion to End Violations of Girls’ Human Rights
22.01.2025 (PRESS STATEMENT) — In a major victory for girls' and women's rights, the United Nations Human Rights Committee ruled Monday that Ecuador and Nicaragua violated the human rights of three girls who were forced into [...]
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.
Reuss v. State of Arizona
This case challenges Arizona’s 15-week abortion ban as a violation of the state’s 2024 voter-approved constitutional amendment.
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