U.S. State Advocacy: News

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 [...]

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

01.20.25 (PRESS STATEMENT) – Today, long-time reproductive rights activist and former president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America Cecile Richards passed away. The Center for Reproductive Rights issued a statement honoring her legacy and leadership [...]

Six takeaways from the Center's report examining nearly 2,000 state bills on abortion, maternal health care, and assisted reproduction.

Approval in Missouri marks the first time voters in a state with a total abortion ban successfully amended their state constitution to protect reproductive freedom.

11.05.24 (PRESS STATEMENT) – With record turnout, voters in Missouri have passed a constitutional amendment enshrining the right to abortion in the state constitution. Abortion is currently banned in Missouri at all points of pregnancy, [...]

11.05.24 (PRESS STATEMENT) – A constitutional amendment that would have enshrined the right to abortion in the Florida constitution has fallen short of the 60% of votes needed to pass. The state currently bans abortion [...]

Video replay now available! At this virtual briefing, you'll hear from Center law and policy experts about what the election results mean for reproductive rights.

10.22.24 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights unveiled a national video campaign featuring artist Vanessa Carlton and her Grammy-nominatedhit song “A Thousand Miles.” The campaign shines a light on the increasingly far [...]

This policy report by the Center provides an overview of the U.S. state policy landscape after tracking almost 2,000 bills proposed in state legislatures relating to reproductive care.

Ohio becomes the seventh state to vote in favor of abortion since the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the fourth state to approve a proactive constitutional amendment enshrining reproductive freedom in their state constitutions.

11.07.23 (PRESS RELEASE) – Ohio voters have passed a constitutional amendment that enshrines reproductive freedom – including the right to abortion – in the state constitution. Voters turned out in record numbers to support abortion [...]

Preparing for upcoming U.S. state legislative sessions, participants discuss interstate shield protections, access to fertility care, criminalization of pregnancy outcomes, state court reform and more.

08.24.23 (PRESS RELEASE) — Today, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, the Greenville Women’s Clinic, and two physician plaintiffs filed a request for rehearing on yesterday’s South Carolina Supreme Court decision, which upheld a ban on abortion [...]

PRESS STATEMENT 06.22.23 Statement from Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights:  "The United States is in the midst of an inexcusable public health crisis—one created by the Supreme Court’s unwarranted [...]

Declaración de Nancy Northup, Presidenta y Directora General del Centro de Derechos Reproductivos: “Estados Unidos se encuentra inmerso en una crisis de salud pública inexcusable, creada por la anulación injustificada del fallo Roe c. Wade [...]