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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.
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 [...]
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