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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 right to abortion. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and providers have signed a stipulation stating that the ban is unconstitutional […]
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 have taken effect on November 19, imposing onerous and unnecessary requirements that would make it impossible for some clinics to […]
Trump Declared Winner of 2024 Presidential Election
11.6.24 (PRESS STATEMENT) –Today, Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Statement from Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights: “Donald J. Trump’s election to become the 47th president of the United States is a deadly threat to the democratic values of liberty and equality, the […]
Arizona Voters Pass Abortion Rights Amendment
11.06.24 (PRESS STATEMENT) – Voters in Arizona have passed a constitutional amendment enshrining the right to abortion in the state constitution. Abortion is currently banned in Arizona after 15 weeks of pregnancy—a law that will be unconstitutional under the new amendment. Statement from Nancy Northup, President & CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights: “What […]
Colorado Voters Protect Abortion in State Constitution
11.05.24 (PRESS STATEMENT) – A constitutional amendment enshrining the right to abortion in the Colorado constitution has overwhelmingly passed, adding an extra layer of protection to the state’s already existing legislative guarantee. Coloradans also voted to allow public funding for abortion, meaning that the Colorado legislature can now provide coverage for government employees and others […]
Center for Reproductive Rights Launches Video Campaign with Vanessa Carlton
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 distances women in the U.S. are being forced to travel for abortion care. In 2023 alone, over 171,000 people were […]
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 care. The court largely granted the plaintiffs’ request to temporarily block the state’s abortion ban as it applies to many […]
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.
