Tag: Planned Parenthood Center for Choice, et al. v. Abbott, et al.
Center Lawsuits to Protect Abortion Access During the COVID-19 Pandemic Are Working
The flurry of lawsuits filed since March by the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners are succeeding in protecting access to abortion care during the COVID-19 pandemic. In eight states, officials have used the COVID-19 health crisis as an opportunity to block access to abortion. The lawsuits, filed on behalf of abortion providers, are […]
5th Circuit Court of Appeals Backs Down, Restores Medication Abortion in Texas For Now
Decision came two days after abortion providers asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take emergency action to restore Texans’ access to medication abortion Late Monday night, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals backed down from its stay of a lower court’s temporary restraining order that had protected access to medication abortions under Texas Gov. Greg […]
BREAKING: Supreme Court is Asked to Urgently Restore Medication Abortion Access in Texas During Pandemic
Abortion Services Remain Virtually Inaccessible Under Gov. Abbott’s COVID-19 Order Today, Texas abortion providers — represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights, the Lawyering Project, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America — asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take emergency action to restore essential, time-sensitive medication abortion services while the case proceeds. This comes after […]
Texas Abortion Providers Push for Emergency Relief in Federal District Court
This comes one day after the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals used unusual legal mechanisms to enforce Gov. Abbott’s COVID-19 order targeting abortion. This afternoon, Texas abortion providers went back to a federal district court to renew their request for emergency relief for their patients. This comes one day after the 5th Circuit Court of […]
5th Circuit Allows Texas to Continue Blocking Abortion Access During COVID-19 Pandemic
The court ruled that the district court was wrong to grant emergency relief that would allow all abortion care to continue in Texas. (PRESS RELEASE) Today, in a 2-1 decision, a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals used a rare procedural mechanism to rule that the district court was wrong to grant […]
5th Circuit Allows Gov. Abbott to Block Abortion Procedures During a Pandemic
This comes one day after federal district court blocks the order, allowing essential care Today, a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals used an extraordinary measure to allow Gov. Greg Abbott to drastically restrict essential, time-sensitive abortion procedures using his COVID-19 executive order. The court issued its stay before the abortion providers […]
Texas Abortion Providers Secure Emergency Relief to Keep Essential Abortion Procedures Available During Pandemic
Decision comes after Gov. Abbott exploits COVID-19 pandemic to block abortion access Today, a federal district judge granted Texas abortion providers a temporary restraining order to allow abortion services to continue for the time being during the COVID-19 pandemic. This means that abortion providers can resume offering the essential and time-sensitive Texans need, for now. […]
Abortion Providers File Litigation in Four States To Protect Access to Essential Abortion Care
Filings Come in Response to Politicians Who Have Exploited COVID-19 Pandemic to Try to Ban Access to Abortion for More Than 10 Million Women of Reproductive Age Today, abortion providers in Alabama, Iowa, Ohio, and Oklahoma — represented by Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Center for Reproductive Rights, […]
Texas Abortion Providers File Emergency Lawsuit to Keep Essential Abortion Procedures Available During Pandemic
Gov. Abbott exploits COVID-19 pandemic to cut off abortion access (PRESS RELEASE) Today, a group of Texas abortion providers — represented by Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Lawyering Project — sued Gov. Greg Abbott and other state officials to ensure that patients can continue to access essential, time-sensitive […]
Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood File New Lawsuit Challenging Texas Measure Banning The Safest, Most Common Method of Abortion in the Second Trimester
CRR, PP File New Lawsuit Challenging TX Measure Banning Safest, Most Common Method of Abortion in Second Trimester Dangerous law puts medical decisions in the hands of politicians — rather than doctors and their patients. Texas faces a multimillion dollar legal bill from Center for Reproductive Rights for advancing unconstitutional abortion restrictions struck down b […]
