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Supreme Court Asked to Block Texas Law Banning Most Abortions
In this New York Times piece, Center President and CEO Nancy Northup comments about the emergency request made today to the U.S. Supreme Court to stop a new Texas abortion ban due to take effect September 1. The Texas law, S.B. 8, would ban abortion care after approximately six weeks of pregnancy. “In less than […]
Even people who oppose abortion should fear Texas’s new ban
Marc Hearron, senior counsel for the Center for Reproductive Rights, co-authored this “perspective” piece for The Washington Post, titled “Even people who oppose abortion should fear Texas’s new ban.” The piece discusses how Texas’s new law banning abortion at approximately six weeks “could draw a road map for states and localities looking to dismantle constitutional […]
Opinion: Texas wants its citizens to enforce a new abortion ban, and we should all be concerned
Marc Hearron, senior counsel for the Center for Reproductive Rights, was interviewed for this LA Times opinion piece titled “Texas wants its citizens to enforce a new abortion ban, and we should all be concerned.” Addressing how the law was designed to make it harder to overturn, Hearron states, “They’re basically trying to get around […]
Texas Law Deputizes Citizens to Enforce 6 Week Abortion Ban
Amy Hagstrom Miller, president and CEO of Whole Woman’s Health and Whole Woman’s Health Alliance, spoke to Chris Cuomo on Cuomo Prime Time about S.B. 8, the Texas law banning abortion at six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. The new law, set to take effect September 1, includes an unprecedented […]
Doctors, Clergy Sue Over New Texas Law That Offers $10,000 Bounty on Abortions
Rolling Stone covered a lawsuit, filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners, to block S.B. 8, a Texas law banning abortion care after approximately six weeks of pregnancy, before many people know they are pregnant. The law incentivizes private individuals—including anti-abortion activists—to seek monetary penalties and injunctions by suing anyone who performs an abortion or assists someone in obtaining one. Amy Hagstrom Miller, […]
Lawsuit Targets Texas Abortion Law Deputizing Citizens to Enforce Six-week Ban
In this Washington Post piece about the lawsuit brought by the Center and it partners to block Texas’ ban on abortion at six weeks of pregnancy, Center President and CEO Nancy Northup said, “The state has put a bounty on the head of any person or entity who so much as gives a patient money […]
Lawsuit Takes Aim at Citizen-Enforced Texas Abortion Law
This New York Times article discusses a lawsuit brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners challenging Texas’ ban on abortion at six weeks of pregnancy, before many people know they are pregnant. Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center said, “We had to devise a unique strategy to fight this subversive […]
