Tag: SCOTUS

Several media sources reported on the  leak of a draft opinion written by Justice Alito in the Center’s Supreme Court case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The draft reveals the Court’s intention to overturn Roe v. Wade and take away the constitutional right to abortion.  Center president and CEO Nancy Northup was quoted by […]

The week aims to raise awareness around racial inequities in U.S. maternal health outcomes.

Judge Jackson's confirmation hearing demonstrates what's at stake regarding both her appointment and our constitutional democracy.

U.S. abortion rights at risk: The far-reaching harm if the Supreme Court takes away the constitutional right to abortion.

Multiple sources reported on the Texas Supreme Court’s ruling against the Center’s challenge to S.B. 8, the draconian Texas law that bans abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy and incentivizes individuals to enforce it. In December, the U.S. Supreme Court left a small opening for the Center’s case, Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson, to […]

Mandatory named Julie Rikelman, the Center’s Senior Director of U.S. Litigation, to its International Women’s Day list celebrating “phenomenal” women from around the world. “From founders to scientists to social justice advocates, the women on this list of movers and shakers inspire us to be better human beings,” Mandatory states. Rikelman was recognized for arguing […]

Multiple media outlets, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Politico, Vox and more, reported on the U.S. Senate’s failure to advance the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA). The Center is a long-time advocate of the federal bill, which would have created nationwide protections for abortion in the U.S. WHPA is especially crucial […]

Nancy Northup was interviewed by MSNBC’s Ali Velshi about the retirement of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Northup calls Breyer a “great champion” of reproductive rights who has authored many critical abortion rights decisions. As the Supreme Court weighs the future of Roe v. Wade, she explains the importance of Justice Breyer’s replacement, stating that “to have someone […]

The Court refuses to take action to protect pregnant Texans against the state's blatantly unconstitutional abortion ban that has ended most abortion access in Texas.

The Washington Post quoted Center senior counsel Marc Hearron in an opinion piece claiming that the recent rulings by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court in the Center’s case challenging Texas’s unconstitutional abortion ban demonstrated the disintegration of the federal judiciary’s authority. The 5th Circuit  sent the case down to […]