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Scores Rally as U.S. Supreme Court Hears Most Consequential Abortion Case in Generations
Thousands rally in support of abortion rights at the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Disproportionate Harm of Abortion Bans: Spotlight on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
Abortion bans like Mississippi's ban at issue in the Center's upcoming Supreme Court case exacerbate societal inequalities and disproportionately harm people of color and others who already face discriminatory obstacles to health care.
International Human Rights and Abortion: Spotlight on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
International and human rights organizations and legal experts weigh in to support the Center’s Supreme Court case challenging a Mississippi abortion ban.
Precedent and the Rule of Law: Spotlight on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
In upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case nearly 50 years of precedent hang in the balance.
Inside Mississippi’s Last Abortion Clinic–And the Biggest Fight for Abortion Rights in a Generation
Time Magazine’s cover story focused on the Center’s upcoming Supreme Court case and its client, Jackson Women’s Health Organization–the last remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi. Shannon Brewer, the director of the clinic, was featured on the cover page. The Center will be arguing the case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, at the Supreme Court on December […]
Abortion is Essential to Democracy
After Texas’s abortion ban went into effect on September 1, Ms. Magazine and the Brennan Center for Justice joined forces to create a collection of essays that explore why the right to abortion is essential to democracy. Written by legal experts from the Brennan Center, the essays explore topics like the U.S. government’s history of […]
Abortion and Gender Equality: Spotlight on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
For almost five decades, the right to abortion has helped advance gender equality in the U.S. by allowing generations of women to pursue their personal, educational, and employment opportunities and life goals.
‘Catastrophic implications’: UN health expert condemns US over threat to abortion rights
The Guardian reported on an amicus brief submitted by Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, the UN’s special rapporteur on the right to health, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, an upcoming Supreme Court case reviewing Mississppi’s 15-week abortion ban in a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade. The Center is representing Jackson Women’s Health Organization in […]
A 15-Week Abortion Ban Is a Coward’s Compromise
This article from Rewire News Group about the Center’s upcoming Supreme Court case on a Mississippi abortion ban explains that banning abortion after 15-weeks of pregnancy is not compromise, but “capitulation.” Upholding the ban would go against nearly 50 years of legal precedent and would overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The […]
Media Reports on Supreme Court Arguments in Texas Abortion Ban Case
On November 1, Marc Hearron, senior counsel for the Center, argued Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson before the Supreme Court. The case challenges Texas’s abortion ban that prohibits abortion care at about six weeks of pregnancy and aims to circumvent judicial review. Hearron said in his argument, “To allow the Texas scheme to stand would […]
