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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2024
Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States

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Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States

Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court by Idaho politicians seeking to disregard a federal statute — the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) — and put doctors in jail for providing pregnant patients necessary emergency medical care. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on this case on April 24, 2024. The Court’s ultimate decision will impact access to this essential care across the country.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2022
Bans Off Our Bodies Protest Sign

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Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

The case concerns the constitutionality of a Mississippi law prohibiting abortions after the fifteenth week of pregnancy. The state used the case as a vehicle to ask the Supreme Court to take away the federal constitutional right to abortion it first recognized 50 years before in Roe v. Wade. On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States accepted the state’s invitation and overturned Roe eliminating the federal constitutional right to abortion.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2022
RFP attorneys Alexa Kolbi-Molinas and Andrew Beck heading towards the Supreme Court to argue the case.

Abortion

Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center

In 2018, the Ƶ and the Ƶof Kentucky filed a suit on behalf of Kentucky abortion providers and their patients challenging a state law banning physicians from providing a safe and medically proven abortion method called dilation and evacuation, or “D&E.” If it were to take effect, this law would prevent many patients from being able to obtain an abortion altogether. After two courts held that the law is unconstitutional, the Supreme Court ruled in March 2022 that Kentucky Attorney General Cameron can continue his pursuit to push abortion out of reach by intervening in the underlying challenge to an abortion ban, which is proceeding in a lower court.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021
Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson

Abortion

Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson

The Ƶ, the Ƶof Texas, and coalition partners filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of abortion providers and funds on July 13, 2021, challenging S.B. 8, a Texas law allowing private citizens to enforce a ban on abortion as early as six weeks in pregnancy—before many know they are pregnant. The ACLU’s challenge made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court three times in as many months. After hearing oral arguments in the case, the Court issued a decision on December 10, 2021, that ended the most promising pathways to blocking the ban. The Supreme Court’s decision makes it more difficult to obtain adequate relief from the courts and gives states the green light to ban abortion using bounty-hunting schemes. Texas’ abortion ban will remain in effect until relief can be secured from a court.
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Isaacson v. Horne
Court Case
May 2013

Abortion

Isaacson v. Horne

The Ƶ and the Ƶof Arizona are challenging an Arizona law banning pre-viability abortions on behalf of an Arizona doctor whose patients include women in need of this essential medical care.  
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Court Case
May 2013
Isaacson v. Horne

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Isaacson v. Horne

The Ƶ and the Ƶof Arizona are challenging an Arizona law banning pre-viability abortions on behalf of an Arizona doctor whose patients include women in need of this essential medical care.  
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Lathrop, et al. v. Deal, et al.
Georgia
Dec 2012

Abortion

Women's Rights

Lathrop, et al. v. Deal, et al.

The Ƶ and the Ƶof Georgia have filed a lawsuit challenging a Georgia law banning pre-viability abortions. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of three Georgia obstetrician-gynecologists whose patients include women in need of this essential medical care.
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Georgia
Dec 2012
Lathrop, et al. v. Deal, et al.

Abortion

Women's Rights

Lathrop, et al. v. Deal, et al.

The Ƶ and the Ƶof Georgia have filed a lawsuit challenging a Georgia law banning pre-viability abortions. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of three Georgia obstetrician-gynecologists whose patients include women in need of this essential medical care.
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Ƶof Massachusetts v. Kathleen Sebelius, et al.
Massachusetts
Dec 2012

Abortion

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Ƶof Massachusetts v. Kathleen Sebelius, et al.

From April 2006 to October 2011, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) $2.5 million to $4 million annually to fund organizations that provide direct services to trafficking victims under the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act. HHS does this knowing that USCCB prohibits, based on its religious beliefs, grantees from using any of the federal funds to provide or refer for contraceptive or abortion services.
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Massachusetts
Dec 2012
Ƶof Massachusetts v. Kathleen Sebelius, et al.

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Ƶof Massachusetts v. Kathleen Sebelius, et al.

From April 2006 to October 2011, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) $2.5 million to $4 million annually to fund organizations that provide direct services to trafficking victims under the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act. HHS does this knowing that USCCB prohibits, based on its religious beliefs, grantees from using any of the federal funds to provide or refer for contraceptive or abortion services.
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Planned Parenthood of Indiana Inc., et al. v. Commissioner of the Indiana State Department of Health
Indiana
Oct 2012

Abortion

Planned Parenthood of Indiana Inc., et al. v. Commissioner of the Indiana State Department of Health

The Ƶ of Indiana, the Ƶand Planned Parenthood of Indiana have filed a lawsuit challenging three provisions of Indiana’s new, punitive abortion law (HB 1210) recently signed by Gov. Mitch Daniels. The law seeks to penalize health care providers that perform abortions, though they do so without federal dollars.
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Indiana
Oct 2012
Planned Parenthood of Indiana Inc., et al. v. Commissioner of the Indiana State Department of Health

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Planned Parenthood of Indiana Inc., et al. v. Commissioner of the Indiana State Department of Health

The Ƶ of Indiana, the Ƶand Planned Parenthood of Indiana have filed a lawsuit challenging three provisions of Indiana’s new, punitive abortion law (HB 1210) recently signed by Gov. Mitch Daniels. The law seeks to penalize health care providers that perform abortions, though they do so without federal dollars.
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Planned Parenthood v. Betlach
Court Case
Jul 2012

Abortion

Planned Parenthood v. Betlach

Planned Parenthood and the Ƶ filed a lawsuit challenging an Arizona law that blocks Planned Parenthood from providing family services to Arizonans enrolled in Medicaid. The law is designed to penalize Planned Parenthood because they provide abortions, though they do so without federal dollars.
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Court Case
Jul 2012
Planned Parenthood v. Betlach

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Planned Parenthood v. Betlach

Planned Parenthood and the Ƶ filed a lawsuit challenging an Arizona law that blocks Planned Parenthood from providing family services to Arizonans enrolled in Medicaid. The law is designed to penalize Planned Parenthood because they provide abortions, though they do so without federal dollars.
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