Press Releases
Jun 22, 2016
Court Affirms Public Hospitals Must Comply with Reproductive Privacy Act
SEATTLE — Public hospitals in Washington that provide maternity services must also provide abortions, according to a Skagit Valley Superior Court decision released yesterday.
The...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jun 03, 2016
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµSues Alabama Over Abortion Restrictions That Would Severely Limit Access Statewide
State’s Newest Abortion Laws Would Shutter Clinics, Ban Medically Proven Procedures and Harm Women
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
May 25, 2016
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµAsks Florida Supreme Court to Keep Mandatory Abortion Delay Law on Hold
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ, the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Florida, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Tallahassee attorney Richard E. Johnson filed a brief today a...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
May 24, 2016
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµUrges Speaker Ryan to Disband Select Panel Attacking Women’s Healthcare
WASHINGTON — The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ joined more than 175 Democratic members of Congress in calling on House Speaker Paul Ryan to disband an investigative panel that h...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
May 05, 2016
Alabama Passes Two Abortion Bills to Severely Restrict Access Statewide
New Rules Would Shut Down Clinics and Ban Proven Medical Procedure
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Apr 21, 2016
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµVows to Sue Over Alabama Legislation Designed to Close Abortion Clinics
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — After an Alabama House committee passed a bill that would shutter abortion clinics within 2,000 feet of a public school, the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ com...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
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