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Center for Reproductive Rights

An Open Letter to President Obama

Nancy Northup | Posted 05.22.2013 | Politics
Nancy Northup

There is perhaps no other fundamental right that is under more ferocious attack than the right of reproductive choice -- and we need you to help us fight back now.

Judge Rejects Motion To Dismiss State Abortion Lawsuit

AP | ANDREW DeMILLO | Posted 05.15.2013 | Politics

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A federal judge said Wednesday that a challenge to Arkansas' new law banning most abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy can proceed...

Laura Bassett

Arkansas 12-Week Abortion Ban Challenged In Court

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 04.16.2013 | Politics

The Center for Reproductive Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint in an Arkansas district court on Tuesday challenging the s...

Don't Women Deserve Better?

Kate Blanchard | Posted 03.30.2013 | Politics
Kate Blanchard

At least two of my pro-life friends recently posted this video on Facebook in honor of the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. One of them commented wryl...

The Fight for Women's Reproductive Rights Can't Just Be About Winning or Losing the Abortion War

Nancy Northup | Posted 01.17.2013 | Politics
Nancy Northup

It is certainly fair enough to suggest that we could do better at organizing around these issues, at collaborating within the movement, at reaching out to those who might be inclined to support a broader vision of what reproductive rights and justice means.

Contentious Abortion Laws Smacked Down By Court

AP | TIM TALLEY | Posted 12.04.2012 | Politics

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma laws requiring women seeking abortions to have an ultrasound image placed in front of them while they hear a description of ...

Laura Bassett

Mississippi's Only Abortion Clinic Fights To Stay Open

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 11.28.2012 | Politics

The lone abortion clinic in Mississippi may have to close its doors in early January if a federal judge allows a state law to go into effect that woul...

Getting Reproductive Rights out of Politics

Nancy Northup | Posted 01.05.2013 | Politics
Nancy Northup

We should not wake up the day after an election worrying that our doctors will be driven out of practice or prevented from using their training and best medical judgment to provide the care that's right for us.

Laura Bassett

New 'Bill Of Reproductive Rights' Campaign Attracts A-List Celebrities

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 10.09.2012 | Politics

The Center for Reproductive Rights, a global legal advocacy organization, launched a new kind of campaign Tuesday that asks American voters to sign a ...

Will Mississippi's Sole Abortion Clinic Survive?

AP | EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 07.14.2012 | Politics

JACKSON, Miss. -- The future of Mississippi's only clinic where women can get an abortion remains unclear after a federal judge's ruling in a closely ...

Doctors Call New Kansas Abortion Clinic Regulations 'Irrational'

AP | JOHN HANNA | Posted 12.27.2011 | Politics

TOPEKA, Kan. — Three doctors who perform abortions in Kansas will challenge new regulations for their clinics even after the rules were revised ...

Laura Bassett

Virginia Women Could Lose Access To Abortion

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 10.29.2011 | Politics

There are 22 facilities that provide first-trimester abortions in Virginia, and all of them may have to close their doors over the next two years if t...

Laura Bassett

Virginia Tells Abortion Clinics Where To Set The Thermostat

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 10.25.2011 | Women

The Virginia Department of Health will release proposed clinic regulations on Friday that target abortion providers and could potentially shut many of...

The Abortion Battle: Is the Pro-Choice Movement Gun-Shy?

Nancy Northup | Posted 07.07.2011 | Politics
Nancy Northup

While the number of anti-choice bills we are tracking this year is similar in number to past years, they are some of the most extreme that we've seen in decades and are passing at a faster rate than in the past.

The Budget Resolution Is a Blow to Women in D.C.

Nancy Northup | Posted 06.11.2011 | Politics
Nancy Northup

Included in the budget agreement that lawmakers reached late last week was a policy rider that forbids the District of Columbia from using its own money to fund abortion services.

Weekly Pulse: The New Hunger Epidemic, Making CPCs Come Clean, and Smoking Hipsters

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
The Media Consortium

by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger As some Americans obsess over whether to brine or deep-fry their Thanksgiving turkeys, others are goi...

Weekly Pulse: Kagan Hearings: Gags, God, Guns, and Gays

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
The Media Consortium

by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Elena Kagan's Supreme Court confirmation hearings kicked off on Monday. Her nomination has been met by...

Weekly Pulse: The Pill at 50 and Oklahoma's Extreme Ultrasound Law

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
The Media Consortium

by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Fifty years ago, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first birth control pill. Needless to...

Center for Reproductive Rights' Letter to CBS: Tebow Story Raises Serious Accuracy Questions

Nancy Northup | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Nancy Northup

Matthew Margo Senior Vice President of Program Practices, East Coast CBS Corporation 51 W. 52 St. New York, NY 10019 Dear Mr. Margo, We are writ...

Abortion Rights Groups Scramble In Stupak Amendment's Wake

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Abortion rights groups, outflanked and outnumbered in the health debate, are scrambling to regain lost ground after the House passe...

Federal Employee Forced To Pay For Abortion To End Life-Threatening Pregnancy

Washington Post | Joe Davidson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

D.J. Feldman was 11 weeks pregnant last year when she learned that her child had anencephaly, a fetal defect that left the baby with almost no brain. ...

Misremembering Dr. Tiller: How Law & Order Got It Wrong

Nancy Northup | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Nancy Northup

The show's recent character, Dr. Benning, provides abortions later in pregnancy, like Dr. Tiller, and was shot in his church after surviving a prior shooting, like Dr. Tiller. There the similarities end.

An Open Letter To Secretary Clinton About The Gross Neglect Of Women's Reproductive Rights In India

Nancy Northup | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Nancy Northup

Maternal mortality in India is public health crisis. The Indian government must be held accountable for its inaction in the face of this gross neglect of women's reproductive rights.

The Tiller Murder and Its Ramifications: Violence Against Doctors Harms Women Seeking Services

Nancy Northup | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Nancy Northup

Dr. Tiller was one of a few physicians who provides abortions at twenty-two weeks for women who typically face substantial health risks and have been diagnosed with severe fetal abnormalities.

Back Up Your Birth Control Day Gets a Boost from Court Decision

Sharon L. Camp | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Sharon L. Camp

Given that the typical women wants two children, she spends only a few years trying to become or being pregnant, but about three decades trying to avoid pregnancy.