All posts tagged "Center For Reproductive Rights"

The Texas omnibus anti-abortion bill made famous by Democratic state Sen. Wendy Davis' epic filibuster is being challenged in court by the women's health advocacy group Planned Parenthood as well as the ACLU and the Center for Reproductive Rights. According to Irin Carmon at NBC News, the groups have filed suit on behalf of more than a dozen women's health clinics that are being threatened with closure thanks to the new laws.

Officials in North Dakota will be forced to defend the nation's toughest abortion ban in court soon thanks to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by pro-choice advocates.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Reproductive rights advocates on Wednesday asked a federal judge in Brooklyn to make the "morning-after pill" immediately available to girls of all ages without a prescription.

WASHINGTON — A US federal judge heard arguments Tuesday about the government's decision to deny over-the-counter access of emergency contraception to girls under 17, as part of a decade-long legal battle.

Young women from the Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice in New York City came down to the Center for Reproductive Rights offices to talk about how their moms inspired them on reproductive rights and other issues. It's a super sweet video, made me all schmoopy.

Adorable bunnies speaking for an important cause.