Center for Reproductive Rights
Women with serious pregnancy complications sue over state abortion bans
Women and physicians in Idaho and Tennessee have sued their home states after they say they were denied abortion care despite being diagnosed with serious, life-threatening medical conditions while pregnant. The lawsuits are led by the Center for Reproductive Rights, an advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C., which also helped a patient in Oklahoma file […]
NC’s 20-week abortion ban remains blocked, Fourth Circuit judges rule
Reproductive rights advocates hail victory even as SCOTUS prepares to take up even more onerous Mississippi law A North Carolina law banning abortions after 20 weeks with narrow exceptions enacted in 2016 remains blocked, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. North Carolina has maintained a statute since 1973 that purports to ban abortions after 20 weeks […]