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Key Accomplishments
Founded in 1992 by nationally recognized reproductive rights attorneys and activists, our experience and knowledge in the area of women’s reproductive rights is unparalleled. Policy analysis, public education and cutting-edge legal work include:
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- Investigating the laws and policies governing women’s reproductive lives in 50 countries around the globe through the Women of the World series
- Securing and restoring Medicaid funds for low-income women who need abortions through state and federal lawsuits
- Exposing abuses against women seeking reproductive health care in Peru’s public facilities in the film and report Silence and Complicity
- Affirming the right to confidential medical care for all Americans by striking down a drug testing scheme that targeted pregnant women through our successful U.S. Supreme Court case Ferguson v. City of Charleston
- Finding Nebraska’s ban on so-called "partial-birth abortion" an unconstitutional violation of Roe v. Wade through our U.S. Supreme Court case Stenberg v. Carhart
- Successfully calling attention to anti-choice legislative initiatives in the U.S. Congress and state legislatures
- Gaining approval for emergency contraception by the Food and Drug Administration and petitioning for its availability over-the-counter
- Publishing the definitive book on the use of law and policy to address the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM), based on research in 41 countries
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