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Attorneys at the Center for Reproductive Rights work worldwide to protect and advance reproductive liberty, including the rights of all women to decide whether and when to have children, to use contraception, and to safeguard their own health.

ABORTION IN THE COURTS

The Center is involved in legal challenges to restrictive abortion laws in the U.S. and around the world.

ACCESS TO LEGAL ABORTION | ACCESS TO CLINICS AND SERVICES | BANS ON ABORTION | FUNDING FOR ABORTION | MANDATORY DELAY AND BIASED INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS | TARGETED REGULATION OF ABORTION PROVIDERS (TRAP LAWS)

Access to Legal Abortion

  • RR v. Poland (European Court of Human Rights; Poland)
  • KL v. Peru (U. N. Human Rights Committee; Peru)
  • Paulina Ramírez v. Mexico (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; Mexico)
  • Tysiac v. Poland/ Amici (European Court of Human Rights)

    Access to Clinics/Services

  • Choice, Inc. v. Graham (Louisiana, USA)
  • United States v. Bird II/Amici (Texas, USA)

    Bans on Abortion

  • In re Abortion Law Challenge in Colombia/ Amici (Constitutional Court; Colombia)
  • D. v. Ireland/ Amici (European Court of Human Rights/Ireland)
  • Carhart v. Ashcroft (DOJ/Nebraska) a.k.a. the Federal Abortion Ban
  • Stenberg v. Carhart
  • Richmond Medical Center for Women v. Hicks (Virginia)
  • Utah Women’s Clinic v. Walker (Utah)
  • Northland Family Planning Clinic v. Cox (Michigan)
  • Women’s Medical Professional Corp. v. Taft (Ohio)
  • See also, Vo v. France (France) amicus brief

    Funding for Abortion

  • A Choice for Women, Inc. v. Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (Florida, USA)
  • Britell v. United States of America (U.S. Military/Massachusetts, USA)

    Mandatory Delay/Biased Information Counseling

  • Clinic for Women v. Brizzi (Indiana, USA)
  • Presidential Women's Center v. State of Florida (Florida, USA)
  • Summit Medical Center of Alabama v. Riley (Alabama, USA)

    Restrictions on Medical Abortion

  • See Reproductive Health Technologies

    Restrictions on Minors

  • See Rights of Adolescents

    U.S. Supreme Court and Roe v. Wade

    Targeted Regulation of Providers (TRAP Laws)

  • Jackson Women’s Health Organization v. Amy (Mississippi, USA)
  • Tucson Women’s Clinic v. Eden (Arizona, USA)