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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.
See below is a list of links to the Center’s current docket of legal challenges in the United States and around the world

ABORTION IN THE COURTS
     Access to Legal Abortion

• In re. Access to Abortion In Cases of Fetal Impairment (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)
• Springfield Healthcare Center v. Nixon (Missouri, USA)
• Tysiac v. Poland / Amici (European Court of Human Rights)

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

• 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) see also Stenberg v. Carhart
• Richmond Medical Center for Women v. Hicks (Virginia)
• Utah Women’s Clinic v. Walker (Utah)
• Northland Family Planning Clinic, Inc. v. Cox (Michigan)
• Herring v. Richmond Medical Center for Women (Virginia)

• 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)
  

• 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)

• Aid for Women v. Foulston (Kansas)
• Dean Gandy v. Nova Health Systems (Oklahoma)
• Planned Parenthood of Alaska v. State (Alaska)
• Womancare of Orlando, Inc. v. Agwunobi (Florida)

• Jackson Women’s Health Organization v. Amy (Mississippi, USA)
• Tucson Women’s Clinic v. Eden (Arizona, USA)
• Springfield Healthcare Center v. Nixon (Missouri, USA)

• Amy Jo Kjolsrud, f/k/a Amy Jo Mattson v. MKB Management Corp. d/b/a Red River Women’s Clinic (North Dakota)

• Henderson v. Stalder (Louisiana)
• Hill v. Kemp (Oklahoma)

• Carey v. Maricopa County (Arizona)

• A.S. v. Hungary (UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women; Hungary)
• Maria Mamerita Mestanza Chavez v. Peru (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights)
• Ramakant Rai & Health Watch UP Bihar v. Union of India and others/ Amici (Supreme Court of India)

     Violence Against Women

• MM v. Peru (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights)
• Paola Guzmán Albarracín v. Ecuador (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; Ecuador)
• See Child Marriage Forum for Fact Finding Documentation and Advocacy v. Union of India and others (Supreme Court of India)

• Catholic Charities of Sacramento v. Superior Court of Sacramento County /Amici(California)
• Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany, et al. v. Serio / Amici (New York)
• Tummino v. Crawford (FDA CASE)
• In re Access to Emergency Contraception In Colombia/Amici (Colombian Consejo de Estado/Colombia)
• In re Access to Emergency Contraception In Ecuador/Amici (Constitutional Tribunal of Ecuador)
• Ramakant Rai & Health Watch UP Bihar v. Union of India and others / Amici (Supreme Court of India)

PREGNANT WOMEN'S RIGHTS / SAFE PREGNANCY
     Pregnant Women's Rights

• Ferguson v. City of Charleston (South Carolina)

• In re Guardianship of J.D.S. (Florida)
• Vo v. France / Amici(European Court of Human Rights/France)

• Ana Victoria Sánchez Villalobos and others v. Costa Rica / Amici (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights/Costa Rica)

• Benten v. Kessler (New York)

• Gillett-Netting v. Barnhart (SSA/Arizona)

• Aid for Women v. Foulston (Kansas)
• Dean Gandy v. Nova Health Systems (Oklahoma)
• Planned Parenthood of Alaska v. State (Alaska)

• Paulina Ramírez v. Mexico (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; Mexico)
• Springfield Healthcare Center v. Nixon (Missouri, USA)

• Forum for Fact Finding Documentation and Advocacy v. Union of India and others (Supreme Court of India)

• Paola Guzmán Albarracín v. Ecuador (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; Ecuador)