PRESS RELEASES

• April 18, 2007 - Statement on Supreme Court's Abortion Ruling by Dr. LeRoy H. Carhart, the lead plaintiff in Stenberg v. Carhart (2000) and Gonzales v. Carhart (2007)

• April 18, 2007 - Supreme Court Rules Against Women's Health

• November 8, 2006 - Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Against a Federal Law that Would Ban Some of the Safest Abortions as Early as 12 Weeks in Pregnancy

• February 21, 2006 - Supreme Court Agrees to Review Federal Abortion Ban

• November 18, 2005 - Supreme Court Should Not Review Federal Abortion Ban Case, Center’s Brief Argues

• September 27, 2005 - Supreme Court Should Not Review Federal Abortion Ban Case, Center for Reproductive Rights Will Argue

• July 8, 2005 - Key Victory In Appeals Court Against 2003 Federal Abortion Ban

• April 12, 2005 - U.S. Government’s Appeal in Federal Abortion Ban Case Heads to Court for the First Time (Gonzales v. Carhart)

• September 8, 2004 - Federal Abortion Ban Struck Down in Nebraska Case: Third Courts Finds Ban Unconstitutional

• September 2, 2004 - Judge in Nebraska to Rule on Final Federal Abortion Ban Trial on Wednesday, September 8

• June 2, 2004 - Closing Arguments Presented in Nebraska Federal Abortion Ban Trial

• June 1, 2004 - Reproductive Rights Groups Hail First Ruling to Permanently Block Federal Abortion Ban

• May 27, 2004 - Closing Arguments Begin in Carhart v. Ashcroft Federal Abortion Ban Trial in Nebraska

• April 9, 2004 - Presentations in Carhart v. Ashcroft Nebraska Federal Abortion Ban Trial End Today

• March 31, 2004 - UPDATE: Carhart v. Ashcroft Federal Abortion Ban Trial in Nebraska

• 11/7/03 - Federal Abortion Ban Blocked by Judges in Nebraska, New York and California

• 11/5/03 - Federal Abortion Ban Blocked by Nebraska Judge Minutes After President Bush Signs it into Law

• 11/5/03 - President Bush Scheduled to Sign Abortion Ban into Law

• 11/5/03 - Nebraska Doctor Takes Federal Abortion Ban to Court

• 11/3/03 - Hearing Set in Legal Challenge to First-Ever Federal Abortion Ban

• 10/31/03 - First-Ever Federal Abortion Ban Challenged in Court Today

• 10/31/03 - Nebraska Doctor Challenges Federal Abortion Ban in Court Today

• 10/22/03 - Center Vows to Challenge Unconstitutional Abortion Ban Inching Toward President's Desk

• 10/3/03 - Center Vows to Challenge Unconstitutional Abortion Ban Inching Toward President's Desk

• 10/1/03 - Unconstitutional Ban on Safe Abortion Procedures Heads Towards President's Desk

• 9/18/03 - As Congress Moves to Pass Dangerous Abortion Ban, Center Prepares Court Challenge to Protect Women's Health

• 6/5/03 - House Passes Dangerous, Unconstitutional Abortion Ban

• 3/24/03 - Center for Reproductive Rights’ Expert Simon Heller to Testify Before Congress Against Abortion Ban

• 3/13/03 - Senate Passes Unconstitutional Abortion Ban

• 2/13/03 - Unconstitutional Abortion Ban Introduced in US House