December 3, 2003
Ninth Circuit to Hear Oral Argument Against Arizona's Regulation of Abortion Clinics

November 24, 2003
Hearing Set in Legal Challenge to Kansas Law that Violates Teens’ Rights to Confidential Health Care

November 21, 2003
Hearing Set in Court Challenge to Virginia’s Abortion Ban

November 14, 2003
Tenth Circuit Asked to Uphold Decision Striking Down Oklahoma Parental Consent for Abortion Law

November 7, 2003
Federal Abortion Ban Blocked by Judges in Nebraska, New York and California

November 5, 2003
Federal Abortion Ban Blocked by Nebraska Judge Minutes After President Bush Signs it into Law

November 4, 2003
Nebraska Doctor Takes Federal Abortion Ban to Court

November 4, 2003
President Bush Scheduled to Sign Abortion Ban into Law: Act is an Assault on American Women and the Constitution

November 3, 2003
Hearing Set in Legal Challenge to First-Ever Federal Abortion Ban

October 31, 2003
First-Ever Federal Abortion Ban Challenged in Court Today

October 31, 2003
Nebraska Doctor Challenges Federal Abortion Ban in Court Today

October 30, 2003
Council of Europe Finds Evidence of Forced Sterilization of Romani Women in Slovakia

October 28, 2003
Slovak Investigation Covers up Human Rights Abuses

October 22, 2003
Center Vows to Challenge Unconstitutional Abortion Ban Inching Toward President's Desk

October 20, 2003
Women’s Health Experts from Kenya and Peru Speak Out on the Impact of the Global Gag Rule

October 15, 2003
Alaska Court Protects Young Women's Right to Abortion

October 6, 2003
Doctors and Counselors Fight Kansas Law that Violates Teens' Rights to Confidential Health Care

October 3, 2003
Center Vows to Challenge Unconstitutional Abortion Ban Inching Toward President's Desk

October 1, 2003
Unconstitutional Ban on Safe Abortion Procedures Heads Towards President's Desk

September 24, 2003
Indiana Supreme Court Expands Medicaid Funding for Abortion to Cases of Serious Risk to Women’s Health

September 23, 2003
North Dakota Supreme Court Throws out Abortion-Breast Cancer Lawsuit Against Clinic

September 18, 2003
As Congress Moves to Pass Dangerous Abortion Ban, Center Prepares Court Challenge to Protect Women's Health

September 16, 2003
Alabama Taxpayers Forced to Pay for State-Mandated, Ideological Materials on Abortion

September 16, 2003
Abortion Providers Ask Appeals Court to Affirm Ruling Striking Down Florida’s Biased Counseling Law

September 4, 2003
Young Mexican Rape Victim Speaks Out on Her 18th Birthday, Urging the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Formally Admit Her Case

September 3, 2003
Sex Discrimination Continues in Florida After Court Refuses to Overturn Ban on Medicaid Funded Abortions

September 2, 2003
Fifth Circuit Set to Hear Case Involving Prison Inmate Forced to Carry Pregnancy to Term

August 27, 2003
International Human Rights Settlement Expected to Improve Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Care in Peru

August 21, 2003
ACLU, Center for Reproductive Rights, and Florida NOW Say Appointing a Guardian for a Fetus Threatens the Health and Rights of Pregnant Women in Florida

July 28, 3003
Judge Orders Alabama to Absorb Costs of State-Mandated, Ideological Materials on Abortion and Pregnancy

July 22, 2003
Human Rights Groups Call on Slovakia to Address Illegal Sterilization of Romani Women

July 10, 2003
Four Women Imprisoned for Abortion Granted Amnesty by Nepal's King

July 10, 2003
Young Women’s Constitutional Right to Abortion Affirmed by Florida Supreme Court

July 10, 2003
Senate Votes to Overturn Global Gag Rule

July 9, 2003
"Choose-Life" License Plate Scheme Halted in Louisiana

July 1, 2003
Judge Enjoins Virginia’s Abortion Ban

July 1, 2003
Nepal's King Urged to Continue Commitment to Human Rights by Releasing Women Imprisoned for Abortion

June 27, 2003
Center Applauds Supreme Court Decision to Let Judgement Stand in "Nuremberg Files" Case

June 26, 2003
U.S. Supreme Court Reaffirms American's Right to Privacy in Landmark Case

June 24, 2003
Argument Set for Court Challenge to Louisiana's Speciality License Plates

June 18, 2003
Virginia's Abortion Ban Challenged in Federal Court

June 17, 2003
Abortion Clinic asks North Dakota Supreme Court to Affirm Ruling Rejecting Abortion-Breast Cancer Scare Tactic

June 17, 2003
ACLU, Center for Reproductive Rights, and Florida NOW Fight Efforts to Interfere With Care of Severely Disabled Rape Victim

June 16, 2003
Hearing Set for Court Challenge to Florida's Ban on Medicaid Funded Abortions

June 5, 2003
House Passes Dangerous, Unconstitutional Abortion Ban

May 16, 2003
ACLU and Center for Reproductive Rights Admonish State of Florida for Failing to Protect the Health and Rights of a Rape Victim

May 14, 2003
Congress Urged to Lift Ban on Abortions at Military Facilities Abroad

May 14, 2003
ACLU and Center for Reproductive Rights Ask Court to Protect the Health and Rights of a Florida Rape Victim

May 6, 2003
Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Care in Michigan no Longer at Risk After Law Suit is Settled

May 2, 2003
Bush Administration Urged to Implement HIV/AIDS Initiative without Strings Attached

April 30, 2003
Women in Indiana Forced to Make Two Trips to a Clinic in Order to Obtain an Abortion

April 28, 2003
Supreme Court Upholds Threat to Abortion Patients’ Confidentiality

April 11, 2003
Congress Threatens Young Women's Right to Choose Abortion: Statement from Nancy Northup, President of the Center for Reproductive Rights

March 24, 2003
Center for Reproductive Rights’ Expert Simon Heller to Testify Before Congress Against Abortion Ban

March 14, 2003
Abortion Providers Challenge Michigan Law that Impairs Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Care and Threatens Providers’ Financial Stability

March 13, 2003
Senate Passes Unconstitutional Abortion Ban

March 10, 2003
Latin American Courts Violate Reproductive Rights

March 7, 2003
Challenge to "Choose Life" License Plates Continues in Louisiana

March 7, 2003
International Women’s Day Marred by Attacks on Women’s Reproductive Rights

March 3, 2003
Indiana’s "Two-Trip" Abortion Requirement Temporarily Blocked By Judge after Clinics Challenge Law in State Court

February 26, 2003
Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Scheidler v. NOW

February 24, 2003
Indiana Women Seeking Abortions to Face Burdensome "Two-Trip" Law

February 18, 2003
Bush Strangles Efforts to Combat HIV/AIDS, Gender Violence and Maternal Mortality by Expanding the Global Gag Rule

February 18, 2003
Prison Inmate Forced to Carry Pregnancy to Term Files an Appeal with the Fifth Circuit

February 13, 2003
Unconstitutional Abortion Ban Introduced in US House

February 13, 2003
South Carolina Doctors Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Patients' Private Medical Information

February 12, 2003
Two Years Later: Over The Counter Emergency Contraception Still Stalled Before Bush Administration FDA

February 6, 2003
Slovak Government Officials Retaliate Against Romani Women and Legal Advocates for Exposing Human Rights Violations

February 4, 2003
Rights Groups Target Maternal Death in Mali

January 28, 2003
Romani Women Subject to Forced Sterilization in Slovakia: Rights Violated by Health Care System

January 22, 2003
Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on Roe V. Wade’s 30th Anniversary

January 15, 2003
Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood of New York City and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney Track the Bush Administrations Anti-Choice Crusade

January 15, 2003
Center for Reproductive Law and Policy Changes its Name to Center for Reproductive Rights

January 15, 2003
Nancy Northup Begins Leadership as President of Center for Reproductive Rights

January 10, 2003
Alaska’s Parental Consent Law Challenged in Superior Court

January 8, 2003
"Choose Life" License Plate Case Revived in Louisiana

January 3, 2003
Texas Supreme Court Denies Funding for Medically Necessary Abortions

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