12/29/2005 - Jan. 4th Teleconference for Reproductive Health Rights Groups
12/16/05 - FDA Court Date Rescheduled
12/13/05 - Center Study Exposes Government Neglect Of Women’s Health In East And Southeast Asia
12/8/05 -Launch of Women of the World East and Southeast Asia
11/29/05 - Statement on Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
11/18/05 - Supreme Court Should Not Review Federal Abortion Ban Case, Center’s Brief Argues
11/17/05 - Victory for Reproductive Rights in Peru
11/14/05 - GAO's Report on FDA's Plan B Decision Process Confirms Center's Lawsuit
10/31/05 - Judge Alito’s Nomination is Deeply Troubling, Says Center for Reproductive Rights
10/12/05 - Center Files Friend-of-the-Court Brief
9/27/05 - Brief Against Supreme Court Review of Federal Abortion Ban Case
9/15/05 - Missouri Law Shuts Down Only Abortion Clinic in Southwest Missouri
9/15/05 - Federal Court Strikes Michigan Abortion Ban for Third Time
9/08/05 - Kansas
9/05/05 - Roberts' Nomination to Chief Justice
9/05/05 - Passing of Chief Justice Rehnquist
9/01/05 - 8 Questions Senators Must Ask Roberts
8/26/05 - Shame On the FDA: More Deception and Delay
8/9/05 - Leading Reproductive & Women’s Rights Organization Hold Press Conference
8/05/05 - Politics of Pataki Veto Highlight Need For FDA Action
7/19/05 - Center for Reproductive Rights Alarmed by Roberts Nomination
8/03/05 - When Voters Learn of Roberts’ Record, Support Plummets According to Focus Groups
7/14/05 - For First Time in NCLR’s History, Briefing on Reproductive Rights of Hispanic Women to be Held at Annual Conference
7/8/05 - Key Victory In Appeals Court Against 2003 Federal Abortion Ban
7/6/05 - To Protect Future Generations, Senate Must Require Full and Open Disclosure of Supreme Court Nominee’s Views, Constitutional Litigators Say
7/01/05 - Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Retires: Dramatic Change in Supreme Court Puts Reproductive Rights at Risk
6/23/05 - Law Endangering Young Women Challenged in Federal Court: Health Care Providers Say Law Imperils Health and Lives of Florida’s Young Women
6/23/05 - The Benefits of Roe v. Wade Are Clear: Center for Reproductive Rights’ Response to Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Roe
6/20/05 - Civil Rights Chief from U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York Joins Center
6/14/05 - Groups Ask Court to Block Abortion Ban: Leading Reproductive Health and Rights Groups Say Michigan Law Would Prohibit Virtually All Abortions in the State
6/2/05 - Court Stops Virginia’s Third Attempt to 6/2/05 - Outlaw Safe Abortions
6/1/05 - Court Strikes Down Mississippi Abortion Law: Women in State Narrowly Escape Virtual Ban on Second Trimester Abortion
5/19/05 - Tulsa Clinic Challenges Teen Abortion Act as it Hits Governor’s Desk
5/12/05 - The FDA Under Evangelical Influence on Plan B Decision? No Surprise There
4/27/05 - Teen Endangerment Act: Putting Politics Before Teens’ Well-Being
4/13/05 - FDA Commissioner Crawford, No More Stalling!
4/12/05 - U.S. Government’s Appeal in Federal Abortion Ban Case Heads to Court for the First Time
4/10/05 - Alaska Supreme Court to Review Injunction on State’s Teen Abortion Law
3/23/05 - Yet Another Excuse from the FDA on Delaying Plan B Decision
3/15/05 - Statement on the Teen Endangerment Act
3/14/05 - Michigan Abortion Ban Put on Hold While Challenge Proceeds
3/10/05 - Responding to India Supreme Court Decision on Country’s Sterilization Practices
3/4/05 - As World Eases Restrictions on Abortion, U.S. Becomes More Restrictive, Study Finds
3/2/05 - What’s Missing from the Beijing Platform?
3/1/05 - Women’s Health Care Providers Challenge Michigan Law Banning Virtually All Abortions
2/14/05 - Center for Reproductive Rights Appoints New Director of International Legal Program
1/21/05 - Center Sues FDA for denying Women Over-the-Counter Access to Emergency Contraception
1/21/05 - Statement from the Center for Reproductive Rights on the 32nd Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
1/05/05 - Alberto Gonzales: Three Questions the Attorney General Nominee Must Address
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Press Releases 2005


  • Center President Nancy Northup in the News!


    December 29, 2005    --    Media Advisory
    Reproductive Health And Rights Groups To Hold Jan. 4th Teleconference As Supreme Court Considers Reviewing Federal Abortion Ban Case

    December 16, 2005    --    Media Advisory
    Oral Argument in FDA Lawsuit Postponed Until Thursday, 2:00pm

    December 13, 2005
    Study Exposes Government Neglect Of Women’s Health In East And Southeast Asia

    November 29, 2005
    Statement on Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England

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

    November 17, 2005
    UN Human Rights Committee Makes Landmark Decision Establishing Women's Right to Access to Legal Abortion
    Woman Forced to Carry Fatally Impaired Fetus to Term Wins Case

    November 14, 2005
    GAO Report on FDA’S Plan B Decision Process Confirms Center's Lawsuit

    October 31, 2005
    Judge Alito’s Nomination is Deeply Troubling, Says Center for Reproductive Rights

    October 12, 2005
    Center Files Friend-of-the-Court Brief in Supreme Court Abortion Case
    30 Women’s Groups Sign On To Save Women’s Health and Lives

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

    September 15, 2005
    Missouri Law Shuts Down Abortion Services at Only Abortion Clinic in Southwest Missouri
    Creates Obstacle Course for Over a Thousand Women a Year

    September 15, 2005
    Federal Court Strikes Michigan Abortion Ban for Third Time

    September 8, 2005    --    Media Advisory
    Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline's "Kiss and Tell" Law goes before Appeals Court

    September 5, 2005
    Roberts' Nomination to Chief Justice Underscores Importance for Full and Open Process
    Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights

    September 5, 2005
    Statement on the Passing of Chief Justice Rehnquist
    Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights

    September 1, 2005
    8 Questions Senators Must Ask Roberts On Reproductive Rights
    Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights

    August 26, 2005
    Shame on the FDA: More Deception and Delay
    Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights

    August 9, 2005
    Leading Reproductive & Women’s Rights Organization Hold Press Conference

    August 5, 2005
    Politics of Pataki Veto Highlight Need For FDA Action
    Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights

    August 3, 2005
    When Voters Learn of Roberts’ Record, Support Plummets According to Focus Groups

    July 19, 2005
    Center for Reproductive Rights Alarmed by Roberts Nomination

    July 14, 2005
    Media Advisory
    For First Time in NCLR’s History, Briefing on Reproductive Rights of Hispanic Women to be Held at Annual Conference

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

    July 6, 2005
    To Protect Future Generations, Senate Must Require Full and Open Disclosure of Supreme Court Nominee’s Views, Constitutional Litigators Say

    July 1, 2005
    Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Retires: Dramatic Change in Supreme Court Puts Reproductive Rights at Risk
    Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights

    June 23, 2005
    Law Endangering Young Women Challenged in Federal Court:
    Health Care Providers Say Law Imperils Health and Lives of Florida’s Young Women

    June 23, 2005
    The Benefits of Roe v. Wade Are Clear:
    Center for Reproductive Rights’ Response to Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Roe

    June 20, 2005
    Civil Rights Chief from U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York Joins Center

    June 14, 2005
    Groups Ask Court to Block Abortion Ban:
    Leading Reproductive Health and Rights Groups Say Michigan Law Would Prohibit Virtually All Abortions in the State

    June 2, 2005
    Court Stops Virginia’s Third Attempt to Outlaw Safe Abortions

    June 1, 2005
    Court Strikes Down Mississippi Abortion Law: Women in State Narrowly Escape Virtual Ban on Second Trimester Abortion

    May 19, 2005
    Tulsa Clinic Challenges Teen Abortion Act as it Hits Governor’s Desk

    May 12, 2005
    The FDA Under Evangelical Influence on Plan B Decision? No Surprise There
    Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights

    April 27, 2005
    Teen Endangerment Act: Putting Politics Before Teens’ Well-Being
    Statement From Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights

    April 13, 2005
    FDA Commissioner Crawford, No More Stalling!
    Plan B Belongs On the Drugstore Shelves.

    Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights

    April 12, 2005
    Media Advisory
    U.S. Government’s Appeal in Federal Abortion Ban Case Heads to Court for the First Time

    April 11, 2005
    Media Advisory
    Alaska Supreme Court to Review Injunction on State’s Teen Abortion Law

    March 23, 2005
    Yet Another Excuse from the FDA on Delaying Plan B Decision
    Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights

    March 15, 2005
    Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights
    The Teen Endangerment Act

    March 14, 2005
    Michigan Abortion Ban Put on Hold While Challenge Proceeds

    March 10, 2005
    Statement from Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights
    Responding to India Supreme Court Decision on Country’s Sterilization Practices

    March 4, 2005
    As World Eases Restrictions on Abortion, U.S. Becomes More Restrictive, Study Finds

    March 2, 2005
    MEDIA ADVISORY
    What’s Missing from the Beijing Platform?:
    Center Holds Panel on Using the Force of Law to Transform Beijing’s Commitments into Reality

    March 1, 2005
    Women’s Health Care Providers Challenge Michigan Law Banning Virtually All Abortions:
    ACLU, Center for Reproductive Rights, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America File Joint Lawsuit in Federal Court Today

    February 14, 2005
    Center for Reproductive Rights Appoints New Director of International Legal Program

    January 21, 2005
    Center Sues FDA for Denying Women Over-the-Counter Access to Emergency Contraception

    January 20, 2005
    Statement from the Center for Reproductive Rights on the 32nd Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

    January 5, 2005
    Alberto Gonzales: Three Questions the Attorney General Nominee Must Address

    December 16, 2004
    Statement by Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights
    The Weldon Amendment