On Friday, the Supreme Court voted 7-1 to block the enforcement of a Louisiana law designed to limit the number of abortion providers in the state by instituting unnecessary medical regulations.
In a series of videos for the Center for Reproductive Rights, Elizabeth Banks, Dascha Polanco, and Retta among others narrate the abortion stories of American women. The stories, submitted by women across America, show the continued importance of abortion access. The series—called Draw the Line Monologues—nicely…
In her continued effort to make life as hard as possible for the women of Oklahoma, Governor Mary Fallin signed a new law last night that triples the state’s abortion waiting period, from 24 to 72 hours. Arkansas also recently extended its waiting period, and Florida and Tennessee are considering bills to do the same.
Girls’ Jemima Kirke recently spoke about her abortion for Draw the Line, a campaign launched by the Center for Reproductive Rights to help protect women’s right to safe and legal reproductive health care. “I still see shame and embarrassment around terminating pregnancies, getting pregnant—I still see it,”…
In January, a woman in El Salvador who'd been imprisoned for having a miscarriage was finally pardoned, having spent seven years behind bars. The woman, known as "Guadalupe," had been charged with having an abortion, an offense which was later changed to homicide. But while Guadalupe will be officially released today,…
A federal appeals court has permanently blocked a North Carolina law that would have forced women to undergo an ultrasound and hear a detailed description before being allowed to have an abortion. In their decision, the appeals judges called the law "ideological in intent and in kind" and said it "risks the infliction…
North Dakota's law banning abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected has officially been declared unconstitutional garbage by a federal judge today. One dumb anti-choice law down, only eleventy zillion to go.
Mark Ruffalo, fantastic actor and boyfriend to one and all, has appeared in a new video wherein he explains his enduring support for Roe v. Wade, released just in time for the landmark Supreme Court ruling's 41st anniversary.
In what the Center for Reproductive Rights is calling a “landmark” case, a European Court has ruled that a Polish rape victim who faced obstructionism and misinformation as she tried to obtain a legal abortion had her human rights violated by the state.
Tina Fey gave a rousing, appropriately angry speech at the Center for Reproductive Rights Gala last night during which she decried the "grey-faced men" with "$2 haircuts" trying to define rape for all the simple minded ladies of America. Here's a clip from her speech, which I kind of wish came in necklace form. In…
Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights has launched a star-heavy initiative called Draw the Line, which controversially asserts that women are people who should be able to make decisions about their own bodies. It seems crazy that we've arrived at a place where this is a necessary thing that we have to tell our…
Laws defend the rights of pro-life medical professionals to refuse to perform certain procedures with which they morally disagree. But proponents of conscience rights are oddly unwilling to extend similar conscience rights to pro-choice medical professionals who believe that it's morally correct to give women autonomy…
Teva, the manufacturer of Plan B, has asked the FDA to let it sell its emergency contraception over the counter to all ages. (Currently, anyone under 17 needs a prescription.) Meanwhile, the Center For Reproductive Rights is still suing the FDA to explain the medical reason for withholding over the counter access to…
Even with a pro-choice president and a Democratic-controlled Congress, it was a pretty rocky year for reproductive rights, thanks to crusading state officials and a handful of national-scale assholes. What can we expect for next year?
But mostly, the sad reality is that reproductive rights will be fought on the…
There is no scientific reason why the morning after pill isn't available to women under 17 without a prescription. There are, however, political reasons, which is why the Center for Reproductive Rights is slamming the FDA in court over it.
Guess how Democrats kept control of the Senate? On the strength of women voters concerned about rabidly anti-choice candidates. But there's a catch.
It's not just in Poland: When a thirteen-year-old Peruvian girl was raped and impregnated, she jumped out of the window in despair. She was denied both proper treatment for her injuries and an abortion, as she discusses in this video.
"I'm thinking of ways I can fall or what I can do to end this pregnancy," said one woman to an abortion fund counselor. Why? Because she's on Medicaid, and thanks to the Hyde Amendment, her abortion won't be covered.
Americans United for Life is calling Elena Kagan, whose confirmation hearings begin in a week, a "pro-abortion activist." Unfortunately, actual abortion-rights activists are far from convinced.
