Press Releases
about Reproductive Freedom
Dec 10, 2021
Supreme Court Refuses to Block Texas Abortion Ban, Greenlights Bounty-Hunting Scheme
SCOTUS Largely Dismisses Federal Challenges to Texas Ban, Ending Most Promising Pathways to Blocking Law
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson
Oct 22, 2021
Supreme Court Will Hear Texas Abortion Ban Cases
SCOTUS did not grant a request to immediately block the ban, but will hear two cases against the ban on November 1
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson
Oct 18, 2021
Texas Abortion Ban Goes to the Supreme Court For a Third Time
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice moments ago asked the Supreme Court to step in and block Texas’ extreme abortion ban after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals once again ...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson
Oct 14, 2021
Federal Appeals Court Allows Texas Abortion Ban to Remain in Effect
AUSTIN, Texas — In a lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted Texas’ request to pause the district court’s preliminary injunct...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson
Oct 12, 2021
Supreme Court to Determine Whether Kentucky Attorney General can Continue Eleventh-Hour Effort to Revive Abortion Ban
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard oral arguments this morning in Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center, a case that will decide whether Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cam...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center
Oct 08, 2021
Texas Abortion Ban Allowed to Take Effect — Again
AUSTIN, Texas — In a lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed a lower court injunction of Texas’ extreme abortion ban moments ago...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson
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