Press Releases
about Reproductive Freedom
Oct 24, 2023
Georgia Supreme Court Allows Six-Week Abortion Ban to Remain in Effect as Legal Challenge Continues
ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court issued a ruling today that allows H.B. 481, a ban on abortion after approximately six weeks of pregnancy, to remain in effect. The court’s m...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: SisterSong v. State of Georgia
Oct 16, 2023
ICYMI: Leading Medical and Legal Experts Ask Supreme Court to Review Dangerous Medication Abortion Ruling
WASHINGTON – Leading medical and legal experts submitted amicus briefs last week in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine outlining the need for the Supreme Court to review an...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Sep 30, 2023
Federal Court Blocks Certain Restrictions in North Carolina’s Sweeping Abortion Ban
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Today, a federal judge blocked two provisions of North Carolina’s Senate Bill 20, a sweeping law that severely restricts access to abortion and bans care aft...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. Stein
Sep 30, 2023
Alabama Court Blocks De Facto Ban on Birth Centers in Case Brought by Midwives and Doctors
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court issued a ruling today blocking the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) from continuing to prevent the operation of ...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Sep 29, 2023
ACLU Comment on Failed House Vote to Advance Medication Abortion Restrictions in Appropriations Bill
WASHINGTON — As a possible government shutdown nears, the House of Representatives last night advanced a package of appropriation bills that included several priorities from the ...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Sep 26, 2023
Supreme Court of Ohio will Hear Oral Argument Tomorrow in Challenge to Extreme Abortion Ban
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument tomorrow in a case brought by abortion providers challenging the state government’s extreme ban on abortion a...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Preterm-Cleveland v. David Yost
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