Oct. 27, 2016 – The Center for Reproductive Rights today denounced the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) for ignoring thousands of public comments expressing concern over the state’s latest politically motivated attempt to restrict a woman’s right to access safe and legal abortion by requiring mandatory burial or cremation of embryonic and fetal […]
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As the Hyde Amendment Turns Forty, Center for Reproductive Rights Continues to Call for Repeal
Sept. 30, 2016 – Just three months after successfully challenging a sweeping Texas law designed to shut down most of the state’s abortion clinics with medically unnecessary restrictions, the Center for Reproductive Rights is calling for repeal of the Hyde Amendment and all bans on insurance coverage for abortion. Today marks 40 years since passage […]
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House Judiciary Subcommittee Holds Hearing Targeting Low-Income Women’s Access to Safe, Legal Abortion
Sept. 23, 2016 – Despite facing a host of other issues related to access to critical health care services, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice earlier today held a hearing which focused on two measures further restricting access to safe and legal abortion care. Specifically, the hearing—which was chaired by Congressman […]