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The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) is a global legal advocacy organization, headquartered in New York City, [6] that seeks to advance reproductive rights, such as abortion. The organization's stated mission is to "use the law to advance reproductive freedom as a fundamental human right that all governments are legally obligated to protect ...
Janet Benshoof (May 10, 1947 – December 18, 2017) was an American human rights lawyer and President and Founder of the Global Justice Center. [1] [2] She founded the Center for Reproductive Rights, the world's first international human rights organization focused on reproductive choice and equality.
She is the president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, an abortion rights organization, in New York City. [1] [2] Under her leadership, the Center helped win Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, a U.S. Supreme Court case. [3]
In November 2024 a documentary movie about Zurawski and her case titled Zurawski v Texas was released in cinemas. The movie features Zurawski and others centered in the case, alongside lead attorney Molly Duane of the Center for Reproductive Rights and others and was co-directed by Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault.
During the argument, Molly Duane, a lawyer for the Center for Reproductive Rights, stated, "We are just seeking clarification on what the law aims to do". Texas Supreme Court justice Brett Busby , however, pushed back on this point, arguing that the Court's purpose is to "decide cases" rather than to "elaborate and expand" the meaning of state ...
From 1999 to 2001, she was a Blackmun Fellow at the Center for Reproductive Rights. From 2001 to 2004, she was an associate at Feldman & Orlansky in Anchorage, Alaska . From 2004 to 2006, she was a senior associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York City .
On September 11, 2023, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit against the State of Tennessee, [7] claiming the current legislation is "unconstitutionally vague" [10] and violates the Tennessee Constitution’s Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses by not protecting the life of pregnant persons. The State of Tennessee attempted to ...
Abortion in Oregon is legal at all stages of pregnancy. [1] [2] The Center for Reproductive Rights classifies Oregon as highly protective of abortion rights.[3]The number of abortion clinics in Oregon has declined over the years, with sixty in 1982, forty in 1992, and fifteen in 2014.