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13 Jul, 4 tweets, 1 min read
A statement from Nancy Northup, Center president & CEO, on today’s lawsuit filing to block Texas law #SB8: “If this oppressive law takes effect, it will decimate abortion access in Texas--and that’s exactly what it is designed to do..."
“...The state has put a bounty on the head of any person or entity who so much as gives a patient money for an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, before most people know they are pregnant. Worse, it will intimidate loved ones from providing support for fear of being sued...”
“...And this is happening to Texans as we are fighting another direct challenge to Roe v. Wade in the Supreme Court, out of Mississippi. We will pursue every legal avenue we can to block this and other pernicious laws.”
Read our full statement and learn more about this lawsuit:
reproductiverights.org/lawsuit-to-blo…

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13 Jul
#BREAKING: We're suing #Texas. Joined by Whole Woman's Health (@wholewomans) and a broad coalition of abortion providers and others who assist patients in accessing abortion, we’ve filed a lawsuit to block the state's radical new law banning abortion as early as six weeks.
❗The Texas law, #SB8, also encourages *anyone* to act as a bounty hunter by awarding $10,000+ to anyone who successfully sues another person for providing or assisting an abortion after six weeks. #SB8 is set to take effect on September 1. #TXDeservesBetter
❗#SB8 blatantly violates Texans’ constitutional right to privacy and liberty as established by #RoevWade nearly 50 years ago.
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#BREAKING: The U.S. House Appropriations Committee has introduced a spending bill WITHOUT the Hyde Amendment! 👏 Congress’ bold move introducing a spending bill without this ban on abortion is just the beginning—we won’t stop until we #BeBoldEndHyde for good.
A statement from Nancy Northup, Center President and CEO: “We applaud the House Appropriations Committee, under the leadership of Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro, for introducing bills free from restrictions on coverage of abortion care...”
“...For more than 40 years, bans on abortion coverage, including the Hyde amendment and related restrictions, have denied insurance coverage of abortion for people working to make ends meet...”
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13 Oct 20
🚨BREAKING🚨A federal appeals court in Texas just struck down the state’s ban on the standard abortion procedure used after 15 weeks of pregnancy. We filed this lawsuit in 2017 on behalf of @WholeWomans in partnership with @PPFA.
Doctors who violated Texas’s ban would have faced up to two years in prison. As Judge James L Dennis wrote in his decision today, “[This law] unduly burdens a woman’s constitutionally-protected right to obtain a previability abortion.”
"Today’s decision puts a stop to Texas’s strategy to ban one abortion procedure after another until it is all but inaccessible. We are proud, once again, to lead the charge challenging bad laws and ensuring that all Texans get the healthcare they deserve." - CEO Nancy Northup
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13 Oct 20
NUMEROUS inaccuracies have come to the forefront of Judge Barrett's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, misrepresenting what the future of abortion access in the U.S could be, if Roe fell.

We're here to set the record straight.
#WhatIfRoeFell #WeDissent
The fight for the Supreme Court is a fight for our reproductive rights. If Roe fell, there are 24 states that could immediately act to prohibit abortion outright.
Right now, abortion is only protected under state law in 21 U.S. states and Washington, D.C.
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12 Oct 20
“People are scared for another reason. They know what a future without the protections of Roe v. Wade looks like because President Trump has explicitly stated he would only put up Supreme Court nominees that would overturn Roe v. Wade..."
"..He said it clearly. We should believe him.”

- Senator Cory Booker, in his remarks today as part of Judge Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearings for the U.S. Supreme Court.
If Roe fell, the harm would fall hardest on people already facing systemic barriers to care: Black and brown people, people with disabilities, people with low incomes, young people, those in rural areas, and anyone unable to travel out of state to seek access to abortion care.
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BREAKING: For only the second time since our founding, the Center for Reproductive Rights is opposing the confirmation of a U.S. Supreme Court nominee.

A statement from our CEO Nancy Northup on the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett:

#WeDissent
“For only the second time since our founding in 1992, the Center for Reproductive Rights is opposing the confirmation of a U.S. Supreme Court nominee.
Less than three weeks ago, the American people lost a champion for gender equality and reproductive rights with the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. On September 26, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace her.
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