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Wolf v. General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

No. 73 MM 2022 | Pennsylvania state supreme court

Filed Date: July 28, 2022

Closed Date: Oct. 4, 2022

This is a case about reproductive rights in Pennsylvania. This lawsuit was filed on July 28, 2022, in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. The governor of Pennsylvania and the state’s acting secretary of the commonwealth, as both officials and private citizens, sued the state’s legislative body, the General Assembly. The plaintiffs, who were represented by the state’s Office of General Counsel and a private law firm, requested that the Court use its King’s Bench power, which would let the case be…
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Wolf v. General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

482 MD 2022 | Pennsylvania state appellate court

Filed Date: Sept. 23, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about reproductive rights in Pennsylvania. This lawsuit was filed on September 23, 2022, in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, which is an intermediate appeals court with original jurisdiction over the case. The Governor of Pennsylvania, Tom Wolf, and the Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth, Leigh M. Chapman, sued Pennsylvania’s legislature, the General Assembly. The plaintiffs, represented by a private law firm, sought a declaratory judgment that the General Assembly’s pro…
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Davis v. Edmondson

CJ-2009-9154 | Oklahoma state trial court

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2009

Case Ongoing

On September 29, 2009, the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR), on behalf of two Oklahoma resident taxpayers, filed a lawsuit in the District Court of Oklahoma County (Oklahoma state trial court). The lawsuit challenged Oklahoma House Bill 1595 on the grounds that the law violated the Oklahoma State Constitution’s “single-subject” requirement and that its enforcement would unlawfully use taxpayer funds. H.B. 1595 included a ban on “sex-selective abortions” and established new reporting require…
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South Wind Women's Center v. Hunter

CV-2019-2506 | Oklahoma state trial court

Filed Date: Nov. 8, 2019

Closed Date: Feb. 23, 2021

On November 8, 2019, South Wind Women's Center and Trust Women Oklahoma City (two reproductive healthcare facilities), the medical director of the Trust Women clinics, and a nurse practitioner of Trust Women filed this lawsuit. Represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights, the plaintiffs challenged two Oklahoma statutes, 63 O.S. § 1-729.1 (“Physician-In Person Law”) and 63 O.S. § 1-731(A) (”Physician-Only Law”). The Physician-In Person Law prohibited the administration of medication aborti…
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Tulsa Women's Reproductive Clinic v. Hunter

cv-2019-2176 | Oklahoma state trial court

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2019

Case Ongoing

On September 25, 2019, Tulsa Women’s Reproductive Clinic, represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights, filed this lawsuit in an Oklahoma trial court challenging an Oklahoma law that forced doctors to tell patients that medication abortion can be “reversed” within 72 hours before their medication abortion appointment, a claim that is unsupported by scientific evidence. This law, S.B. 614, also required abortion providers to put up signs and inform patients of a website and 24-hour hotline …
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Nova Health Systems v. Henry

CJ-2008-9119 | Oklahoma state trial court

Filed Date: Oct. 9, 2008

Case Ongoing

On October 9, 2008, NOVA Health Systems, a reproductive health clinic that offered abortions, challenged Oklahoma Senate Bill 1878 in the District Court of Oklahoma County. The law would impose numerous restrictions on the performance of an abortion, including a requirement that, before a woman may obtain an abortion, she must listen to her doctor describe an ultrasound image of her pregnancy. It also imposed limits on the administration of medication abortion and included informed consent requ…
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Whole Woman's Health v. Smith

1:16-cv-01300 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2016

Closed Date: Aug. 23, 2022

Whole Woman's Health and several other reproductive healthcare providers filed this lawsuit against the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas on December 12, 2016. Plaintiffs were represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights as well as private counsel. The suit challenged proposed regulations published by the Texas Department of State Health Services. These proposed regulations would require embryonic and fetal tissue …
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Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice v. Cline

CV-2011-1722 | Oklahoma state trial court

Filed Date: Oct. 5, 2011

Case Ongoing

On October 5, 2011, the Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice (a non-profit dedicated to promoting reproductive justice) and NOVA Health Systems (a clinic providing reproductive healthcare services), represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) filed this lawsuit. Plaintiffs named as defendants the Oklahoma Commissioners of Health, the Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision, and the Oklahoma State Board of Osteopathic Examiners. The lawsuit challenged Oklahom…
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Nova Health Systems v. Cline

cv-2015-1838 | Oklahoma state trial court

Filed Date: Oct. 2, 2015

Case Ongoing

On October 2, 2015, NOVA Health Systems (NOVA, a reproductive services health care clinic that provides abortions), represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights, filed a lawsuit in the District Court of Oklahoma County (Oklahoma state trial court). The lawsuit challenged recently enacted state laws H.B. 1721 and H.B. 1409, which banned the most common method of second-trimester abortion, “dilation and evacuation,” and increased the state’s mandatory waiting period from 24 to 72 hours, resp…
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Nova Health Systems v. Edmondson

cv-2010-533 | Oklahoma state trial court

Filed Date: April 27, 2010

Case Ongoing

On April 27, 2010, NOVA Health Systems (a reproductive healthcare clinic), a physician providing abortion care in Oklahoma, and the Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice filed a challenge against Oklahoma House Bill 2780. The law prohibited a woman from getting an abortion unless she was first given an ultrasound, shown the ultrasound image, and listened to her doctor describe the image in detail. Represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR), Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit on th…