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Victory! Lambda Legal Hails U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Protecting Access to Abortion

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June 27, 2016

Today, in a 5-3 decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down two provisions of a Texas anti-abortion law that, if allowed to go into effect, would have forced 75 percent of Texas abortion clinics to close. Lambda Legal applauded today’s decision.

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Abortion Stigma and the Politics of the Closet

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June 23, 2016

Any day now the U.S. Supreme Court will issue a decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, which may be the most important abortion case in decades. The case involves a challenge to two provisions of Texas's House Bill 2, an anti-abortion law enacted in July 2013 that, if allowed to go into effect, would force the vast majority of Texas abortion clinics to close.

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What Happened at the Supreme Court Arguments in the Texas Abortion Case

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March 3, 2016

Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief in this case, arguing that landmark decisions vindicating the rights of LGBT people compel the conclusion that the constitutional right to choose to have an abortion finds protection under the Equal Protection Clause as well as the Due Process Clause of the federal Constitution.
Video From The Court: Our Attorneys React To Arguments in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt

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March 2, 2016

See video reactions from our attorneys after today's Supreme Court arguments.

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Why This Year’s Reproductive Freedom Supreme Court Cases are Important for LGBT People and Those Living with HIV

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March 1, 2016

The rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (“LGBT”) and people living with HIV are on the line again this year before the United States Supreme Court.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Health Care Fairness, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Transgender Rights

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