Reproductive Rights
The Reproductive Rights program of the New York Civil Liberties Union (RRP) is the only New York State-based legal organization that focuses on reproductive rights. RRP defines reproductive rights broadly to include not only abortion rights and access, but also birth control, reproductive and sexual health, equal treatment of pregnant and parenting women in employment and education, comprehensive and medically accurate sex and HIV/AIDS education, and patient privacy. RRP is committed to preserving and expanding the rights of all New Yorkers, but especially the most vulnerable: low-income women, women of color and adolescents. We further our goals through litigation and legal analysis, advocacy, outreach and education.
Strengthen Reproductive Rights in New York
April 25, 2017
Pregnancy Care Center v. City of New York (Defending NYC law requiring PSCs to disclose scope of their services)
November 9, 2011In re Rockefeller (Supporting transgender man's petition for name change)
July 31, 2007In re McCusker v. St. Rose of Lima Parish School, Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn
July 31, 2007
Long Island Gynecological Services v. Murphy (Protecting an abortion clinic from anti-choice trespassers)
July 17, 2007People v. Gilligan (Challenging the arrest and prosecution of alcohol-dependent pregnant women)
July 17, 2007Brighton Residents Against Violence to Children, Inc. v. Wortman (Challenging misuse of zoning laws to stop abortion services)
July 17, 2007
Maternal Mortality Review Board
June 12, 2018Reproductive Health Act
May 30, 2017In Support of Clarifying Minors’ Ability to Consent to HIV Treatment
June 14, 2016
In Support of the Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act of 2015
January 21, 2016Legislative Memo: Emergency Contraception
July 5, 2015Legislative Memo: Healthy Teens Act
July 5, 2015
The Latest

NY Students Deserve Comprehensive Sex Education

Huge Wins for Reproductive Justice, Voting Rights and Trans New...
January 22, 2019
New York's Flawed Abortion Law Makes Women Vulnerable
January 11, 2019
NYCLU Calls on New State Legislature to Pass Civil Rights Reforms
November 7, 2018
Guide: Teenagers, Health Care, and the Law (English and Spanish)
October 2, 2018
NYCLU Comment on Trump Administration's New Gag Rule
May 22, 2018
NYCLU Calls on Albany to put the People’s Agenda on the table
April 25, 2018