Judicial Advocacy
Learn more about amicus briefs that SMFM has submitted that may impact access to reproductive health services, including abortion care, for high-risk individuals.
Planned Parenthood of Montana v. The State of Montana
Supreme Court of the State of Montana
Opposing abortion restrictions in Montana
Isaacson v. Brnovich
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Opposing reason regulation and personhood provision in Arizona
The United States of America vs. The State of Texas, Et al.
Supreme Court of the United States
Opposing abortion restrictions in Texas
The United States of America vs. The State of Texas, Et al.
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Opposing abortion restrictions in Texas
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Supreme Court of the United States
Opposing Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, et al. v. Wilson, et al.
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Opposing 6-week abortion ban in South Carolina
Sistersong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, et al. v. Kemp, et al.
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Opposing abortion restrictions in Georgia
ACOG v. FDA
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Opposing the FDA’s in-person dispensing requirement of Mifepristone during the COVID-19 pandemic
HHS Conscience Rule Amicus Efforts
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Opposing the HHS rule “Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care,” known as the HHS Conscience Rule.
ACOG v. FDA
United States District Court for the District of Maryland
Opposing the FDA’s in-person dispensing requirement of Mifepristone during the COVID-19 pandemic
Adams & Boyle, P.C. v. Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General of Tennessee
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Opposing restrictions on abortion in Tennessee
Yashica Robinson v. Attorney General, State of Alabama
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Opposing restrictions on abortion in Alabama
Preterm Cleveland v. Attorney General of Ohio
United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio
Opposing restrictions on abortion in Ohio
South Wind Women’s Center, LLC. v. J. Kevin Stitt
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Opposing abortion ban in Oklahoma
June Medical Services, L.L.C. v. Russo
Supreme Court of the United States
Opposing admitting privileges requirement in Louisiana
Jackson Women’s Health Organization v. Dobbs
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Opposing 15-week abortion ban in Mississippi
Jackson Women’s Health Organization v. Dobbs
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Opposing 6-week abortion ban in Mississippi
EMW Women’s Surgical Center v. Meier
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Opposing restrictions on accessing D&E in Kentucky
EMW Women’s Surgical Center v. Meier
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Opposing transport agreement requirement in Kentucky
Little Rock Family Planning Services v. Rutledge
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Opposing 18-week and reason ban in Arkansas
Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region v. Parson
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Opposing gestational age and reason bans in Missouri
Preterm-Cleveland v. Acton
6th Circuit Court of Appeals
Opposing reason ban in Ohio
Title X Amicus Efforts
SMFM signed onto a number of briefs in opposition to the recent Title X restrictions, including American Medical Association, et al., v. Alex M. Azar II, et al., Essential Access Health, Inc., v. Alex M. Azar II, et al., California v, Alex M. Azar II, et al., Family Planning Association of Maine v. Alex M. Azar II, et al., Washington v. Alex M. Azar II, et al., Oregon v. Alex M. Azar II, et al.,