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.,