Legal Advocacy & Impact Litigation Library
Updated: March 18, 2022

Committee to Defend Reproductive Rights v. Myers

Filing Date1981-05-08
Case TypeDirect Representation
LocationCalifornia
Status: Inactive

NCYL staff attorney Abigail English, working with other advocates, won a ruling from the California Supreme Court that poor, pregnant women, including teenagers, have a right under the California Constitution to state funding for abortions as well as for prenatal care.