State of New York, et al. v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., et al.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island and The Lawyering Project, a national organization that works to improve access to reproductive health care, filed a “friend of the court” brief today that shares stories of three people who experienced a loss of a loved one due to preventable pregnancy complications, in support of a lawsuit challenging the proposed dismantling of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’s Division of Reproductive Health (DRH). The brief, also filed on behalf of four organizations that seek to address maternal and infant mortality and improve maternal outcomes, illustrates through personal stories the critical need for federal systems that work to prevent maternal deaths.