In July 2007, the Reproductive Science Center received 120 calls inquiring about egg donation.
"I think there is a spike more for financial reasons, " said Mahshid Albrecht, manager of Donor Services at the Reproductive Science Center.
"We are seeing an increase in inquiries, but we're not sure if it's due to the economy or increased awareness, " said Dr. Susan Willman, a reproductive endocrinologist at the Reproductive Science Center of the Bay Area.
"We intend to make it ... clear that no one's constitutional rights are subject to revision by lawmakers intent on scoring political points, and that attempts such as this to turn back the clock on reproductive rights will not stand, " Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, said in a statement.
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Ms. LITHWICK: The lawsuit was filed by a New York entity, the Center for Reproductive Rights.
The Center for Reproductive Rights and the ACLU have vowed to challenge the law in federal court.
Julie Rikelman, litigation director for the Center for Reproductive Rights, said the group has provided three attorneys to argue that case.
The Center for Reproductive Rights announced Tuesday that it has committed to challenging the fetal heartbeat bill on behalf of the clinic.
Attorneys for the Center for Reproductive Rights have said in court papers that every day the ruling is not enforced is "life-altering" to some women.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Arkansas and the Center for Reproductive Rights are preparing to file a federal lawsuit challenging the 12-week ban.
In court papers, attorneys for the Center for Reproductive Rights have said every day that the ruling does not get enforced is "life-altering" to some women.
Korman's order sparked praise among supporters of the morning-after pill for all ages, such as the Center for Reproductive Rights, which had launched a relevant lawsuit.
The Center for Reproductive Rights, a liberal advocacy group that had sued to lift the restrictions, said that with the judge's ruling, science had prevailed over politics.
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The Center for Reproductive Rights, which brought the case, argued that there was no scientific proof that girls younger than 17 could not safely use the drug without supervision.
In 2010 the Center for Reproductive Rights asked the court to rule the FDA failed to fully act on the court's earlier order, and a hearing on the matter is scheduled for Tuesday.
In 2001 the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a petition with FDA seeking a ruling that would move Plan B then sold by prescription to all age groups out from behind the pharmacy counter.
Ms. JANET CREPPS (Center for Reproductive Rights): It's the state of Missouri saying that we think our law should trump the law of our surrounding states, but that's not how our federal system works.
Absent a stay, "we will want to go back to court as quickly as possible and ask the judge to hold them in contempt, " said Janet Crepps, a senior counsel for the Center for Reproductive Rights.
The Center for Reproductive Rights, which filed suit against the age restriction, and other groups have argued that contraceptives are being held to a different and non-scientific standard than other drugs and that politics has played a role in decision-making.
In a letter to the Center for Reproductive Rights denying the petition, the FDA disclosed for the first time that Teva would have had three years of exclusivity for full non-prescription sales of Plan B One-Step if the application had been approved.
"We are seeing an incredible acceleration in the speed and in the breadth of the restrictions on abortion that are passing, " said Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, which supports abortion rights and challenges some of the state laws in court.
The decision was the first by a federal appellate court upholding the constitutionality of a state law mandating a physician's description of an ultrasound, said Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, a New York nonprofit that represents the physicians challenging the Texas law.
Lowering the age limit "may reduce delays for some young women but it does nothing to address the significant barriers that far too many women of all ages will still find if they arrive at the drugstore without identification, " said Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights.
"We are deeply disappointed that just days after President Obama proclaimed his commitment to women's reproductive rights, his administration has decided once again to deprive women of their right to obtain emergency contraception without unjustified and burdensome restrictions, " said Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, which filed the lawsuit that prompted Korman's ruling.
The center also teaches teenage mothers about reproductive health and contraception.
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