Nancy Northup (born 1960) is an American political activist. She is the president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, an abortion rights organization, in New York City. [1] [2] Under her leadership, the Center helped win Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, a …

Nancy Northup is President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, a global human rights organization whose game changing litigation and advocacy work have transformed how reproductive rights are understood by courts, governments, and human rights bodies.

Aug 6, 2024 · When Nancy Northup ’88 began as CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights in 2003, the U.S. was 30 years into constitutional protection of the right to an abortion, recognized by the Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade in 1973.

Feb 24, 2020 · Nancy Northup is the president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, a legal advocacy organization working to protect and expand reproductive rights around the world. Here’s how she gets it done.

Nov 1, 2019 · Nancy Northup is president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, which she has led since 2003. Under Northup’s leadership, the center’s litigation and activism has transformed how reproductive rights are understood by …

Jun 27, 2016 · Nancy Northup is the president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights. M onday’s historic decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt rescued from the brink women’s...

Northup became president of the Center for Reproductive Rights in New York in 1996. As president, Northup has led the center to major victories, including the Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mar 9, 2025 · Northup was previously the founding director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. She has served as a prosecutor and Deputy Chief of Appeals in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and held adjunct appointments at NYU Law School and Columbia Law School.

Nancy Northup is the President of the Center for Reproductive Rights, a global human rights organization that uses constitutional and international law to secure women's reproductive freedom.