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A demonstrator holds a sign during a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court, after the leak of a draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito preparing for a majority of the court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision later this year, in Washington, U.S., May 3, 2022..
Oct 2 (Reuters) - Veteran appellate lawyer Beth Brinkmann of Covington & Burling has left the law firm to serve as senior litigation director at the Center for Reproductive Rights, a U.S. nonprofit that has been closely involved in major court clashes over abortion rights and related health services...
Brinkmann has defended reproductive rights as a partner at Washington, D.C.-based Covington, where she has worked since serving as the Obama-era U.S. Justice Department's top civil litigation appellate advocate...
Rikelman argued unsuccessfully for the Mississippi abortion clinic that was at the heart of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling last year striking down the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a constitutional right to abortion...
Brinkmann, who has argued more than 25 cases at the Supreme Court since 1993, is taking over Rikelman's role at the nonprofit as litigation over access to abortion and other related health services continues to gain steam in the aftermath of last year's decision...
