Third Circuit strikes down abortion clinic layered protest zones
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has struck down a City of Pittsburgh ordinance that created a layered zone structure to prevent protesters from gathering outside...
Third Circuit strikes down abortion clinic layered protest zones
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has struck down a City of Pittsburgh ordinance that created a layered zone structure to prevent protesters from gathering outside...
North Korean human rights record likely to stay separated from nuclear diplomacy
Bruce Klingner : "North Korea has repeatedly been cited by the US government, United Nations, and independent human rights groups as one of the most egregious violators of human rights. North Korean citizens...
Brown v. City of Pittsburgh, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, October 30, 2009 .Reported in...
Ohio must halt executions until they are correctly and humanely administered under the law
Jeffrey M. Gamso : "Ohio is now uniquely in the position of three badly botched executions in the just over three years. On May 2, 2006,...
Stephanie Toti : "A state district court in Oklahoma sent a clear message last week when it struck down a law that imposed numerous restrictions on access to abortion services. Enacted in 2008, the...
Federal judge partially upholds South Dakota abortion informed consent law
A judge in the US District Court for the District of South Dakota issued a ruling Thursday clarifying what doctors in South Dakota are required to tell women seeking an abortion before performing the procedure,...
Planned Parenthood, et al. v. Rounds, et al., US District Court for the District of South Dakota, August 20, 2009 [upholding a South Dakota law that requires doctors to tell women that an abortion terminates a real, unique human life,...
Oklahoma state court judge Vicki Robertson ruled Tuesday that a state law requiring women seeking an abortion to have an ultrasound within an hour of the procedure violates the Oklahoma Constitution . Without reaching...
Illinois gives doctors 90 days to implement parental notices for abortions
The Illinois Department of Finance and Professional Regulation (DFPR) on Wednesday granted doctors a 90-day grace period for enforcement of the state's parental notification requirement for minors obtaining abortions. The grace period came at the...
US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor reiterated her commitment to applying the law fairly to the facts of each case as members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee concluded their...