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Roe v. Crawford, United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, Judge Dean Whipple, July 18, 2006 . Read the full text of the ruling...

The state of Missouri must give all prison inmates access to abortion a federal judge in Kansas City ruled Tuesday. US District Judge Dean Whipple ruled last year in...

A US military lawyer for David Hicks said the US government cannot legally prosecute the Australian-born Guantanamo detainee again because a trial would constitute double jeopardy under the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution. The...

The US Supreme Court said Monday that it would consider whether the Clean Air Act requires the US Environmental Protection Agency to regulate "greenhouse gas" emissions from automobiles. The court granted...

South Dakota Secretary of State Chris Nelson confirmed Monday that a law banning most abortions , which was passed by the state legislature and signed by the governor earlier this year, will appear on...

The US Supreme Court on Monday announced it would hear a second case challenging the constitutionality of the federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 . The court granted certiorari in Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood...

Governor Kathleen Blanco of Louisiana signed a bill Saturday that could ban most abortions in the state. The bill, which would apply to all abortions except when the life of the mother...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Friday to allow two anti-abortion health care groups to intervene in a California lawsuit regarding the federal Weldon Amendment , which prohibits federal...

SB 33, Abortion: Prohibits abortion, except when necessary to save the life of the mother; State of Louisiana, passed by the Louisiana Senate June 5, 2006 [banning nearly all abortions in Louisiana if the US Supreme Court strikes down Roe...

The Louisiana Senate voted unanimously Monday to send a bill that would ban nearly all abortions in the state to Gov. Kathleen Blanco , who is expected to sign it into...