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The US Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to review for the third time a 19-year old abortion case. In 1994 the Court held that the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) could be used to challenge anti-abortion blockades...

The Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood Federation of America have filed a federal suit claiming Florida's new Parental Notice of Abortion Act , taking effect July 1, can delay...

The New York Senate on Wednesday approved a bill which would provide for over-the-counter sales of emergency contraceptives. The current law requires a physician's visit, which State Sen. Nicholas Spano (R-Westchester) , the bill's sponsor, said involves "frequent...

Leading Wednesday's international brief, the South African National Assembly has approved the highly controversial national Children's Bill , nine years after its first introduction. The bill, which will be presented to the National Council of Provinces...

Leading Tuesday's states brief, the Indiana Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on whether abortion clinics should be allowed to pursue their challenge to the state's abortion "implied consent" law , which requires women seeking an...

The US Supreme Court Monday declined to consider whether hundreds of criminals sentenced prior to US v. Booker - a landmark ruling on federal sentencing guidelines - should receive reduced prison sentences, despite Justice Department urging...

With many predicting a retirement announcement from current Chief Justice William Rehnquist when the US Supreme Court's current term ends June 27, advisors to President Bush are said to be concentrating on three possible replacements: Judge John...

After a referendum to liberalize Italy's fertility laws failed on Monday, church leaders and Italian politicians are sending some conflicting signals about the legal future of abortion in the country, which legalized abortion in 1978 and strongly...

Texas Governor Rick Perry signed a bill Sunday requiring parental consent to abortions for girls under the age of 18 and tighter restrictions on abortions for women who are more than 26 weeks pregnant. Before...

Richmond Medical Center for Women, et al. v. Hicks, et al., United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, June 3, 2005 [finding unconstitutional a Virginia law prohibiting a controversial late-term partial-birth abortion procedure because it lacks an exception...