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Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed a bill Wednesday banning abortions after 15 weeks. The new law makes it illegal for a physician to perform an abortion after 15 weeks gestational age, which is defined as “the age of an unborn child as calculated from the first day of the last menstrual period of the [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a case in which a branch of Planned Parenthood challenged an Arkansas abortion law. The law requires any doctor prescribing an abortion pill to have an agreement with another doctor who can admit the patient to the hospital in the case of an emergency. A federal [...]

A Louisiana bill that would ban abortions after 15 weeks was given final legislative approval Wednesday. The act makes it illegal for a physician to perform an abortion after 15 weeks gestational age. Any physician who does so would face up to 10 years in prison and be subject to fines up to $100,000. The [...]

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday unsealed an indictment against former Volkswagen (VW) CEO and chairman of the management board Martin Winterkorn on...

The Iowa legislature on Wednesday approved a measure to ban abortions once a heartbeat is detected, or as early as six weeks of gestation. According to the bill, "'Fetal heartbeat' means cardiac activity, the steady and repetitive...

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US House Intelligence Committee released its final report absolving the Trump campaign from involvement in Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. In the almost 250-page...

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The Democratic National Committee (DNC) filed a lawsuit Friday against Donald Trump, Russia, Julian Assange, Wikileaks, and several Trump aids including Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and...

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Thursday ruled that Indiana's recent abortion law, House Enrolled Act No. 1337 , is unconstitutional . The law was enacted on March 24, 2016, and was challenged...

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held Wednesday that an Ohio law banning the state's Department of Health from funding any entity or its affiliate performing or promoting non-therapeutic abortions through...

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The foreign secretary of Bangladesh and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Friday to cement their agreement that Rohingya...