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Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A UN committee found Friday that the UK is breaching the rights of women in Northern Ireland by restricting their access to abortions. Brazil's Supreme Federal Court...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a decision from the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upholding California's 10-day waiting period for purchasing a gun. The court denied a petition for...

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: A federal grand jury in Washington, DC, indicted 13 Russian citizens and three Russian organizations for interfering in the 2016 US presidential election. Nine local government and...

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: Dozens of attorneys with the Legal Aid Society and Bronx Defenders on Thursday held a protest outside of the Bronx Criminal Court after one of their clients were...

The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the state's order to close Capital Care, Toledo's last abortion clinic. This decision overturned previous rulings made in favor of the clinic by Lucas County Common...

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The UN expressed concern Thursday about human rights abuses in Mali despite the Malian government signing a peace agreement in 2015 with several armed groups. The...

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US Court of Appeals for the Six Circuit affirmed the constitutionality of Ohio's lethal injection method on Thursday, just two weeks prior to a scheduled execution. The case...

The Washington Senate on Wednesday voted 26-22 to pass SB 6212 , which would require insurance providers that cover maternity care to also cover elective abortions and contraception. The bill, the Reproductive Parity Act (RPA), which was...

Ireland's Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on Monday announced his Cabinet's approval to hold a referendum on abortion in late May or early June stating the exact date will become clear after a debate and vote in the Dáil...

Federal Judge David Ezra of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas on Monday temporarily blocked a Texas law requiring health facilitates and abortion clinics to bury or cremate fetal remains. A stay...