An Alaskan Superior Court judge on Monday refused to block a law requiring parental notification for women under the age of 18 to have an abortion , allowing the law to take effect Tuesday. The law was...
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An Illinois Cook County Circuit Court judge ruled Monday that the Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995 is constitutional. While lifting the temporary restraining order on the law's enforcement, Judge Daniel Riley approved...
Utah governor signs bill criminalizing attempted illegal abortions
Utah Governor Gary Herbert (R) signed a bill into law on Monday that would allow a woman to be charged with criminal homicide if she arranges for an illegal abortion. Bill HB 462 ...
US judge grants asylum to German immigrants wanting to homeschool
A US immigration judge granted asylum to a German family on Tuesday, ruling that Germany's laws against homeschooling gave the family a well-founded fear of persecution. The Romeike family fled Germany in 2008,...
Illinois court again delays enforcement of abortion parental notification law
An Illinois Cook County Circuit Court judge on Wednesday granted a temporary restraining order on the Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995 only hours after the Illinois Medical Disciplinary Board had ruled to begin enforcing...
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,...
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...
Seventh Circuit dissolves injunction against Illinois abortion notification law
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday dissolved an injunction that had previously barred the enforcement of a controversial abortion notification law in Illinois. Having been the subject of numerous court...
Zbaraz, et al. v. Madigan, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, July 14, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper...