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Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on torture, on Monday urged US President Donald Trump not to reinstate torture policies. Melzer referenced the 2014 US Senate Intelligence Committee Report , which stated that the...

US President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order aimed at reducing the number of federal regulations. The executive order requires two regulations to be eliminated for every new one created and caps the costs...

The US District Court for the Western District of Texas continued the suspension of a Texas health department regulation on Friday which would require the burial or cremation of all fetal remains in Texas. The regulation...

The US District Court for the Eastern District of NY in an emergency ruling Saturday stayed the execution, until further notice, of an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump , which would restrict access to the...

JURIST Guest Columnist James G. Hodge, Jr. of The Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, discusses forthcoming "repeal and replace" strategies regarding the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and how replacements for its provisions must focus on assuring...

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signed HB 1032 into law on Thursday banning the most common abortion procedure employed in the second trimester of pregnancy—dilation and evacuation. Proponents of the law, titled "The Arkansas Unborn Child Protection...

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction Wednesday blocking a new federal rule that would prevent patients from using charitable assistance to buy private health insurance....

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed two executive orders on immigration, marking the beginning of Trump's efforts to fulfill his controversial immigration policy . The first order , titled "Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the...

The US House of Representatives on Tuesday approved legislation that prohibits the use of federal funds on abortions. The act, titled "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2017," would prohibit the...

US President Donald Trump on Monday reinstated a Reagan-era policy known as the Mexico City Policy that prevents foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from receiving US funding if they provide abortions or promote policies that...