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Florida supreme court suspends abortion waiting period

April 24, 2016 10:49:47 AM

The Florida Supreme Court on Friday granted a motion to suspend the state's mandatory 24-hour waiting period for abortions. The ban shall remain suspended until the court determines whether it will accept jurisdiction over the case....

April 8, 2016 12:19:54 PM

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Planned Parenthood of Indiana filed suit against the state of Indiana on Thursday, challenging the constitutionality of a recently-signed abortion law that would prevent abortions sought due...

March 29, 2016 01:49:35 PM

Utah became the first state to require doctors to administer anesthesia to women receiving an abortion after 20-weeks on Monday when the governor signed Senate Bill 234 . The bill was signed into law along with 55 other bills [press...

March 26, 2016 10:29:43 AM

Florida Governor Rick Scott on Friday signed a bill into law that will cut off state funding to clinics providing abortions as well as impose more restrictions on abortions in the state. The law,...

March 25, 2016 01:08:35 PM

Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed a controversial bill on Thursday banning abortions motivated by concerns of the fetus' gender, race or potential disabilities. The bill also places restrictions on medical providers, requiring a thorough doctor consultation...

March 15, 2016 12:26:00 PM

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas issued a preliminary injunction on Monday blocking Arkansas from enforcing its abortion pill restrictions. Arkansas passed Act 577 in March...

March 15, 2016 11:26:52 AM

Indiana activists on Monday delivered a petition to the Indiana statehouse urging Governor Mike Pence to not sign HB 1337 , which they claim places overly burdensome restrictions on abortions. The bill requires practitioners to get...

March 13, 2016 01:47:37 PM

Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma on Saturday again blocked a bill that would have legalized abortion in the country. The Safe Abortion Act of 2015 passed with broad support in parliament in...

March 12, 2016 10:46:53 AM

West Virginia and South Dakota on Thursday enacted controversial laws limiting abortions. In West Virginia, lawmakers overrode Governor Earl Ray Tomblin's veto and passed a law preventing the dilation and evacuation abortion procedure,...

March 10, 2016 10:01:18 AM

West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin on Wednesday vetoed a bill banning second-trimester abortions. Tomblin expressed concern that the bill creates constitutional issues and conflicts with women's health rights. Supporters argue the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Night of the Murdered Poets takes place in USSR

Soviet authorities under Josef Stalin executed a group of 13 Jewish intellectuals from the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee, an organization dedicated to supporting the Soviet war effort against Nazi Germany, on August 12, 1952. The 13 stood accused of supporting the US and Zionism as well as trying to create an independent republic in Crimea, which all but one falsely confessed to under torture. Learn more about the Night of the Murdered Poets from the World Jewish Congress and Forward. Also read a history of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee from the Jewish Virtual Library.

Swiss banks agreed to compensate Holocaust victims for holding assets

On August 12, 1998, Swiss banks agreed to pay $1.25 billion to settle lawsuits brought by Holocaust survivors and their heirs. The plaintiffs had alleged that the banks had kept millions of dollars deposited by Holocaust victims before and during World War II. Read CNN's original report of the story.

City of Chicago founded

On August 12, 1833, the City of Chicago was founded. The city was later formally incorporated with a town charter on March 4, 1837.
Learn more about the history of Chicago's charter from the Encyclopedia of Chicago.

Former Japan PM convicted of accepting bribes

On August 12, 1983, the former Prime Minister of Japan, Tanaka Kakuei was convicted of accepting bribes while in office and sentenced to 4 years in jail. He came to be described as "the paragon of post war corruption" for taking money from the defense contractor Boeing in exchange for favorable contracts. Also on this day, Nikita Kruschev famously banged his shoe on the table during a heated argument before the United Nations General Assembly.