Ohio lawmakers on Wednesday approved a bill that would block federal and state funds from reaching groups that promote or perform abortions, effectively defunding Planned Parenthood. The bill passed in the Ohio House of Representatives by...
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JURIST Guest Columnist Kermit Roosevelt of the University of Pennsylvania Law School discusses abortion rights in America ...In 1973, over 40 years ago now, the US Supreme Court entered the abortion fray in Roe v. Wade. Roe offered the nation...
UN to Zika-affected nations: allow women access to contraception and abortion
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday urged nations affected by the Zika virus to review their laws and allow women access to contraceptive devices and abortion . The commissioner reported that...
Human rights groups urge Sierra Leone president to sign abortion bill
In an open letter released Thursday, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International , along with five other advocacy groups, urged Sierra Leonean President Ernest Bai Koroma to sign a bill that would increase women's access to...
Federal judge strikes down portion of Louisiana abortion law
A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana ruled Tuesday that part of an abortion law requiring hospital admitting privileges for doctors who provide abortions is unconstitutional. Section A(2)(a) of Act...
Texas grand jury indicts activists behind Planned Parenthood video
A Texas grand jury has found no criminal wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood over allegations of selling fetal tissue, instead indicting two activists responsible for releasing videos that spurred the allegations. Harris County District Attorney Devon...
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in a case regarding a North Dakota law that would ban abortion as soon as a heartbeat is detectable, as early as six weeks. The Abortion Control...
Portugal president vetoes bills liberalizing abortion, same-sex adoption
Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva on Monday vetoed bills aimed at granting full adoption rights to same-sex couples and at removing restrictions on abortions . The president stated that the legislation represents a...
Kansas appellate court strikes down abortion law that restricts a common procedure method
The Kansas Court of Appeals on Friday turned down a state law that would prohibit doctors from using the most common second-trimester abortion method. The Kansas Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act was enacted...
UN report: 'shocking' crimes committed by all sides in South Sudan conflict
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reported Thursday that "shocking crimes" have been committed by all sides in the war-torn South Sudan. The report said that extra-judicial killings, disappearances, gang-rapes, sexual...