The US Senate on Tuesday voted against a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of gestation. Supporters of the bill, which needed 60 votes but only received 54, contend...
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The US House of Representatives on Friday approved the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 , a bill that would cut all federal funding to women's healthcare provider Planned Parenthood . The vote followed...
South Dakota lawmakers petition Supreme Court to reconsider Roe v. Wade abortion ruling
A group of South Dakota lawmakers on Tuesday presented a resolution to the US Supreme Court asking it to overturn its abortion rulings in such cases as Roe v. Wade . The lawmakers believe ...
Federal judge rules employers may refuse to provide contraceptive coverage for moral reasons
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Monday that employers may refuse to provide insurance coverage for contraception for moral reasons, rather than restricting the ability to refuse to those with religious...
Planned Parenthood on Friday filed a complaint in the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama , alleging that Alabama Governor Robert Bentley's termination of Medicaid provider agreements for the facility violates...
Alaska court strikes down abortion law limiting Medicaid funding
The Alaska Superior Court struck down a state law Thursday, finding that it would have placed unconstitutional regulations on Medicaid coverage of abortions to the detriment of low-income women. The case was...
El Salvador supreme court rules street gangs are terrorist groups
El Salvador's Supreme Court ruled Monday that the country's street gangs and those who support them financially will now be classified as terrorist groups. The ruling was made as part of a...
The US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee , on Monday, lifted a temporary restraining order which limited the state in enforcing new abortion laws regarding licensing standards for clinics. The new laws require all abortion...
"Religious Freedom" as a Shield and a Sword: Tensions Between Conflicting Rights
JURIST Guest Columnist Nancy Marcus of Indiana Tech Law School discusses religious freedom in the US...In a recent battle between reproductive rights and religious freedom, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Stormans, Inc. v. Wiesman rejected...
Appeals court rules letter to abortion clinic not necessarily protected speech
The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Tuesday overturned a summary decision that an anti-abortion activist's letter was protected speech under the First Amendment . Angel Dillard had written a letter...