They treated a patient who had wanted to get pregnant, but decided to get an abortion rather than have a child with her abusive partner. They treated patients who had lost their houses in the 2023 Maui fires, found themselves homeless and pregnant, and wanted abortions. They treated patients who got pregnant after someone tampered… Continue reading ‘Cruel’: the supreme court could send one-time abortion deserts like Hawaii back in time | Abortion
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Breyer Gives Cryptic Answer On Foiled Supreme Court Abortion 'Compromise'
Chief Justice John Roberts reportedly tried to salvage Roe v. Wade with a compromise opinion before the Dobbs draft leaked. Source link
From IVF to birth control, Supreme Court abortion pill case could spark challenges to other drugs
WASHINGTON — Vaccines, birth control pills, hormone therapies and fertility drugs would be subject to new litigation if the Supreme Court endorses a challenge to abortion pill mifepristone, pharmaceutical industry experts warn. When the court on Tuesday weighs whether to roll back Food and Drug Administration findings that made mifepristone more readily available, it is… Continue reading From IVF to birth control, Supreme Court abortion pill case could spark challenges to other drugs
Court finds EncroChat hacked messages admissible as former footballer is jailed
A former Liverpool youth footballer has been jailed for supplying drugs after a judge ruled that messages and data harvested by police from the EncroChat encrypted phone network can be lawfully used as evidence in the case. The case, known as Embossed II, was the “lead case” in a long-running legal argument over whether evidence… Continue reading Court finds EncroChat hacked messages admissible as former footballer is jailed
Feds and Texas face off in court over border buoys to deter migrants
The state of Texas went to court Tuesday to defend placing a string of buoys in the Rio Grande to deter people crossing the river from Mexico, a day after Gov. Greg Abbott acknowledged moving some of the barriers out of Mexican waters. The federal government has ordered Texas to remove the barriers and filed… Continue reading Feds and Texas face off in court over border buoys to deter migrants
Hospital detentions for new mothers challenged in Ugandan court | Global development
Two women who were prevented from leaving hospital over unpaid medical bills are to have their case against Ugandan authorities heard this month in a case that lawyers hope will end the practice. Akello Esther Susan, 23, and NS (known by her initials) are jointly suing the government, two district councils and church dioceses over… Continue reading Hospital detentions for new mothers challenged in Ugandan court | Global development
‘My arms felt so painfully empty’: parents of Lucy Letby’s victims tell court of their loss | Lucy Letby
Their words were delivered through tears and trembling hands to a courtroom that, for 10 long months, had choked back the trauma of these horrors. This was the first time the parents of Lucy Letby’s victims had been able to express their grief. The details were harrowing. A triplet boy, now seven, who asks his… Continue reading ‘My arms felt so painfully empty’: parents of Lucy Letby’s victims tell court of their loss | Lucy Letby
Mary Trump: Donald Trump’s ‘Going To Regret’ Cameras In Court
Mary Trump believes televising Donald Trump’s criminal trials might help deprogram some of his supporters ― and predicts the former president will come to regret it. Trump is expected to appear in a Fulton County courtroom next month for his formal arraignment following his indictment on racketeering charges over an alleged conspiracy to overturn Georgia’s… Continue reading Mary Trump: Donald Trump’s ‘Going To Regret’ Cameras In Court
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Block Of Idaho Transgender Athletes Law
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a decision blocking Idaho’s first-in-the-nation ban on transgender athletes in girls and women’s sports. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a judge’s preliminary injunction against the 2020 law, which would prohibit transgender women and girls from playing on female sports teams sponsored… Continue reading Federal Appeals Court Upholds Block Of Idaho Transgender Athletes Law
Appeals court finds the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act does not apply to tribal nations
A federal law preventing parents from taking custody battles across state lines did not apply to tribal nations, a federal appeals court ruled this week. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit on Tuesday ruled in a longstanding custody dispute involving a mother, who is a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux. After… Continue reading Appeals court finds the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act does not apply to tribal nations