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Archive for June 9th, 2008

The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in the case Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, which challenges the constitutionality of a New Hampshire law (HB 763) requiring parental notification for minors seeking abortion. The law — which has been struck down by two

Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito “raised a sharp distinction between his role as an advocate” for the Reagan administration in 1985 and “his role as a judge,” adding that his “personal” views on abortion rights “are not a matter to be

The deaths of four California women who were taking… Danco Laboratories’ Mifeprex — known generically as mifepristone, which when taken with misoprostol can cause a medical abortion — were linked to toxic shock caused by the bacterium Clostridium sordellii, but the risk

Opponents of the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court are stepping up their criticism after the release on Wednesday of a 1985 memo Alito wrote to the Reagan administration that cautioned against a “frontal assault” on Roe v. Wade — the 1973 Supreme Court

Two members of the Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday proposed an ordinance that would prohibit protesters from getting within 15 feet of any health care facility, including abortion clinics, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. The proposal — introduced by council members William Peduto

Rep Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), who is an abortion rights opponent, after the Thanksgiving recess ends on Dec. 12 plans to introduce a bill that aims to reduce the number of abortions in the U.S. by 95% over the next 10 years by funding programs that provide abortion alternatives to women, the Washington

US Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito in a 1985 memo to the Reagan administration cautioned against a “frontal assault” on Roe v. Wade — the 1973 Supreme Court decision that effectively barred state abortion bans — suggesting instead that supporting state laws that

The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments for the third time in a case aimed at determining whether antiabortion protesters can be sued under a federal extortion and racketeering law, the AP/San Jose Mercury News reports (Locy, AP/San Jose Mercury News, 11/30). The case — Scheidler

The justices of the Supreme Court on Wednesday during arguments of a constitutional challenge to a New Hampshire law (HB 763) — which requires parental notification for minors seeking abortion — seemed to suggest that “most of them will agree on a compromise that would preserve

When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on Wednesday in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England — a case challenging the constitutionality of a New Hampshire law (HB 763) that requires parental notification for minors seeking abortion — the law’s rules for