The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit Friday morning to challenge Alabama’s near-total abortion ban, which was signed into law by Gov. Planned Parenthood tweeted, “along with our partners at @ACLUAlabama, we just filed a lawsuit, challenging Alabama’s outright abortion ban. pic.twitter.com/o3j25NsaHM — ACLU (@ACLU) May 24, 2019BREAKING: along with our …
A federal lawsuit filed Friday asks a judge to block an Alabama law that outlaws almost all abortions, the most far-reaching attempt by a conservative state to seek new restrictions on the procedure. The lawsuit says the Alabama law to criminalize abortion is clearly unconstitutional and would harm women by forcing them to continue pregnancies against their will. Robinson told The Associated …
With Alabama signing its new abortion bill into law, it has adopted the most restrictive stance on abortion in the country. Under the law, abortion has been made a felony in nearly every instance, with the only exception being medical emergencies. It was announced on Friday that Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union have filed a federal lawsuit against Alabama regarding the …
Can the government ban the text of the First Amendment itself on municipal transit ads because free speech is too “political” for public display? If this sounds like some ridiculous brain teaser, it should. But unfortunately it’s not.
Recall the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) video release last year that revealed a scandal by Planned Parenthood allegedly negotiating the sale of aborted body parts for profit. One of the largest group’s involved was StemExpress, a for-profit company who sued CMP back in 2015 in an effort to prevent a recorded dinner meeting conversation from public view. In the video , Cate Dyer, …
A lawsuit was filed against the state of Texas on Monday seeking to halt new rules mandating the burial or cremation of aborted fetal remains. The Texas Department of State Health Services approved the measure last week. The new regulations require women’s health clinics to bury or cremate embryonic and fetal tissue from …
The suit was filed Monday by the Center for Reproductive Rights, on behalf of several women’s health clinics and a Texas gynecologist. The document calls the regulation – which is due to take effect December 19 – an “unprecedented invasion of women’s privacy,” claiming it will harm women by causing “trauma, guilt, shame, anger, and feelings of exploitation and violation.” It goes on to state …
A lawsuit challenging Missouri abortion regulations is the result of a U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down abortion laws in Texas, but pro-life advocates here say they believe the Missouri laws will be upheld as constitutional. Planned Parenthood affiliates in Missouri filed the …
Health providers and abortion clinics have less than two weeks to figure out how to comply with Texas’ new fetal remains rules — that is, if a lawsuit doesn’t halt the process first. Amy Hagstrom Miller, founder of abortion provider Whole Woman’s Health, said she is working with the Center for Reproductive Rights on a potential lawsuit opposing the rules. Any lawsuit would need to be …
An anti-abortion group has filed a federal lawsuit against the city after the Raleigh City Council rejected a rezoning request that would have allowed the organization to provide counseling and classes in its property next to an abortion clinic. A Hand of Hope Pregnancy Resource Center filed the lawsuit Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, which …