ST. PAUL, Minn. — Abortion-rights supporters filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to overturn Minnesota’s restrictions on abortion, including its 24-hour waiting period and parental notification requirements. The suit argues that opponents have chipped away at a 1995 state Supreme Court decision that affirmed a woman’s right to an abortion. “Minnesota’s abortion laws are not only outdated, they’re …
The fight over what to do with North Carolina’s sex offenders could be headed to federal court after a lawsuit was filed to reduce the restrictions placed on them. A North Carolina nonprofit is part of the team that filed the lawsuit. “There’s a place for a kind of register.
You can add Colorado to the list of states being sued for refusing to widen access to the hepatitis C medications in its state Medicaid program. The lawsuit, which is seeking class action status, was filed on behalf of two Colorado citizens on Monday in response to a longstanding policy by the state Medicaid program to restrict coverage only to people with the most advanced stages of liver …
A California gun rights group has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the …