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Deal reached to protect reproductive health care rights at Jefferson County jail
An agreement has been reached with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office to protect incarcerated individuals’ rights to reproductive health care.
In Alabama, rapists have parental rights
When a young woman came to the Family Services of North Alabama office last year for help with trauma, saying she had been raped by her step-uncle when she was […]
Sniping between Clarence Thomas and Ruth Bader Ginsburg foreshadows the abortion fights to come
Justice Clarence Thomas opened a 20-page concurring opinion, in which he likened not just abortion but also birth control to eugenics, by taking shots at his Supreme Court colleague, Ruth […]
Judge vacates own ruling on doctors-only abortion
RICHMOND, Va. – A federal judge on Tuesday vacated his own order to allow non-doctors to perform most abortions in Virginia, saying the issue should be decided in an upcoming […]
North Carolina’s 20-week abortion ban is unconstitutional, federal judge rules
A decades-old North Carolina law that banned women from having abortions after their 20th week of pregnancy is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Monday. The 1973 law made some allowances […]
Mississippi creates law banning abortion before some women may know of pregnancy
Mississippi’s governor has signed into law one of the strictest abortion bans in the country, making it even more difficult for women to get abortions in a state where only […]
Alabama judge allows man to sue clinic on behalf of aborted fetus
An Alabama judge has recognized the legal rights of an aborted fetus, allowing a man whose girlfriend ended her pregnancy at six weeks to sue the manufacturer of the pill […]
Supreme Court puts off decision on restrictive Louisiana abortion law
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court Friday night put off a decision about whether a restrictive Louisiana law that could close some of the state’s abortion clinics can go into effect […]
Analysis: Abortion case provides unexpected quick test for Supreme Court conservatives
WASHINGTON – Abortion providers in Louisiana have asked the Supreme Court for an emergency stay of a state law they say would leave only one doctor eligible to perform the […]
New York state enacts new protections for abortion rights
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state enacted one of the nation’s strongest protections for abortion rights Tuesday, a move that state leaders say was needed to safeguard those rights […]
Cuomo calls for special session on abortion rights
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has urged Republican state lawmakers to reconsider their opposition to legislation codifying abortion rights in New York state law. Cuomo says Monday […]
US judge orders government to allow abortion access to detained immigrant teens
WASHINGTON – A federal judge issued a nationwide order temporarily preventing the government from blocking access to abortion services and counseling for teens detained in immigration custody, saying current administration […]
Case Digests
- Fourth Department – Collateral estoppel: Busch v. County of Erie, et al.
- Court of Appeals – Best evidence rule: People v. Coggins
- Fourth Department – Unlawful inventory search: People v. Boatwright
- Second Circuit – Fossil-fuel powered appliances: Assoc. of Contracting Plumbers v. CNY; Mulhem Gas Co., v. Mosley
- Fourth Department – Dismissal of the indictment: People v. Anderson
- Fourth Department – Municipal liability: Battey v. Village of Youngstown
- Fourth Department – Notice of claim: Cindy W. v. Waterloo Central School Dist.
- Court of Appeals – Hateful Conduct Law: Volokh, et al. v. James
- Second Circuit – Free Exercise: Miller v. McDonald
- Court of Appeals – Recording police activity: Reyes v. City of New York
- Second Circuit – Tax liens and levies: Besicorp v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Law News
- Genesee Valley Club to pay $1.05M to settle federal case
- Major Rochester-area auto dealer accused of fraud in federal loan program
- Rochester attorney Donald O. Chesworth Jr. has died
- Split NY appeals court affirms conviction in kidnapping of daughter
- Greece man accused of stealing from class-action settlement funds
- NY AG investigating Schuyler County death involving DOCCS officer
- Rochester man files suit over ‘warning notice’ from ICE
- Lawsuit dismissed in Rochester police chase car crash
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