Showing posts with label Abortion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abortion. Show all posts
Saturday, April 04, 2026

Noise Ordinance Is Constitutional as Applied to Anti-Abortion Sidewalk Advocacy

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In Knotts v. City of Cuyahoga Falls . (ND OH, March 31, 2026), an Ohio federal district court upheld the application of a noise ordinance to...
Monday, March 30, 2026

Kansas Legislature Overrides Governor's Veto of Bill Protecting Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers

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On March 27, the Kansas legislature overrode Kansas Governor Laura Kelly's veto of House Bill 2635, thereby giving final approval to th...
Monday, March 23, 2026

Detroit Abortion Clinic Buffer Zone Ordinance Challenged

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Suit was filed last week in a Michigan federal district court challenging a Detroit ordinance that bans picketing within 15-feet of abortion...
Friday, March 20, 2026

HHS Launches Investigations of 13 States for Violating Conscience Rights

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Yesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, announced that it has launched investigations of 13 states...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

Wyoming Governor Signs Heartbeat Abortion Law While Expressing Concern Over Its Constitutionality

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On March 9, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signed Enrolled Act No. 29 / House Bill 126, the Human Heartbeat Act ( full text ), into law ( pres...
Friday, March 06, 2026

Indiana Trial Court Permanently Enjoins Enforcement of Abortion Ban Against Women with Conflicting Religious Beliefs

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In Anonymous Plaintiff 1 v. Individual Members of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana , (Super. Ct., March 5, 2026), an Indiana state tri...
Friday, February 20, 2026

State's Criticism of Pregnancy Resource Centers Did Not Violate Clinics' Free Speech or Free Exercise

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 In A Woman's Concern, Inc. v. Healey ,  (D MA, Feb. 17, 2026), a Massachusetts federal district court rejected claims by a religiously ...
Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Suit Challenges Michigan Ban on Discrimination Because of Pregnancy Termination

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Last week, two pro-life organizations filed suit in federal district court against Michigan officials challenging on 1st and 14th Amendment ...
Monday, February 09, 2026

Arizona Trial Court Strikes Down 3 Laws Restricting Abortions

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In Isaacson v. State of Arizona ,  (AZ Super. Ct., Feb. 2, 2026), an Arizona trial court struck down three Arizona statutes that restrict a ...
Friday, January 30, 2026

Supreme Court Review Sought by High School Pro-Life Group Over Free Speech Rights

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 A petition for certiorari  ( full text ) was filed yesterday with the U.S. Supreme Court in E.D. v. Noblesville School District, (Sup. Ct.,...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Texas AG Sues Out-of-State Mail Order Provider of Abortion Drugs

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton yesterday filed a civil lawsuit against a Delaware-based nurse practitioner whose telehealth service calle...
Saturday, January 24, 2026

NIH Ends Funding of Research Using Human Fetal Tissue from Elective Abortions

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On Thursday, the National Institute of Health announced ( press release ) that it will no longer fund research involving human fetal tissue ...
Friday, January 23, 2026

HHS Says Illinois Right to Conscience Act Violates Federal Law

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On January 21, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights sent a Notice of Violation ( full text ) to the state of I...

Anti-Abortion Sidewalk Counselor Loses Challenge to City's Sign Ordinance

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In Hamann v. City of Carbondale, Illinois ,  (SD IL, Jan. 21, 2026), an Illinois federal district court refused to preliminarily enjoin the ...
Saturday, January 10, 2026

7th Circuit: Satanic Temple Lacks Standing to Challenge Indiana's Ban on Telehealth Abortion [CORRECTED]

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 In Satanic Temple, Inc. v. Rokita ,  ( 7th Cir., Jan. 6, 2026), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals held that The Satanic Temple lacks ...
Friday, January 09, 2026

9th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments on Church's Standing to Challenge Health Insurance Mandate

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Yesterday, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in  Cedar Park Assembly of God of Kirkland v. Kuderer  ( video of full...
Wednesday, January 07, 2026

Wyoming Supreme Court Strikes Down State's Abortion Bans

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In State of Wyoming v. Johnson ,  (WY Sup. Ct., Jan 6, 2026), the Wyoming Supreme Court by a vote of 4-1 held that Wyoming's nearly tota...
Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Puerto Rico Recognizes Fetal Personhood

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 As reported by the San Juan Daily Star , on Dec. 21 Puerto Rico's Governor Jenniffer González Colón signed into law Senate Bill 504 ( f...
Tuesday, December 09, 2025

11th Circuit: Pedestrian Buffer Zone at Abortion Clinic's Parking Lot Entrance Violates Leafleters Free Speech Rights

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In Florida Preborn Rescue, Inc. v. City of Clearwater, Florida ,  (11th Cir., Dec. 4. 2025), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-...
Tuesday, December 02, 2025

Supreme Court Hears Arguments Today in Appeal from Faith-Based Pregnancy Center Over Subpoena for Identity of Donors

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The Supreme Court today hears oral arguments in  First Choice Women's Resource Centers v. Platkin. At issue in the case is an investigat...