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Qiu v. Barr "Petitioner Lizhi Qiu, a native and citizen of China, applied for asylum. She alleged that Chinese government officials subjected her to a forced abortion. An immigration judge (“IJ”) denied relief on the ground that Petitioner’s...

J.D. v. Azar "Under binding Supreme Court precedent, a person has a constitutional right to terminate her pregnancy before fetal viability, and the government cannot unduly burden her decision. The government accepts the applicability of that settled...

Politico, Oct. 24, 2017 - "A federal appeals court has ruled that an undocumented pregnant minor being held in a federally-funded shelter in Texas can receive an abortion. ... If the teen had been in the United States for a long time or had come...

Supreme Court, June 4, 2018 - "The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. The Court vacates the en banc order [ 874 F. 3d 735, 735–736 (CADC 2017) ] and remands the case to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 4 decided not to review an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that found that the state’s ban on off-label use of abortion drugs is unconstitutional ( Terry Cline, et al. v. Oklahoma...

PENCE SAYS IN WON'T RECOGNIZE GAY MARRIAGES: The lead legal counsel for Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) announced last week that the Hoosier State will not recognize hundreds of same-sex marriages performed in June before a court ruling allowing those...

SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS MI BAN ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: Last month the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Michigan's 2006 ballot initiative ending affirmative action at public universities in the state [ version available to lexis.com subscribers ]. The decision...

Late last year the Seventh Circuit [ version available to lexis.com subscribers ] issued its decision in Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Inc. v. Van Hollen , No. 13-2726 (7th Cir. Dec. 20, 2013) , a constitutional challenge to a new Wisconsin law (known...

SOCIAL POLICY: A federal judge upholds an ARIZONA law that bans pill-induced abortions after seven weeks of pregnancy. U.S. District Judge David C. Bury said overturning the law was "not in the public interest," allowing it to go into effect...

AZ SWITCHING TO TWO-TRACK VOTING SYSTEM: Arizona could have a dual-track voting system requiring the use of two different ballots in next year's elections, as a result of an opinion issued last week by the state's attorney general, Tom Horne....

HI LEGALIZES GAY MARRIAGE: Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D) signed the "Hawaii Marriage Equality Act of 2013" (SB 1) last week, enabling the Aloha State to edge out Illinois to become the 15th in the nation to legalize same-sex marriages. Illinois...

GOVERNORS IN BRIEF: Abortion rights activists in TEXAS accused Gov. Rick Perry (R) of a conflict of interest last week after he signed HB 2, a sweeping measure that requires clinics that provide abortion services to upgrade their facilities to meet the...

BIRD'S EYE VIEW: Public opinion toward abortion has remained fairly steady nationwide over the past 20 years, but attitudes on the issue have shifted considerably in some regions of the country, according to a study by the Pew Research Center. In...

NM VOTERS REJECT RESTRICTIVE ABORTION BAN: Thirteen states have passed "fetal pain" laws banning abortion after 22 weeks of pregnancy or earlier, spurred by the belief that 22 weeks is the point at which fetuses have developed the ability to...

In a recent article, The Huffington Post challenged its readers with a simple test. It consisted of viewing three videos on YouTube. “Watch these,” wrote Morra Aarons-Mele , founder of Women Online , “and consider how you feel about...