Judge Strikes Down Partial Birth Abortion Ban
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A federal judge on Thursday ruled against the government&#39;s ban on so-called partial birth abortions, saying the measure was unconstitutional because it failed to provide an exception to protect a mother&#39;s health.
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The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a judge's order that a man avoid having more children while on probation for failing to pay child support.
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The Supreme Court of the US state of Florida has struck down a controversial law that forced the husband of a severely brain-damaged woman to keep her alive by artificial means.
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A federal judge on Thursday ruled  against the government's ban on so-called partial birth  abortions, saying the measure was unconstitutional because it  failed to provide an exception to protect a mother's health.
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A federal appeals court Monday rejected Michigan's attempt to ban a procedure opponents call partial-birth abortion, ruling the law unconstitutional because it could also prohibit other abortion procedures.
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CHICAGO _ Sparking sharp debate on a divisive political issue, the Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday issued key rules designed to revive a 1995 law that prohibits minors from obtaining abortions without notifying a parent.
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South Africa's parliament on Thursday approved legal changes to make abortions easier to obtain, despite criticism from opponents who said the law was already too lax.
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A federal judge who imposed a moratorium on executions in California ruled Friday that the state's method of lethal injection is unconstitutional because it violates the ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark.  - An Arkansas circuit judge on  Wednesday threw out the state's ban against foster parenthood  by gay couples or by households that include a gay adult.
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NEW YORK - A federal judge declared the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional Thursday in the second such ruling in three months - even though he called the procedure "gruesome, brutal, barbaric and uncivilized."   U.S. District Judge Richard C...
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The requirement for fertility clinics to consider the need for a father when deciding on IVF is set to be abolished.
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A federal judge temporarily blocked a new Missouri abortion law Monday after Planned Parenthood said the law would harm women by dramatically reducing the clinics available to provide the procedure.
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WINNIPEG -- A judge has ruled that the rights of two Manitoba women were violated because they paid for their abortions. Court of Queen&#39;s Bench Justice Geoffrey Oliphant says sections of the province&#39;s Health
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An MP's call for compulsory counselling and a "cooling off" period before abortions is defeated.
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Kerry said he would not appoint judges who would overturn the Supreme Court&#39;s 1973 abortion rights decision of Roe v. Wade. Bush said he had no litmus test for judges and reiterated his support for the ban on so-called partial birth abortion.
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Portugal's parliament approved, as  expected, a law to lift the ban on abortion by a majority vote  late on Thursday.
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The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law that was rushed through the Legislature last fall to keep a severely brain-damaged woman hooked up to a feeding tube against her husband's wishes.