Judge Strikes Down Partial Birth Abortion Ban
237939
A federal judge ruled on Thursday that  the government's ban on a procedure opponents call partial  birth abortion was unconstitutional because it failed to  provide an exception to protect a mother's health.
746901
A state judge Tuesday threw out a Louisiana constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, less than three weeks after it was overwhelmingly approved by the voters.
716750
A U.S. district judge struck down the section of the act that requires telephone and ISPs to turn over records to the government without telling customers.
347962
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.
314050
A judge in Spain has stripped a mother  of custody of her two daughters because she is a lesbian, media  said on Monday, in a ruling that has sparked an outcry in the  gay community and brought disciplinary action against him.
232473
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.
283345
The law that pushed Michigan's presidential primary to Jan. 15 was ruled unconstitutional by a court Wednesday, at least temporarily jeopardizing the state's plan to leap to the front of the 2008 nomination contests.
336384
An MP's call for compulsory counselling and a "cooling off" period before abortions is defeated.
480913
A third federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act is unconstitutional, saying it fails to include an exception when a woman's health is in danger.
642458
A state ban on placing foster children in any household with a gay member was struck down when a judge ruled that the state agency enforcing it overstepped its authority by trying to regulate &quot;public morality.
141767
A third federal judge has ruled the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional, adding judicial weight that some experts say could keep the issue from reaching the U.S. Supreme Court.
583110
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
477233
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.
466047
WASHINGTON -- A judge has struck down more than a dozen of the government&#39;s current rules on political fund raising with just weeks before Election Day, concluding federal regulators improperly weakened the nation&#39;s campaign finance law.
321188
A British judge decided to let doctors withhold life-saving treatment from a nine-month-old baby who suffers from a rare genetic disorder, if his condition deteriorates.
491001
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A Florida judge Tuesday refused to remove from the November ballot a proposed constitutional amendment paving the way for mandatory notification of parents when their minor daughters seek abortions.
745100
An infant with an often-lethal skeletal disorder can be removed from life support against his mother's wishes, a judge ruled Wednesday.