Judge Nixes &#39;Partial-Birth&#39; Ban
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(CBS/AP) A federal judge in New York on Thursday declared the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act to be unconstitutional - the second time a court has found against the law championed by abortion rights opponents.
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An infant with an often-lethal skeletal disorder can be removed from life support against his mother's wishes, a judge ruled Wednesday.
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A judge has rejected a bid by singer Michael Jackson&#39;s lawyers to have the child molestation case against him dismissed, or delayed by several weeks.
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A judge has refused to grant a divorce to a pregnant woman trying to leave her husband two years after he was jailed for beating her, ruling instead that she must wait until the child is born.
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Police said Friday they were suspending the use of a highly sensitive form of DNA testing criticized by a judge who acquitted the only person charged with murder in Northern Ireland's deadliest terrorist attack.
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A state judge on Wednesday declined to halt enforcement of a 1913 state law barring out-of-state couples from marrying in Massachusetts.
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A peace coalition&#39;s plan to greet the Republican National Convention with a mass rally in Central Park was thwarted yesterday by a state Supreme Court judge who upheld the city&#39;s denial of a permit.
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The Supreme Court refused Monday to reinstate a Florida law passed to keep a severely brain-damaged woman hooked to a feeding tube, clearing the way for it to be removed. How soon that would happen, however, was unclear.
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A judge has ruled a seriously ill premature baby should not be revived if she stops breathing.
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An Italian judge rejected a paralyzed man's request to be removed from a respirator Saturday, ruling that the law does not permit the denial of lifesaving care and urging lawmakers to confront the issue.
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NEW YORK - A federal judge declared the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional because it does not contain an exception to protect a woman's health, something the Supreme Court said is required in laws prohibiting types of abortion.    U.S...
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The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday declined a request from Gov. Jeb Bush to reconsider its decision striking down a state law designed to save the life of a severely brain-damaged woman.
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The U.S. Supreme Court refused on  Monday to hear a constitutional challenge to a 1977 Florida law  that bans gays and lesbians from adopting children, the only  such state law in the nation.
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A federal judge on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of an Ohio law that requires doctors to follow FDA guidelines when dispensing drugs for medical abortions, the Cincinnati Post reports.
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Florida Supreme Court has struck down a law that blocked Terri Schiavo&#39;s husband from removing the brain-damaged woman&#39;s feeding tube.
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A federal judge rejects the US government's bid to block software giant Oracle's hostile takeover of rival PeopleSoft.
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In a highly anticipated ruling, a federal judge found the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional Thursday because it does not include a health exception.