Supreme Court Ruling Brings Split in Antiabortion Movement
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In a highly visible rift in the anti-abortion movement, a coalition of evangelical Protestant and Roman Catholic groups is attacking a longtime ally, Focus on the Family founder James C. Dobson.
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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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As Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist battles thyroid cancer, speculation has increased that some justices may retire soon, which could affect issues such as abortion.
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Democrats criticise a US Supreme Court ruling against racial quotas in schools, but advocacy groups are split.
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The U.S. Supreme Court's new term   has cases on abortion, the environment and racial diversity in   schools, some of the country's most contentious social issues   for a court primed to shift sharply to the right by President   George W. Bush's conservative appointees.
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The vote fulfilled a court mandate to provide equal rights to gays and lesbians but frustrated people on both sides of the issue.
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The Supreme Court ruling, however, may not be the last word on the issue of spectator conduct.
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By huge margins, voters favor restrictions on marriage. Gay-rights activists are promising court challenges. Alison Wood holds her daughter, Hanna Wood-Krusell, 5, as she votes in Rockport, Mass.
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A new Supreme Court term opens Monday with eyes on its leader, the junior justice, the oldest and the man in the middle as abortion, race and other familiar issues resurface.
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Thirty-five years ago on Tuesday the US Supreme Court handed down a decision in the Roe versus Wade case, legalizing abortion and introducing some of the world's least restrictive abortion laws.
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The Christian Science Monitor - At the crossroads of education and civil rights, a new signpost has been planted by the US Supreme Court, leaving school districts that have been striving for integration wondering which way to proceed.
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In a closely watched decision, court's majority says they're more than advisory but less than mandatory.
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Key abortion and racial cases could signal whether Justice Kennedy shifts the court to the right or maintains precedents.
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Democratic presidential contender  Barack Obama criticized recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions as  hypocritical and inconsistent on Tuesday, saying a ruling  upholding a late-term abortion ban was part of a concerted  effort to roll back women&#39;s rights.
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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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In a unanimous ruling, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law quickly passed to keep a brain-damaged woman on a feeding tube despite her husband&#39;s opposition.
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Voting 9 to 0, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ruling by the federal appeals court in New York that found the system for choosing nominees to the stateâs trial court unconstitutional.