This article was originally published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Nearly four years after a woman ended an unwanted…
Although the mother was initially charged and convicted of murder in the stillbirth of her child, serving more than a year in jail, the dismissal of her charges led to the California attorney general weighing in on how the state’s law on murder should be interpreted in these kinds of cases.
Reproductive rights and justice advocates and experts discuss the recent legal interpretation of California's definition of murder to exclude charging pregnant people with the crime when they allegedly cause the miscarriage or stillbirth of a fetus
The US Supreme Court was hearing arguments Wednesday on a Mississippi abortion ban which many see as a case that could cut back on or revoke the Roe versus Wade decision allowing abortions across the country. New York’s own abortion legislation would be unaffected if the landmark 1973 decision is ultimately overturned, says a UB expert.
In the 15 years since Ohio lawmakers passed the tort reform legislation, the law yielded an unexpected use: stripping child rape victims of millions of dollars in legal damages.