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US Supreme Court to hear challenge on abortion rights
The US Supreme Court will hear a case that could undermine the national legal status of abortion. Christian conservatives hope the new make-up of the court will gut previous bans on anti-abortion laws.
The hearing could overturn 50 years of rulings on abortion
The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case on a second-trimester abortion ban in the state of Mississippi.
The proposed law would ban abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy in the southern state. There would be exceptions for medical emergencies and cases of severe fetal abnormalities.
The Supreme Court will decide whether to overturn a central part of the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion across the country. That ruling forbade laws banning abortions conducted on fetuses unable to survive outside the womb generally before between 24 and 28 weeks of pregnancy.
ACLU sues 7 Texas pro-life sanctuary cities in attempt to block abortion business bans
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ACLU sues 7 Texas pro-life sanctuary cities in attempt to block abortion business bans
ACLU sues 7 Texas pro-life sanctuary cities in attempt to block abortion business bans | Wednesday, February 26, 2020
An image of an unborn child. | Reuters
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing seven cities in Texas that passed ordinances banning abortion businesses from operating within their jurisdictions.
The national ACLU and its Texas chapter filed the lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division, on behalf of two abortion activist groups, Texas Equal Access Fund and the Lilith Fund for Reproductive Equity.
Nebraska prison inmate sues for right to get abortion
By GRANT SCHULTEApril 9, 2021 GMT
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) A Nebraska prison inmate sued the state corrections department Friday, saying she was denied her constitutional right to get an abortion.
The woman, identified as Jane Roe, asked a federal judge for an emergency order so she can get state-mandated counseling and an abortion at a Planned Parenthood in Lincoln by her scheduled appointment on Tuesday. She’s a little more than 15 weeks pregnant and has been in prison since Feb. 18, serving a 26-month sentence at the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women in York, according to the lawsuit.
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