By Bridget Sielicki The Alabama Supreme Court ruled last week that human embryos created via IVF are to be considered children protected by law under the state’s wrongful death act and the Alabama Constitution. The case, LePage v. Mobile Infirmary Clinic, Inc. originated when the frozen embryos of several couples stored at The Center for Reproductive Medicine at the Mobile Infirmary … Read more
By Dave Andrusko District Judge Robert S. Ballou heard arguments Thursday from lawyers representing abortion clinics in three states- Virginia, Montana, and Kansas—asking him to shield them from further limitations on their use of mifepristone, one half of the two-drug chemical abortion techniques. They are asking the judge to force the FDA to drop several longstanding restrictions … Read more
State’s highest court says a question best left to state lawmakers, not the courts. By Dave Andrusko One would think that a liberal bastion such as Massachusetts would be easy pickings for groups such as Compassion & Choices, formally known as the Hemlock Society. But in Kligler v, Healy, Massachusetts highest court handed down a decision this morning that … Read more
By Dave Andrusko On Monday pro-abortionists asked for a temporary restraining order to halt Kentucky’s Human Life Protection Act. On Wednesday Judge Mitch Perry granted EMW and Planned Parenthood the TRO they sought. The Human Life Protection Act prohibits abortions in the Commonwealth unless the procedure is necessary to protect the life of the mother. Attorney … Read more
By Melissa Ohden With the help of the Justice Foundation, for the first time in nearly 49 years of legalized abortion, abortion survivors have filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court as the justices prepare to take up the Texas Heartbeat Bill on November 1. The amicus brief, filed jointly with Created Equal and … Read more
WASHINGTON – Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch today filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a pro-abortion challenge to a 2018 pro-life Mississippi law. “We thank Attorney General Fitch for standing strong for the right to life and for the right of duly-elected state legislators … Read more
By Dave Andrusko For good reason, NRL News Today has written a boatload of stories about Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the challenge to Mississippi’s “Gestational Age Act” which, with some exceptions, bans abortions after the 15th week. Today Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed her brief with the Supreme Court of the United States, … Read more
By Dave Andrusko Iowa Supreme Court Photo: Ctjf83 (CC BY-SA 3.0) By a near unanimous 6-1 vote, the Iowa Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed a lower court decision and upheld a 2019 law that “prohibited abortion providers from participating in two federally funded educational grant programs directed at reducing teenage pregnancy and promoting abstinence.” According to … Read more
By Dave Andrusko Putting itself at odds with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and opening the way to a possible resolution by the Supreme Court, the full 4th U.S. Court of Appeals on Thursday permanently enjoined the Trump Administration’s “Protect Life” rule which requires recipients of Title X family planning money not to … Read more
By Dave Andrusko Earlier today, a three-judge panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a decision by U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker to issue a preliminary injunction against four pro-life passed in 2017 by the Arkansas legislature. Judges Smith, Wollman, and Grasz said the laws should be reconsidered in light of the concurring … Read more