The Texas Supreme Court determined that the state abortion ban did not put the plaintiff’s health at risk, reversing a decision by lower courts. The plaintiff in this case was comprised of several Texas women who had health issues during their desired pregnancies. They argued th...
WASHINGTON, June 23 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a New York state law on Thursday that limits gun-carrying in public. The 6-3 ruling, which divided the court along the usual ideological lines, came as the United States is still reeling from a spate of mass shootings...
Abortion access in the U.S. has dramatically shifted since the landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning precedent Roe v. Wade, announced on June 24, 2022. The change has created a patchwork of different rules across the United States as it freed states up to outlaw abortion...
RELATED: South Carolina’s top court strikes down state’s abortion ban The abortion opponents filed suit in November in Amarillo, Texas. The legal challenge quickly reached the Supreme Court after a federal judge issued a ruling on April 7 that would revoke FDA approval of mifepristone, one of...
LONDON, June 28 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that overturned women's abortion rights has shown that the United States is deeply divided, an opinion piece carried by The Guardian has said. The ruling added to the sense that the United States is "divided, deeply and hopel...
After the Dobbs ruling, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott startedenforcing a lawthat makes it a felony to perform an abortion from the moment of fertilization. “We promised that if Roe v. Wade was overturned, abortions would be banned in Texas,” Abbottsaidduring the 2...
The Biden administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to block a Texas law that bans mostabortionsin the state. The Justice Department asked the high court Monday to reverse the decision by an appeals court that allows...
Abortion case threatens pro-LGBT decisions The willingness of the U.S. Supreme Court's newest, conservative justices to overturn precedent in abortion law is seen as a likely threat to much newer precedents in LGBT decisions regarding marriage and sexual relations. ...
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, praised the Supreme Court -- where conservatives have a clear majority -- for the ruling, which was described as the widest expansion of gun rights in a decade. "Today, the Supreme Court upheld our Second Amendment right to keep and bear ...