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Connecticut Captive Audience Law Dodges Preemption Challenge
8+ hour, 6+ min ago (110+ words) Connecticut Captive Audience Law Dodges Preemption Challenge'Bloomberg Law News A Connecticut business group lacks legal standing to challenge the state's ban on mandatory anti-union meetings in the workplace, a federal judge found, bypassing the issue of whether US labor law…...
South Dakota Sued Over Bid to Stop Group’s Abortion Speech (1)
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (60+ words) South Dakota AG Sued Over Bid to Stop Group's Abortion Speech'Bloomberg Law News A reproductive rights group is suing South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley (R) over his attempts to stop it from issuing information about abortion and related-care, including the…...
Florida City’s Abortion Clinic Buffer Zone Law Paused on Appeal
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (248+ words) Clearwater, Fla., has to pause enforcement of an ordinance that established a physical buffer zone around its sole abortion clinic,while an anti-abortion group's constitutional challenge makes its way through the courts, a split federal appeals panel ruled. Clearwater, Fla.,…...
Justices Lean Toward Pregnancy Center Claim in Subpoena Row
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (340+ words) US Supreme Court justices appeared largely open to allowing targets of state subpoenas to bring pre-enforcement challenges in federal court, although it was less clear what path they would take to get there. The New Jersey Attorney General's Office at…...
Abortion Pill ‘Reversal’ Poses Commercial Speech Issue on Appeal
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (147+ words) A pair of cases from anti-abortion groups challenging Attorney General Rob Bonta's (D) enforcement actions over their promotion of an abortion pill "reversal" procedure had a panel of Ninth Circuit judges at oral arguments Thursday weighing the scope of commercial speech…...
Louisiana Sues Trump’s FDA to Overturn Abortion Pill Mailing (1)
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (156+ words) The availability of abortion pills in states with bans on the procedure is under threat after Louisiana filed a lawsuit to curb mailing of the medication within its borders, claiming the process circumvents state law. The availability of abortion pills…...
Trump Judge Pick Who Biden Favored Pressed on Anti-Abortion Work
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (315+ words) Trump nominee Chad Meredith pledged to set aside his personal beliefs if confirmed to a judgeship after coming under pressure from Senate Democrats over his anti-abortion advocacy. Meredith said at his confirmation hearing on Wednesday for the US District Court…...
Abortion Ruling Emboldens State Legislators to Limit Pill Access
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (989+ words) Texas lawmakers are gearing up to pass first-of-its kind legislation increasing penalties for mailing abortion medication after a federal appeals court issued a landmark defense of states" authority to regulate the drugs. A key item on Texas legislators" agenda for…...
Missouri Accuses Planned Parenthood of Lying About Abortion Pill
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (292+ words) Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) sued Planned Parenthood Federation of America, accusing it of lying about risks posed by abortion pills such as mifepristone. The complaint filed Wednesday in the Missouri Circuit Court, Cole County, said PPFA "brazenly" claims that…...
FDA Prevails in Blue State Suit Over Abortion Pill Safety (2)
7+ mon, 4+ day ago (435+ words) The US Food and Drug Administration held off a legal challenge from a coalition of blue states over the abortion pill, mifepristone, after a federal district court concluded the agency came to a "reasonable conclusion" regarding its safety. "Even under…...