Life Legal was at the Supreme Court as it rendered its decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, the first abortion-related case to reach the Court in nearly ten years. The Court held that requiring abortion facilities to adhere to the same medical provisions as other ambulatory clinics was “unnecessary” and constituted an “undue burden” […]
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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in a case that will shape the future of religious liberty in our nation. In Zubik v. Burwell, the Court consolidated a number of cases involving religious organizations—including the Little Sisters of the Poor—that are opting out of the government’s requirement to provide abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization procedures, and
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This morning the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt, the first abortion related case to reach the Court since Gonzales v. Carhart (2007), in which the Court upheld the Partial Birth Abortion Ban. Life Legal had planned to submit an amicus brief on behalf of David Daleiden in support of
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Katie Short When I first heard that the Supreme Court’s opinion in McCullen v. Coakley, the case challenging Massachusetts’s 35-foot abortion clinic buffer zone law, was unanimous, I was disappointed. I knew that a unanimous decision, one that had “Something for Everyone” as Justice Scalia put it, would be narrower and weaker than a hard-hitting
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In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court today struck down a 2007 Massachusetts law that created 35-foot no-entry zones around the entrances and driveways of abortion clinics in that state. The law made it a crime to “enter or remain” within the zone, unless one fell under one of the four exemptions for patients, clinic
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In disappointing news for pro-life advocates, the United States Supreme Court denied review of the case involving former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline. The justices did not comment in the denial issued April 28, 2014. “Life Legalremains committed to supporting Mr. Kline and his legal team in their efforts to exonerate Mr. Kline of the
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Former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline has petitioned the United States Supreme Court to review and overturn a Kansas Supreme Court decision suspending his law license. The ethics allegations made against Kline, as well as his eventual punishment, were a result of his courageous legal actions against Kansas abortion clinics. Life Legal Defense Foundation is
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CASES RESOLVED: People v. Reeves (Calif.)—Sidewalk counselor arrested for trespass in public parking lot near Planned Parenthood in Sacramento. Victory!: Charges dismissed. Huntsville v. Fecteau (Alabama)—71- year-old grandmother and sidewalk counselor arrested for purported harassment and accused of spraying holy water in the direction of two pro-abort protesters. Victory!: Judge found Ms. Fecteau not guilty
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Life Legal Defense Foundation is disappointed at the Supreme Court’s decision in NFIB v. Sebelius, rejecting the opportunity to strike down the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). The good news is that none of the religious liberty issues related to anti-life provisions of the Act were decided in Thursday’s ruling. Those issues are yet to be
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The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that children conceived posthumously with IVF are not entitled to Social Security survivor benefits. In 1939, the Social Security Administration put in a provision that allowed dependent children to collect their parent’s benefits as survivors. In 1939 they did not have a crazy fertility industry willing
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