A three-judge panel of the Inner House of the Scotland Court of Session on Tuesday ordered a hearing on whether a referral may be made to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on the...
The US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on Wednesday granted a preliminary injunction against the enforcement of Ohio's recently proposed HB 214 , a bill which criminalizes the performance of an abortion...
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 407-10 to approve HR 4909 , a bill that seeks to increase funding for security and safety in schools. Titled "STOP School Violence Act of 2018," the...
The US District Court for District of Massachusetts on Monday rejected a challenge to the Trump administration's new regulations on birth control that permit employers or health insurers with religious or moral objections to opt out of providing...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday held that Spain violated Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights when the country convicted two of its citizens, Enric Stern Taulats...
A bipartisan group of Argentine lawmakers proposed legislation on Tuesday allowing women, in their "exercise of the human right to health," to voluntarily "interrupt" their pregnancy during the first 14 weeks. Titled "Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy,"...
The Knesset on Wednesday passed an amendment to its "Entry into Israel" law authorizing the minister of Interior to cancel the permanent residency status of individuals suspected of involvement in terrorist activities or committing...
A group of rights experts from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on Wednesday demanded that the US government release Guantánamo detainee Ammar al Baluchi, a 40-year-old Pakistan national, stating that his detention the center is "arbitrary...
The Iowa Senate on Wednesday voted 30-20 to approve a draft of an anti-abortion bill that would ban most abortions at the first detectable fetal heartbeat. The bill now proceeds to the Iowa House of Representatives for consideration....
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday held 5-3 that Chapter 12 of Title 8 of the US Code does not afford detained immigrants, including permanent residents, "the right to periodic bond hearings" and that...
