Abortion
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Courts
Indiana Attorney General Faces Lawsuit For 'Meritless' Investigation Into Doctor Providing Abortion Care To 10-Year Old Rape Victim
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Courts
Samuel Alito Cared A Lot More About The Precedent Of Roe *Before* He Had A Lifetime Appointment To The Most Powerful Court In America
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Health Care / Medicine
Planned Parenthood Asks NC Court To Allow Non-Physicians To Provide Medication Abortion To Meet Demand From Out-Of-State
According to the motion, more than one third of Planned Parenthood South Atlantic’s abortion patients between July 1 and September 30, 2022 came from out of state, totalling 1,317 people. In the same time period last year, just 322 patients came from out of state for abortions.
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Government
Biden Makes Big Promises About Abortion Rights
Reproductive justice hangs in the balance, and Biden has a plan -- but will he be able to make it work? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.11.22
* The Law is the Law! But will it be enforced? More Constitutional Sheriffing! [NYT]
* Going to Times Square? Might want to leave the glock at home. [ABC]
* Moore v. Harper is upon us. Here are the stakes. [Atlantic]
* The religious argument in favor of abortion hits Kentucky. [Wa Po]
* High fashion meets just practices in New York. [Guardian]
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Government
What Happens After The Choice Is Made? A Barred Indiana Law About Fetal Tissue Leaves Options Open
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.29.22
* Long Arms: California’s laws on protecting abortion info will likely have spillover effects across the us. [Axios]
* Indiana judge blocked a law requiring post-abortion cremation and burial of fetal tissue. [Indy Star]
* Teacher’s virulently racist comments that could make Amy Wax blush faces consequences. I wonder how long it’ll be until she’s on the Tucker Carlson show? [Imgur]
* Need damages for your damaged Cannondale? Here’s a primer. [Forbes]
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Free Speech
State Government Bans Teachers From Talking About Abortion And Jonathan Turley Is Here To Blame... The Schools?
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Courts
Whaddya Know? A Majority Of Americans Support Expanding The Supreme Court
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.15.22
* Talk about don’t play around with the law. [Syracuse]
* You can’t just gain the right to abuse children through contract…right? [WTOP]
* Louisiana would have forced this woman to give birth to a headless child. This is ridiculous. [The Guardian]
* Economically flustered and wondering how the whole saving money thing is supposed to work? You aren’t alone. [Reddit]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.14.22
* Remember the whole “Return the question to the states” thing? Yeah that was a lie. [Talking Points Memo]
* Texans are still reckoning with fetal personhood. [Texas Tribune]
* Indiana’s abortion ban takes effect tomorrow. [NPR]
* Ever wondered how big healthcare law impacts the little people? Here’s a primer. [Reuters]
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Biglaw
How Did Reproductive Rights Group Get Mixed Up With Attorneys Making Anti-Abortion Donations?
A lesson in how legal needs to be considered part of a unified entity.
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Courts
Neil Gorsuch Unintentionally Proves The Farce Of The Supreme Court Leak Story
The Court has struggled to come up with a good reason why this leak was actual a problem other than not liking when the little people question them. -
Gambling / Gaming
For The Love Of God, Cards Against Humanity Isn't Breaking Any Laws By Making You Help People
I will personally be blocking anyone I see making this dumb argument from the company's Twitter. -
Government
Abortion Law Is Becoming Personal: States Are Grappling With The Practical Consequences Of Deciding When Life Starts
Just know that if we universally make fetuses people and persons have the right to self determination, the antinatalists will like to have a word. -
Courts, Health Care / Medicine
A Look At Texas’s Abortion Lawsuits: ‘The Litigation Is Just Getting Started’
A federal judge blocks HHS protections for emergency abortion assistance, and a new suit is filed against Texas prosecutors who have threatened groups that help Texans travel for safe abortions. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.26.22
* Move over Texas! California found a way to fight environmental destruction with guns! [Press Democrat]
* Medical providers take a gambler’s approach to abortion access. [NBC Los Angeles]
* Forget losing your license, providing an abortion in Texas could get you life in prison! [NBC DFW]
* Surprising no one, a Mississippi Appeals Court keeps a Jim Crow voter suppression law on the books. [Mississippi Free Press]
* Tennessee anti-abortion law doesn’t allow any exceptions for abortions. Might not be the best place to practice medicine if you don’t want to see your patients die preventable deaths once things go septic. [The Tennessean]
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Courts
Why Didn't Justice Amy Coney Barrett Write A Separate Opinion In Dobbs?
We could've used a little guidance on her thought process here.... -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.19.22
* Prepare for the Olympics! Unless you live in an abortion banning state, that is. [ESPN]
* Will lax gun laws increase the chances of going postal? [SHRM]
* All bikes are equal. But some bikes are more electricky than others. [The News Tribune]
* California is working on better bike safety for e-bikes. [Fox 5 San Diego]
* Three men were charged with killing crime boss Whitey Bulger. [USA Today]