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Planned Parenthood Seeks To Block Idaho's Near-total Abortion Ban

Planned Parenthood on Wednesday urged Idaho's top court to stop a state law criminalizing nearly all abortions from taking effect later this month, arguing that it would prevent women from getting abortions necessary to save their lives.

Aug 03, 2022

Demonstrators gather in front of Planned Parenthood after the United States Supreme Court ruled in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization Abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision, in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. June 24,

Court Allows Georgia 'Heartbeat' Abortion Ban To Take Effect

A Georgia law banning abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detected, typically around six weeks, will take effect after a federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a challenge to it by abortion providers.

Jul 20, 2022

Monsanto Co's Roundup is shown for sale in Encinitas, California, U.S., June 26, 2017.

U.S. Appeals Court Revives Roundup Weedkiller Cancer Lawsuit

A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a lawsuit by a Georgia man claiming Bayer AG's Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer, the latest in a string of legal defeats for the company as it seeks to avoid potentially billions of dollars in damages.

Jul 12, 2022

Women's March activists hold signs outside the White House in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 9, 2022.

Utah Judge Blocks State's Sweeping New Abortion Ban

A state court judge in Utah on Monday blocked a sweeping new abortion ban from taking effect following the U.S.

Jul 11, 2022

Bayer, BASF Win New Trial On $60 Million Damage Award In U.S. Weedkiller Lawsuit

Bayer AG and BASF have won a new trial on $60 million in punitive damages they were ordered to pay a Missouri peach farmer who said dicamba, a herbicide they produced, drifted onto his orchard and harmed his crops.

Jul 07, 2022

Abortion Drug Maker Says Mississippi Can't Ban Pill Despite Supreme Court Ruling

The maker of a drug used in medication abortions has told a federal judge that the U.S.

Jul 01, 2022

UnitedHealth Group's headquarters building is seen in Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S. in this handout picture taken in 2019. UnitedHealth Group/Handout via

U.S. Supreme Court Rebuffs UnitedHealth Group Challenge On Medicare Overpayments

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear UnitedHealth Group Inc's challenge to a government rule requiring private insurers that administer federally funded Medicare plans to return potentially billions of dollars in overpayments they receive based on incorrect diagnoses.

Jun 21, 2022

Anti-abortion protestors pray outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., June 6, 2022.

Iowa Top Court Rejects Right To Abortion, Revives Waiting Period Law

Iowa's highest court on Friday ruled that the state's constitution does not include a "fundamental right" to abortion, reversing its own finding from four years ago and reviving a law requiring women to wait 24 hours after an initial appointment before getting an abortion.

Jun 17, 2022

LGBTQ activists and supporters block the street outside the U.S. Supreme Court as it hears arguments in a major LGBT rights case on whether a federal anti-discrimination law that prohibits workplace discrimination on the basis of sex covers gay and transg

Arkansas Asks Appeals Court To Revive Gender Transition Ban For Minors

Arkansas on Wednesday urged a federal appeals court to revive the state's first-of-its-kind law prohibiting doctors from providing puberty blockers, hormones and surgery as part of gender transition treatment for minors.

Jun 15, 2022

Supporters of reproductive rights demonstrate outside of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, U.S., June 13, 2022.

Florida Abortion Ban Violates Jews' Religious Freedom, Lawsuit Says

Florida's ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy violates the religious freedom of Jews because Jewish law requires the procedure in some cases, a Boynton Beach synagogue said in a lawsuit.

Jun 14, 2022

School Shooting At Robb Elementary In Uvalde, Texas

Factbox-Litigation Over School Shootings Brings Mixed Results

Mass school shootings, like the one that killed 21 people last week in an Uvalde, Texas elementary school, have frequently led to litigation against school officials, law enforcement, perpetrators' families and gun manufacturers.

Jun 01, 2022

Facebook, Google and Twitter logos are seen in this combination photo from Reuters files.

U.S. Appeals Court Rejects Most Of Florida Social Media Law

Most of a Florida law that sought to stop social media companies from restricting users' political speech violates the companies' free speech rights and cannot be enforced, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday, agreeing with a lower court.

May 23, 2022

A pharmacist holds boxes of the drug Humalog, made by Eli Lilly and Company, at a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, U.S. January 9, 2020.

Arkansas Sues Drugmakers, Pharmacy Benefit Managers Over Insulin Costs

Arkansas's attorney general on Wednesday accused drugmakers and pharmacy benefit managers of colluding to drive up the price of insulin drugs, the latest in a series of lawsuits to take aim at skyrocketing costs for the life-sustaining medicine.

May 11, 2022

Rhode Island Top Court Upholds State Abortion Rights Law

Rhode Island's highest court on Wednesday upheld a state law guaranteeing its citizens' right to abortion, just as abortion rights at the national level appear to be in jeopardy.

May 04, 2022

US Securities Law Can Cover Cryptocurrencies, Judge Rules

U.S. securities law can be used to prosecute fraud cases over cryptocurrency offerings, a New York federal judge ruled on Tuesday in what appeared to be the first court decision to address the issue.

Sep 11, 2018