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By Dave Andrusko Well, that didn’t take long. On Friday Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge David Young temporarily blocked Ohio’s mandatory 24-hour waiting period for mothers seeking an abortion. This week Planned Parenthood announced it “will begin phasing in...
On Monday, Judge Krishnan Christopher Jayaram blocked a new pro-life law related to chemical abortion and a waiting period requirement that has been in effect since 1997. By Jean Mondoro TOPEKA, Kansas — A Kansas judge has blocked state laws designed to restrict the...
Big pro-life victory By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. My family and I will be on our vacation through August 27. I will occasionally add new items but for the most part we will repost “the best of the best” — the stories our readers have told us they especially liked....
By Dave Andrusko 1st District Court of Appeals A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal heard oral arguments Tuesday from the Florida Deputy Solicitor and the ACLU. At issue is the 2015 Florida law requiring that a woman be given 24 hours to consider...
By Sarah Terzo One former abortion worker said in a webcast: “Often times what would happen was patients would come in and say, “Oh, yeah, I did speak with someone. I don’t have my paperwork and we wouldn’t have their paperwork, but my regional director would say...
By Dave Andrusko Judge Terry Lewis AP Photo/Steve Cannon The First District Court of Appeal has agreed to hear arguments in the case of a 2015 Florida law requiring that a woman be given 24 hours to consider her decision after she meets with an abortionist. As we...
By Dave Andrusko A win, at least for now. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a member of the Satanic Temple could not challenge Missouri’s 72-hour waiting period/informed consent law because she was not pregnant at the time of her lawsuit and...
By Florida Right to Life Yesterday, in another case of judicial overreach, Circuit Judge Terry Lewis permanently blocked the enforcement of a common sense law that provided for a 24 hour waiting period before a woman undergoes a surgical procedure that ends the life...
By Dave Andrusko In the latest phase of a lengthy and convoluted legal battle, Leon County Circuit Judge Terry Lewis ruled today that HB633, signed into law by pro-life Florida Gov. Rick Scott in June 2015 is unconstitutional and permanently blocked enforcement of the...
By Dave Andrusko When last we wrote about Iowa’s new law that among other provisions provides for a three-day period of reflection before an abortion, Polk County District Court Judge Jeffrey Farrell had just ruled that the waiting period is constitutional, rejecting...