Tag: Abortion

The U.S. Supreme Court will take up abortion again with oral arguments in Moyle v. United States scheduled for April 24, 2024. The issue before the Court is whether Idaho’s strict abortion law is preempted by the Emergency Medical Treatment and L...

The recent disclosure of Justice Samuel Alito’s decision purporting to overturn Roe v. Wade is arguably the most significant breach in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court. However,  it is not the first time that a landmark abortion decision was...

In Whole Woman’s Health v Hellerstedt (2016), a divided U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Texas law placing restrictions on abortion clinics. By a vote of 5-3, the Court held that the law placed an undue burden on a woman’s access to abortion. ...

Ayotte v Planned Parenthood of Northern New England 546 U.S. 320 (2006), is the parental notification of abortion case that many had hoped would overturn Roe v. Wade. Instead, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to revisit the legality of abortion in A...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in one of the most anticipated cases of the October 2013 term. However, the abortion buffer case generated very few fireworks inside or outside of the courtroom. There were very few protestors outs...

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court are often as sharply divided as the rest of the country. By a vote of five to four, the Court recently refused to set aside a lower court order allowing a controversial Texas abortion law to take effect. The ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a writ of certiorari in Cline v. Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice, which challenges an Oklahoma law banning the use of certain medications to terminate a pregnancy. However, the justices will not decide w...

While the U.S. Supreme Court is not expected to squarely address the issue of abortion during its upcoming term, it will reconsider the legality of buffer zones around abortion clinics. The case, McCullen v. Coakley, involves a First Amendment challe...

Abortion has become a hot topic during the 2012 presidential election, invoking strong words from both sides of the aisle. Therefore, it seems pertinent to go back and take a look at how the Supreme Court viewed the issued when it issued its landmark...