Understanding Lakey: Abortion Rights and the Right to Know
February 11, 2012
JURIST Guest Columnist Mary Ziegler of Saint Louis University School of Law says that the increasing popularity of state regulations requiring doctors to perform ostensibly informative procedures prior to an abortion represent a revision of Supreme Court precedent which may result in changes to Firs....... [more] 
Federal judge allows enforcement of Texas abortion law
February 7, 2012
A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled Monday that Texas can begin enforcing a state law that requires women to have a sonogram before undergoing an abortion. In his ruling, Judge Sam Sparks noted that he was ordering the enforcement of the law following a ruling....... [more]
Georgia high court overturns assisted suicide law
February 6, 2012
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled unanimously Monday that the state's assisted suicide law violated the First Amendment right to free speech, essentially ruling in favor of four members of Final Exit charged in 2009. Defendants Ted Goodwin, Claire Blehr, Lawrence Egbert and Nicholas Alec Sheriden w....... [more]
Italy president blocked measure to stop euthanasia of comatose woman
February 6, 2012
On February 6, 2009, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano refused to sign a governmental decree intended to stop the removal of Eluana Englaro's feeding tube. Englaro had been in a coma since an automobile accident in 1992 and her father, Beppino Englaro, had been fighting to have her feeding tub....... [more]
Report concluded that Oil-for-Food head 'seriously undermined' UN integrity
February 3, 2012
On February 3, 2011 the Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) released a report investigating the UN Oil-for-Food program. The program began to exchange Iraqi oil for food and medicine in 1996, despite international sanctions prohibiting such trading. The report concluded that the program's head, Beno....... [more]
Virginia senate approves bill requiring ultrasound before abortion
February 2, 2012
The Virginia Senate approve a bill on Wednesday that would require a woman seeking an abortion to have an ultrasound before the procedure. The new requirements include the audio provision of fetal heartbeat and a determination of the gestational age of the fetus. Additionally, a written record must....... [more]
Redefining Roe: Informed Consent and the Abortion Debate
January 24, 2012
JURIST Guest Columnist Mary Ziegler of Saint Louis University School of Law says that a recent decision by Fifth Circuit gives broad support for laws requiring physicians to provide certain information to patients requesting an abortion, and that this represents a shift in the debate over abortion r....... [more]
UK court rejected parental notification requirement for abortion counseling
January 23, 2012
On January 23, 2006, the UK High Court rejected a review of guidelines that do not require parental consent for minors to receive contraception or abortion advice. A mother of five had brought a lawsuit hoping to change the law to prevent girls under 16 from getting confidential medical advice w....... [more]
Federal appeals court allows enforcement of Texas abortion sonogram law
January 11, 2012
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday lifted an injunction on a Texas law that requires women to have a sonogram before undergoing an abortion, allowing the law to be enforced. In addition to the sonogram, the new law also dictates that the woman must listen to a detailed descrip....... [more]
Fifth Circuit hears arguments over Texas abortion law
January 5, 2012
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Wednesday heard arguments in an appeal by the state of Texas to lift a lower court's preliminary injunction against a state abortion law that requires doctors to show sonograms to patients before performing the procedure. The three-judge panel did not im....... [more]
Federal judge upholds restrictions on tobacco advertising
January 5, 2012
On January 5, 2010, a judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky issued a ruling upholding restrictions on cigarette advertising imposed by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. Tobacco companies, including R.J. Reynolds, filed suit against provisions of th....... [more]
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