Law
Weak protection for vanishing whale violates law, judge says
Judge Boasberg ruled the government has violated both the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act by failing to protect the North Atlantic right whale.
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Court blocks Pennsylvania’s carbon emissions plan
The court granted a preliminary injunction that prohibits the Wolf administration from “implementing, administering, or enforcing” the carbon-pricing policy.
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Appeals court: Congress can see some Trump financial records
Friday’s decision from the federal appeals court in Washington almost certainly won’t be the last word in the legal fight that began in 2019.
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Emergency contraception: How it works, how effective it is and how to get it
Many advocates suggest women and all those who can get pregnant have emergency contraception on hand before they need it.
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Protecting digital privacy post-Roe
How is our personal data tracked, collected, used and sold? How might law enforcement and abortion opponents use it post-Roe?
Air Date: July 8, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Self-induced abortions can raise medical — and legal — questions for doctors
Doctors are thinking about how to help women who have questions or concerns after taking abortion pills at home — without putting themselves or their patients in jeopardy.
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In light of EPA court ruling, new focus on states’ power
Eighteen states have set 100% clean energy goals, according to the U.S. Climate Alliance, and they represent 42% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
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The Supreme Court marshal asks state officials to act on protests at justices’ homes
The protests have carried on for weeks since the leak of a draft of the court's eventual decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Doctors weren’t considered in Dobbs, but now they’re on abortion’s legal front lines
Justice Alito's abortion opinion barely mentions medicine. This creates a perilous new legal reality for doctors, legal analysts say.
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The end of Roe v. Wade raises fear of more prosecutions for pregnancy loss
Now that the Supreme Court has struck down Roe v. Wade, experts warn that prosecutions will increase for miscarriages, stillbirths and self-induced abortions.
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Protests for women’s liberty and reproductive freedom will fill Philadelphia on the Fourth of July
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe. v. Wade, many plan to demonstrate on the nation’s birthday.
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‘Revolutionary’ high court term on abortion, guns and more
In its first full term together, the court’s conservative majority ruled on abortion, guns, and religion, and limited the government's regulatory powers.
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Migrants in Texas trailer tragedy died seeking better lives
Families of the more than 60 people packed into a tractor-trailer and abandoned in Texas have began to confirm their worst fears.
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N.J. Gov. Murphy signs bills protecting abortions for out-of-staters
The legislation moved swiftly in the Democrat-led Legislature, just a week after the Supreme Court's ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.
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How the Supreme Court could radically reshape elections for president and Congress
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Thursday that it has agreed to hear a case next term that could upend election laws across the country.
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