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Tulsa World: State high court affirms ruling on abortion bill

03.04.10 - "The Oklahoma Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's decision that a controversial abortion bill violated the one-subject rule of the state constitution…

Hoye v. Oakland: Amicus Brief

03.03.10 - In August 2009, the District Court for the Northern District of California upheld an Oakland, California city ordinance that creates a “bubble” zone" around reproductive health care facilities against a constitutional challenge by an anti-…

A.S. v. Hungary: Informed Consent: A Signature is Not Enough

02.23.10 - A.S., a Hungarian woman of Roma origin, underwent surgery at a public hospital in connection with a miscarriage. Minutes after being admitted to the hospital in a “state of shock” and while on the operating table, A.S. was asked to sign a statement of consent to a caesarean section…

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