Certified Questions of Law from the Supreme Court of the United States
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The Costa Rican government ignored its laws and inflicted brutal suffering on a woman who had every right to a legal abortion. Aurora was on the way to her friend’s house when the bleeding started. She was pregnant. The visit with her friend was supposed to be celebratory, as she planned to announce that she […]
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