MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AS AMICI CURIAE AND BRIEF OF THE NATIONAL COALITION FOR CHILD PROTECTION REFORM, NATIONAL CENTER FOR YOUTH LAW, JUVENILE LAW CENTER, THE CHILDREN AND FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER, THE CHICAGO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS, ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN, and LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHILDLAW CENTER IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/0800SCamicibrief4.pdf
Alaska I. Introduction From time to time, we are called upon to decide constitutional cases that touch upon the most contentious, moral, ethical, and political issues of our day. In deciding such cases, we are ever mindful of the unique role we play in our democratic system of government… https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/AK-S-Ct-Planned-Parenthood-Decision.pdf
ALASKAAk. Const. art. I, § 1This constitution is dedicated to the principles that all persons have a natural right to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and the enjoyment of the rewards of their own industry, that all persons are equal and entitled to equal rights, opportunities, and protection under the law, and that all […]
المدعون في مرحلة ما بعد محاكمة قصيرة الأدلة المقدمة في المحاكمة تبين أن 24 بينالي الشارقة، الذي يمنع القاصرين دون 17 من ممارسة حقهم الدستوري في الحصول على الإجهاض إلا إذا كانت وحتى الحصول على موافقة أحد الوالدين أو إذن قضائي، غير ضرورية وضارة، وسوف لن يحقق أي هدف شرعي. ذلك أنه ينتهك حقوق النساء […]
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Proposed-Findings-of-Fact-Conclusions-of-Law-final.pdf
The Center for Reproductive Rights initiated this case in 2003 after then-Kansas Attorney General Phil Kline issued an opinion that construed the State’s child-abuse reporting statute to require doctors, nurses, school counselors, psychotherapists, and others to report as a potential victim of child abuse any adolescent under the age of 16 whom the provider suspected […]
Aid for Women v. Foulston: ComplaintKansas https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2d-Amended-Complaint.pdf
STATEMENTS OF INTEREST OF AMICIThe American Jewish Committee (“AJC”), a national organization of over 150,000 members and supporters represented by thirty-two regional chapters, including four in the state of New York, was founded in 1906 to protect the civil and religious rights of Jews. It is the conviction of AJC that those rights will be […]
Plaintiffs challenge the validity of legislation requiring health insurance policies that provide coverage for prescription drugs to include coverage for contraception. Plaintiffs assert that the provisions they challenge violate their rights under the religion clauses of the federal and state constitutions. We hold that the legislation, as applied to these plaintiffs, is valid.
In this case, we address a church-affiliated employer’s constitutional challenges to the Women’s Contraception Equity Act (WCEA),1 under which certain health and disability insurance contracts must cover prescription contraceptives. The plaintiff employer, which opposes contraceptives on religious grounds, claims the statute violates the establishment and free exercise clauses of the United States and California Constitutions. […]