RECENT COURT CASES

RECENT U.S SUPREME COURT RULINGS OF INTEREST

Thirty-Four Years of Precedent Protecting Women's Health - Read about the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the 2003 federal abortion ban and how this ban flies in the face of 34 years of Court precedent that a woman's health should be the paramount concern. 

• Ferguson v. City of Charleston - Challenge to a South Carolina program which tested urine of pregnant women for evidence of cocaine use without a warrant or consent.

• Hill v. Colorado -Challenge to a Colorado law establishing a "bubble zone" around anyone near a health care facility. 

• Stenberg v. Carhart - Challenge on Nebraska's so-called "partial-birth" abortion ban.

RECENT FEDERAL RULINGS OF INTEREST

• Britell v. United States - Challenging the U.S Department of Defense for refusing insurance coverage for abortion procedures for military personnel and their spouses.

• Erickson v. Bartell Drug Co. - Class-action lawsuit from Seattle against an employer providing a prescription drug plan that did not cover contraceptives.

RECENT STATE RULINGS OF INTEREST

• Eric M. Bost, Commissioner of Human Services v. Low-Income Women of Texas - Challenge concerning state Medicaid law that denies funding for abortion services for low-income women.