Supreme Court

One key reason for the success of state legislatures in restricting women's right to choose might be that the fight over abortion in the United States historically has been framed as an issue of privacy. And the right to privacy offers poor protection for what is also an issue of life, health, and—above all—discrimination.

Christian Medical Association says that Ralph's Thriftway Pharmacy is within its rights to refuse to stock Plan B contraception. I'm sorry. Why are you in the pharmacy business again?

Does this decision give us any idea of how the court would rule on other abortion restrictions?

Good to know that one of the votes on the Supreme Court doesn't believe the court should be involved.

The Supreme Court issued its decision in the Dukes v. Wal-Mart sex discrimination case yesterday, a frustrating ruling that doesn’t challenge the existence of bias, but that exempts the company from accountability.

The Supreme Court ruled for Wal-Mart on Monday in its fight to block a massive sex discrimination lawsuit on behalf of women who work there, according to the Associated Press.

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According to one "Right to Life" group, a former clerk of Justice Kennedy said he's ready to overturn Roe V. Wade.

Governor Brian Schweitzer vetoed a bill that would have prohibited coverage of abortion in state insurance exchanges; the wife of Kermit Gosnell is released on house arrest; Justice Sotomayor will visit a birthing center/Head Start provider in DC next week; and could HPV contribute to lung cancer?

With millions of Americans out of work, House Republicans are focusing in on real priorities: decimating private abortion coverage and crippling public funding for abortion.