Kentucky anti-abortion bills among the first passed by state legislature
Kentucky legislators passed Saturday two anti-abortion bills. Despite the ongoing pandemic, these bills were among the first to gain full support in the state legislature. House Bill 2 gives the state attorney general the power to hand down criminal and civil penalties for violations of state abortion laws. Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron has expressed his [...]
Federal judge allows lawsuit challenging North Carolina 'bathroom bill' to proceed
A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina ruled Sunday that a lawsuit against North Carolina’s new “bathroom bill,” which prohibits local governments from enacting new anti-discrimination laws regarding multiple occupancy restrooms, can move forward. The case was originally brought by a group of transgender individuals challenging the state’s 2016 [...]
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a series of abortion regulations into law on Tuesday. Senate Bill 8 will require the burial or cremation of fetal tissue and bans the donation of fetal tissue. The legislation also bans...
Mississippi man sentenced in first US transgender hate crime conviction
A Mississippi man was sentenced to 49 years in prison and a fine of $20,000 on Monday in the first-ever conviction under the Matthew Shepard, James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act , a federal hate crime statute....
Texas "Bathroom Bill" Offers Up More of the Same False, Tired Anti-LGBT Arguments
JURIST Guest Columnist Dara Purvis of Penn State Law discusses some deficiencies of a recent Texas bill resembling North Carolina's "HB2"...In January, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick introduced Senate Bill 6 (SB6), another so-called "bathroom bill" aimed at preventing transgender...
DOJ drops lawsuit against North Carolina over 'bathroom bill'
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday dropped a federal lawsuit against the state of North Carolina over a bill requiring transgender people to use the public bathroom associated with their birth gender. The DOJ originally filed...
North Carolina House Bill 2 (HB2) , commonly known as the "bathroom bill," was repealed on Thursday. Governor Roy Cooper signed HB142 , which repeals HB2, after the legislature passed the bill ...
Kentucky's HB 2 , which requires doctors to perform an ultrasound before an abortion, faced its first legal challenge in federal court Thursday. HB 2 requires doctors to perform an ultrasound and show their patients pictures, explaining...
A Texas Senate committee on Wednesday approved legislation that would limit access to public restrooms to those corresponding to a person's gender as marked on their birth certificate. The bill, promoted as advocating for women's...
Eleven states, led by Texas, filed a document in federal court Thursday to withdraw a lawsuit against the US government, a week after a Dear Colleague letter from the Department of Justice ...
