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Conservative Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas asked questions about the Comstock Act while hearing mifepristone arguments.

Abortion-pill access may survive the latest legal challenge to mifepristone, but at least two right-wing justices are eyeing a backup plan: the Victorian-era Comstock laws.

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a Texas law requiring parental consent to obtain contraception for minors.

A Fifth Circuit decision backing a Texas contraception law shows the conservative fight is just beginning.

A three-judge panel in New Orleans ruled that a Texas law requiring minors to obtain parental consent to obtain birth control does not conflict with the goals of the federally-funded Title X program, which has given teens birth control confidentially.

A three-judge panel in New Orleans ruled that a Texas law requiring minors to obtain parental consent to obtain birth control does not conflict with the goals of the federally-funded Title X program.

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Texas law requiring parental consent to obtain contraception for minors.

Photo illustration by Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesA U.S. Appeals Court ruled on Tuesday that under Texas law, a father can deny birth control from his teen daughter, but may have also saved Title X services in the process.The plaintiff, father-of-three Alexander Deanda, claimed that Title X, a program which provides funding for medical care to patients under 18, was violating a Texas law which gives parents the right to consent to their teenagers obtaining contraceptives. According to the compla

A divided US Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday on the legality of "bump stocks," simple devices that can allow rapid fire from otherwise semi-automatic guns.

WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court justices struggled over technical aspects of "bump stocks" on Wednesday as they considered the legality of a ban imposed under former President Donald Trump on these