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Weeks after the Supreme Court said it would hear the case of a Mississippi law that could severely limit the right to abortion, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled in favor of abortion rights on a very similar law, upholding a preliminary injunction against a 2019 Missouri bill that sought to prohibit some pre-viability abortions and expanding its reach to include a ban on abortions “solely based” on prenatal indicators of Down...

Minnesota continues fight against Christian couple who refuse to film gay weddings JavaScript in your web browser. Please Minnesota continues fight against Christian couple who refuse to film gay weddings Minnesota continues fight against Christian couple who refuse to film gay weddings Carl and Angel Larsen, the couple who owns the Minnesota-based Telescope Media Group. In Dec. 2016, the Larsens filed suit against a state law that would compel them to film same-sex wedding ceremonies despite their religious objections. | (Screenshot:YouTube/Alliance Defending Freedom) The state of Minnesota...

Stras ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) – Nebraska law doesn’t require medical device manufacturers to directly warn users of potential dangers. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reached that conclusion Feb. 8 in Stephanie Ideus’ lawsuit against Teva Pharmaceuticals. It noted the learned-intermediary doctrine, which requires health care professionals to pass on warnings to patients, is in place in the state when it comes to prescription drugs. But it is not clear whether the doctrine would apply to medical devices like the intrauterine device at issue...

Measles can be prevented by vaccination with measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. (AP file photo/Eric Risberg) ST. LOUIS (CN) — A group of Missouri parents told an Eighth Circuit panel on Tuesday that the state requires them to go through a forced indoctrination session to religiously opt out of vaccines required for their children to attend school. “This is a hybrid rights case,” plaintiffs’ attorney Linus Baker told the three-judge panel via a teleconference hearing. “It has many fundamental rights. These parents cannot raise these children the way they want, they cannot provide i...

USA TODAY WASHINGTON –  Nearly 40% of judges President Donald Trump appointed to federal appeals courts have a history of hostility toward LGBTQ rights, according to a new report by the LGBT advocacy group Lambda Legal.  The report presents a sobering image for civil rights advocates of Trump's lasting impact on the federal judiciary – one they say threatens to roll back progress made in advancing the rights of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. "Our analysis was ... about calling out the danger to the rule of law, the danger to the integrity and credibility of the ...