In Baltimore’s final plea for a Supreme Court hearing, lawyers for the city this week pressed the justices to review and restore an ordinance that required pregnancy centers opposed to abortion and artificial birth control to notify patients the facilities do not offer services for terminating or preventing pregnancies.

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Spring is the season of mystery at the Supreme Court.

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A Christian-based pregnancy center is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to let stand a lower court decision that struck down as unconstitutional a Baltimore ordinance requiring pregnancy centers opposed to abortion and artificial birth control to notify patients the facilities ...

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The city ordinance required pregnancy centers opposed to abortion to notify patients the facilities do not offer services for terminating or preventing pregnancies.

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Legislation to require state and local prisons to have written policies regarding pregnant inmates' medical care has passed the Senate and House of Delegates and appears headed to Gov. Larry Hogan’s desk pending additional, procedural votes.

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For years, abortion-rights advocates have used the First Amendment as a weapon to challenge laws that require doctors to display an ultrasound or describe a fetus in detail to a patient. Now it's the anti-abortion side that says its speech rights are being violated.

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Baltimore will urge the U.S. Supreme Court to review and overturn a decision striking down as unconstitutional a city ordinance that required pregnancy centers opposed to abortion and artificial birth control to notify patients that the facilities do not offer ...

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A Baltimore city ordinance requiring pro-life “pregnancy centers” to post a sign in their waiting rooms stating they do not provide abortion- or birth-control-related services violates the centers’ First Amendment rights, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. In its 3-0 ...

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Abortion, a Wisconsin county facing a sexual assault lawsuit, Carswell critic round out roundup

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Welcome to Monday, the 76th anniversary of the end of Joe DiMaggio‘s record hitting streak after 56 games. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Is the president’s son’s meeting evidence of collusion? — Anti-abortion bill ...

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