The justices’ action comes in an appeal from Alabama, which is seeking to execute Joseph Clifton Smith. He was sentenced to death for killing a man in 1997. Lower federal courts found Smith is ...

The new motion filed by California AG Rob Bonta is part of an ongoing lawsuit concerning the experience of Anna Nusslock — a ...

Members of the Southern Baptist Convention are expected to vote in their annual meeting next week on a number of resolutions, ...

The Supreme Court will consider making it harder for convicted murderers to show their lives should be spared because they ...

The Supreme Court will review Alabama's appeal to execute a man deemed ineligible for the death penalty, potentially reshaping standards for borderline cases.

The U.S. Department of State plans to destroy a reserve of artificial contraceptives that was previously set aside for ...

Revoking federal guidance for life-saving abortions the Trump administration has added confusion to an already impossible ...

The rescinding of a Biden-era guidance could further restrict how doctors address emergencies, regardless of states’ abortion ...

The attorneys general of New York, California, Massachusetts and New Jersey asked the FDA to lift some requirements on ...

The states consider it a move to force the F.D.A. to review and acknowledge extensive research showing the pill’s safety.

Attorneys general of New York, California, New Jersey and Massachusetts are asking the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expand access to the abortion pill and remove some “unnecessary” drug ...