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NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Heather Gatnarek, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union in Kentucky, about a new law that effectively blocks access to abortions in that state. More Stories From NPR Popular on NPR.org NPR Editors' Picks

SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: There is currently nowhere in the state of Kentucky to get an abortion after a unique new law took effect last week. Reproductive rights groups say the legislation was designed to be extremely difficult for abortion providers to comply with. Democratic Governor Andy Beshear vetoed the law, but state lawmakers then voted to override that veto. The law took effect immediat...

Photo Courtesy: John Guilfoil Public Relations Hopkinton, Mass. — Tens of thousands of people begin the Boston Marathon in Hopkinton every year. With a motto of "It all starts here," the town is excited to welcome runners and spectators from around the world again. Planning for the marathon occurs almost year-round and ramps up significantly in the weeks before Marathon Monday. The town says ...

Pueblo Chief of Police Chris Noeller hopes Colorado lawmakers took in what he and nearly four dozen other Colorado police chiefs told them last week when they testified on a bill to make possession of any quantity of fentanyl a felony. “I’ve been in law enforcement since January 1994 and drug enforcement for 10 years,” Noeller told the Chieftain. “Fentanyl is the most lethal drug we’ve ever...

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — A new Indiana state law will soon give judges the choice on where low-level offenders can go to serve time and receive treatment. The law is also designed to reduce overcrowding in county jails. It is for level six felons which are typically minor thefts, assault and drug crimes. A state representative from northern Indiana co-authored the law, saying it will also make it s...

This year, the University of Chicago Law School ranked third in the 2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Law Schools list, while the Booth School of Business tied for first with The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in the 2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Business Schools list. The U.S. News business and law school rankings are determined by three ranking indicators: a ...

For the last 400 years, physical territory has defined international law and politics. The rules on war and state borders were created in relation to a world with real geography and space. Even though the advent of air travel added space above, the concept of sovereignty persisted as a concept of something physical. However, cyberspace is challenging the very notion of sovereignty. The concep...

To the Editor: For those who truly value human life, none of the recent new laws on abortion are as confusing as the law in Oklahoma. It bans abortions after 15 weeks but also makes performing an abortion a felony with up to 10 years in prison. If some hospital employee, who does not understand medicine, turns in a physician doing a D&C to save a mother who is bleeding actively during a m...

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