EMILY BAZELON

Activists are trying to end secrecy for sperm and egg donors — a campaign that troubles some L.G.B.T.Q. families.

A preview of an upcoming vote on abortion access in Ohio.

After Dobbs, the political ground seems to be shifting in some unpredictable ways.

From Hungary to India to Brazil, how judges responded to attacks on their independence helped decide whether would-be autocrats prevailed in constraining the courts.

The court could strike down the law passed on Monday that seeks to curb its power. Or it might narrowly interpret it. Or it might...

The Comstock Act, named for a public-morals crusader on a mission to “sanitize” the U.S. in the 1870s, makes a comeback in the abortion-pill battle.

A Texas man says text messages on his ex-wife’s phone show the women helped her obtain an abortion. The women say he invaded their privacy.

In Israel, the United States and other democracies, bitter battles are being waged over the same question.

Republican lawmakers are putting limits on progressive prosecutors.

Pointing to examples of what happened after leaders elsewhere brought judiciaries to heel has helped mobilize Israelis in protest.