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Tex. Penal Code § 21.06 (a) (2003) This case overturned a previous ruling or rulings. Bowers v. Hardwick (1986) Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003), is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws criminalizing sodomy between consenting adults are unconstitutional.
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022, in full) Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), [ 1] was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States generally protected a right to have an abortion.
Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020), is a landmark [1] United States Supreme Court civil rights decision in which the Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees against discrimination because of sexuality or gender identity. The plaintiff, Gerald Bostock, was fired from his county job after he ...
Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022) Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, 579 U.S. 582 (2016), was a landmark decision [1] of the US Supreme Court announced on June 27, 2016. The Court ruled 5–3 that Texas cannot place restrictions on the delivery of abortion services that create an undue burden for women seeking an abortion.
The Texas Supreme Court hears oral arguments for Zurawski v. State of Texas in Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. The The plaintiffs, 20 women who were denied abortions despite severe pregnancy complications ...
The survey adds context to a February 2024 University of Texas poll that found the overwhelming majority of Texas voters support legal abortion access for pregnant women in cases of rape, incest ...
Tennessee: Married women are given the right to own and manage property in their own name during the incapacity of their spouse. [4] 1839. Mississippi: The Married Women's Property Act 1839 grants married women the right to own (but not control) property in her own name. [10] 1840.
All-Woman Supreme Court. The All-Woman Supreme Court refers to a special session of the Supreme Court of Texas which met in 1925. The court consisted of Hortense Sparks Ward, who was appointed special chief justice, Hattie Leah Henenberg, and Ruth Virginia Brazzil. It sat for five months, ruling on the case Johnson v.