WASHINGTON — Child welfare advocates filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday asking a judge to force the Biden administration to block imports of cocoa harvested by children in West Africa that can end up in America’s most popular chocolate desserts and candies. When asked more generally about cocoa produced by child labor, the federal agency said it was “unable to disclose …
OKLAHOMA CITY — A coalition of abortion rights advocates, clinics and advocacy groups filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to block recent Oklahoma anti-abortion legislation from taking effect. “The Oklahoma Supreme Court has found time and again that the state legislature’s extreme attempts to restrict abortion are unconstitutional,” lead plaintiff Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, said in …
LOADING ERROR LOADING A major three-year human rights investigation into 47 of the biggest fossil fuel companies and their role in driving climate change has released its conclusions and legal experts are calling it a “watershed moment.” Over the last three years, the Philippines Commission on Human Rights has been gathering evidence on whether huge oil, coal, gas and mining …
Washington CNN — Abortion rights advocates filed a lawsuit Friday challenging that Georgia’s controversial ban on abortion is unconstitutional. The American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rights sued state officials, calling for a judge to block the law that Georgia Gov. The move comes as several of the restrictive abortion laws coming out of red …
