by Jessica Mason Pieklo, Senior Legal Analyst, RH Reality Check

August 27, 2012 - 10:14 pm

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals appears willing to stop at nothing to enshrine its hostility to abortion access into law.

by Andrea Grimes

May 1, 2012 - 12:17 pm

In an overnight decision, the conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down an injunction issued yesterday allowing Planned Parenthood to continue providing Medicaid-funded care in Texas. The judge behind the ruling? Conservative Jerry Smith, a member of Rush Limbaugh’s anti-Obama “team.”