Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925) - Cited in over 100 Supreme Court cases, the Court established a constitutional right of parents to send their children to private schools. Skinner v. Oklahoma (1942) - This decision holds that states may not impose ...

Reproductive rights are a class of human rights associated with reproductive health and autonomy. They may include the right to plan a family, use birth control, receive sex education in public schools, end a pregnancy, and gain access to reproductive health services. The legal contours of ...

Reproductive rights include topics like abortion, birth control, sex education, the right to rear children, the freedom to plan a family, and other matters related to reproduction. This section includes an explanation of what constitutes the category of reproductive rights, ...

Expectant mothers and their soon-to-be newborns are particularly vulnerable during active labor and childbirth. While giving birth is much safer now than it was before the advent of modern medicine, complications still arise and sometimes cause birth injuries to infants. Some birth ...

While vasectomy and tubal ligation are two of the most effective forms of birth control, accidents sometimes still occur. Wrongful pregnancy lawsuits seek damages for pregnancies--and the subsequent births--that weren't supposed to happen, meaning one or both parents were medically ...

If a mother dies during pregnancy or labor due to misconduct by a doctor or other medical professional, surviving family members - including the newborn -- may be able to bring a wrongful death suit to recover damages. The idea behind a ...

In a wrongful birth lawsuit, the parent or parents of a child who was born with severe medical ailments sues a healthcare professional or hospital. Typically, the plaintiffs (the people filing the lawsuit) claim that the defendant either misdiagnosed the ...

What Is Wrongful Death? Wrongful death is a death caused by the negligence or fault of another person. For example, if a mother and her newborn child are in a car accident where the other driver ran a red light, and ...

A birth injury or medical malpractice claim is not limited to the conduct of medical doctors, but applies also to nurses, anesthesiologists, health care facilities, pharmaceutical companies, and others that provide health care services. Hospitals Hospitals are corporations that are either public ...

The birth of a child is often the most joyous time in a parent's life, and thankfully most child deliveries go relatively smoothly. But complications can arise during both pregnancy and delivery, potentially resulting in injury to the baby. In ...