New Zealand is working to update surrogacy laws to make the process easier

WELLINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) – The New Zealand government will update the country’s surrogacy law to make the process easier and less discriminatory, New Zealand’s Justice Minister Kiri Allan said late on Tuesday. “Surrogacy has become an established method of forming a family for people unable to carry a child themselves. However, the laws that […]

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Ugandan anti-LGBTQ law deepens Anglican Church rift on gay rights | ReligionNews

The latest split in the Anglican Church comes after recent comments by the Archbishop of Canterbury on Uganda’s new law. The chair of a conservative group of Anglican church leaders on Wednesday accused the church’s global head of perpetuating colonialism with his criticism of one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ laws, introduced by Uganda last […]

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Republicans privately acknowledge Trump’s legal woes are serious this time

It’s long been Republican orthodoxy that no matter what Donald Trump says, the GOP base will stick with him. After his last indictment in New York, the party rallied around him. But this time, privately, Republicans aren’t so sure. An operative in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ orbit, who requested anonymity to speak candidly without approval […]

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Kathleen Folbigg pardoned after 20 years in jail over killing her four children

Twenty years after she was imprisoned for killing her four children, Kathleen Folbigg has been pardoned and released from jail. Key points: Kathleen Folbigg was notified of her release on Monday morning She will stay with childhood friend and advocate Tracy Chapman Ms Folbigg has always denied killing her four children NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley […]

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Vancouver urgent care clinic suspends some services over legal battle with health authorities

The day before Vancouver’s first urgent and primary care center opened in 2018, the provincial government held a news conference celebrating the facility as a step toward improving the quality of health-care in the city. “We want people to get the care they need in their community,” Health Minister Adrian Dix said that Sunday. Less […]

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Five percent of lawyers are Black. Matthew Graham aims to change that.

Comment on this storyComments Matthew Graham was reluctant to allow his wife to record him as he opened his results from the Maryland bar exam. She was insistent. Now he’s glad he did. The video was captured by Graham, 29, who graduated from the University of Baltimore Law School in December, as he opened the […]

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The lawyer whose sex trafficking case against Instagram could spell trouble for big tech | Global development

On March 14 2022, Annie McAdams, a personal injury lawyer running a small firm in Houston, Texas, filed a civil action suit on behalf of one of her clients. The plaintiff was a 23-year-old woman who had endured years of sexual exploitation at the hands of a convicted trafficker. The defendant was one of the […]

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