by APFLI | Nov 20, 2009 | Legislation / Court Cases
The on again, off again nature of the Illinois parental notification law reads like the script of a soap opera because the status of the relationship between the law and the courts changes so frequently. In the latest turn of events, a circuit court judge decided to...
by APFLI | Sep 11, 2007 | Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
Charles Rust-Tierney sentenced to 7 years in prison Charles Rust-Tierney, an attorney who served as the president of the Virginia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) from 1993 to 2005, was arrested February 23, 2007 and charged with possession of...
by APFLI | Mar 22, 2007 | Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
A US district court judge stuck down a 1998 law passed by Congress against Internet pornography that made it a crime for commercial website operators to let children under 18 view pornographic materials. Senior U.S. District Judge Lowell Reed Jr., who presided over...
by APFLI | Jun 22, 2004 | Legislation / Court Cases
Pro-abortion groups lobbied strong opposition to a US Senate proposal that would protect girls from adult sexual predators, who can presently take girls across state lines to obtain abortions without their parents’ knowledge or consent. The Senate Judiciary...