U.S. Supreme Court

Lawmakers likened the new age requirement, which took effect May 3, to those for alcohol or online gambling and argued that stronger protections were needed to shield kids from pornography.

“This isn’t like a ‘win-win.’ This is a small victory because our health and personal freedoms are still at stake,” said Candida Duran Taveras, Planned Parenthood of Utah’s director of community engagement.

Judge Andrew Stone on Tuesday granted a request from Planned Parenthood to delay implementing a law that would have stopped abortion clinics from getting licenses beginning on Wednesday. The organization argues the ban signed into law earlier this year will effectively end access to abortion in Utah.

A vote using the 1996 Congressional Review Act could eliminate the president’s $400 billion loan forgiveness program.

The high court heard arguments Monday in a case that states argue could upend how water is shared in the Western U.S. if the court sides with the Navajo Nation.

Arizona, California and Nevada, and other basin states, argue that more water for the Navajo Nation would cut into already scarce supplies for cities, agriculture and business growth.

The decision by Utah’s Republican governor to approve legislation that bans abortions clinics is raising concerns about how already overburdened hospitals will accommodate becoming the only place for legal abortions in the state.

Organizers and their legal advisers argue a 2006 Supreme Court ruling protects them from prosecution and participants say they are taking part in a religious service. Some experts raise concerns that the benefits of ayahuasca haven’t been well studied.

Supporters say protections enshrined into state law are important to preserving Indigenous culture for future generations.

For some, abortion access can be a way to exercise one’s religion.

The church's statement said doctrine would continue to consider same-sex relationships against God’s commandments. Yet it would support rights for same-sex couples as long as they don't infringe on religious groups’ right to believe as they choose.

The Supreme Court appears likely to leave in place most of a federal law that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children.