civil rights and liberties

ALBANY — A Texas judge has ordered a New York doctor to pay more than $100,000 in penalties for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, a r...

ALBANY (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday signed a bill to shield the identities of doctors who prescribe abortion medications, days after a ...

Republican lawmakers in Western New York are urging constituents to reject what they call “a dangerous constitutional amendment on the ballot” this fa...

“Vote NO on Proposition 1” There is a dangerous constitutional amendment on the ballot this coming Election Day that, in our opinion, is cause for sig...

Many of my neighbors are curious about the New York state Equal Rights Amendment (Prop 1) on the ballot. They ask, “Don’t we already have enough right...

ALBANY — Democrats pushed to get a constitutional amendment on New York’s ballot because they believed it could energize liberals eager to protect abo...

Across the country, people flock to states for forbidden activities, materials and procedures. For some it’s casinos, others marijuana, but for New Yo...

Making changes to the New York State Constitution should never be done lightly. It’s an important, foundational document that offers many critical pro...

ALBANY — A New York judge said Friday he won’t force state election officials to tell voters that a proposed antidiscrimination amendment to the state...

ALBANY — A proposed amendment to New York’s Constitution that’s intended to protect abortion rights might appear on the ballot this fall without any m...

A proposed amendment to New York’s constitution to bar discrimination over “gender identity” and “pregnancy outcomes” will appear on the ballot this N...

FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — Republicans have adopted a platform , in advance of the party convention next week in Milwaukee, that might manage to be a s...

Americans concerned about the U.S. Supreme Court’s views on abortion may have been confused on Thursday when the court issued a unanimous ruling that ...

WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for a National Rifle Association lawsuit against a former New York state official o...

ALBANY — New York can continue to require companies with health insurance plans to cover medically necessary abortions, the state’s highest court rule...