The nation’s largest organization for medical examiners has issued a warning about a controversial, centuries-old forensic test that has contributed to cases in which pregnant women have been charged ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Legal experts from two universities will convene a group to ...

Inside the medical examiner’s office, two pathologists removed a baby’s lungs from his chest, clamped them together and placed them in a container of water. Then they watched. They were examining the ...

In the wake of Dobbs, I published a three-part series on how the decision would necessarily influence the legal system. Today, I want to write about a case that was unquestionably swayed by premises ...