The moral argument for not making laws about many—especially victimless—activities is that people have a right to live their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A law named for morality crusader Anthony Comstock (left) is being used to argue against abortion medicationilbusca/Getty Images; ...

Americans are increasingly looking to the law as the moral arbiter for our times. High-profile court cases on gay marriage, affirmative action, and the death penalty highlight the trend. But so do ...

Iran's morality police has faced increasing global scrutiny over their role in the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.

“I don’t need international law. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me,” US President Donald Trump declared in an interview with the New York Times on Friday. The remarks ...

As we recently celebrated the Fourth of July, I have been engaging in the rich and fruitful exercise of re-reading the Declaration of Independence. This reading has brought some important things to ...

Allahabad High Court rules married man in live-in relationship with consenting adult is not a crime, separates morality from ...

The family of an 18-year-old moved the Allahabad High Court seeking criminal proceedings against a man with whom she is in a ...

A federal appeals court discussed an obscure, 150-year-old morality law in its decision on abortion medication mifepristone. A challenge to the legality of sending abortion medications via mail ...