The case is Medina v. Planned Parenthood, 606 U.S. ___ (2025). Adam Liptak, NYT, Supreme Court Rules Planned Parenthood Cannot Sue Over S. Carolina Defunding Effort
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Planned Parenthood and one of its patients
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Angela Hefti on “An Ecofeminist Approach to Climate Risks”
Angela Hefti has published An Ecofeminist Approach to Climate Risks in Volume 46 of the Michigan Journal of International Law. The abstract is excerpted here. Climate change poses significant risks to the human right to life. However, international adjudicators have either
Mary B. Trevor and Cynthia Bemis Abrams on “Power Plays: Women and Progressive Television Battle Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment”
Mary B. Trevor and Cynthia Bemis Abrams have published "Power Plays: Women and Progressive Television Battle Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment" in Volume 9 of the Howard Human & Civil Rights Law Review. The introduction explains the author perspectives and
Ballakrishnen on “Blasé: deviant lawyers and the denial of discrimination”
Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen has published Blasé: deviant lawyers and the denial of discrimination in Volume 59 of the Law & Society Review (June 2025). The abstract is excerpted here: Using 60 interviews with a range of minority law students and early
SCOTUS Decides Skrmetti Case Holding that Trans Discrimination is not Sex-Based Discrimination Under Equal Protection
The decision is here: US v. Skrmetti, 605 U.S. ___ (2025).Held. Tennessee’s law prohibiting certain medical treatments for transgender minors is not subject to heightened scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and satisfies rational basis
Dr. Shelley Sella’s New Book on Third-Trimester Abortion Care
Dr. Shelley Sella, MD has published Beyond Limits: Stories of Third-Trimester Abortion Care with the Penguin Random House Press. The book is a powerful read packed with insights about abortion decision-making. The publisher describes the book as follows:
Dr. Shelley Sella’s New Book on Third-Trimester Abortion Care
Dr. Shelley Sella, MD has published Beyond Limits: Stories of Third-Trimester Abortion Care with the Penguin Random House Press. The book is a powerful read packed with insights about abortion decision-making. The publisher describes the book as follows:
Michael H. LeRoy on “NCAA Women Athletes and NIL Pay Disparities: Are They Students Under Title IX, Employees Under Title VII, or Both?”
Michael H. LeRoy has published "NCAA Women Athletes and NIL Pay Disparities: Are They Students Under Title IX, Employees Under Title VII, or Both?" in Volume 93 of the University of Cincinnati Law Review (2025). The conclusion is
New Book, Pushback: The 2500 Year Fight to Thwart Women by Restricting Abortion
Mary Fissell, Pushback: The 2,500-Year Fight to Thwart Women by Restricting Abortion (Hatchette 2025)Attitudes about abortion cycle between long periods of widespread tolerance, to repression, and back again. What accounts for these pendulum swings? From ancient Greece to the modern
New Book, The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life
Sophia Rosenfeld, The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life (Princeton 2025)Choice touches virtually every aspect of our lives, from what to buy and where to live to whom to love, what profession to practice, and even