Republished from Nov. 20, 2016By Cynthia SoohooI knew something was up when a policeman ushered me away from a cordoned off entrance to the Richard Rodgers Theater. But then again, this was Hamilton, and the presence of celebrities and politicians
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New UN Guidance Calling for Restraints on Conscientious Objection to Abortion Care
November 26, 2024: Cynthia Soohoo and Jaime M. Gher discuss UN Guidelines on conscientious objection in a new blog on Just Security. The UN Working Group on Discrimination Against Girls explains State obligation to ensure conscientious refusals to provide abortion…
UN Human Rights Committee Grills U.S. on Abortion, Maternal Mortality, and Separation of Families
Crossed posted on Human Rights at Home BlogBy Hannah Filippino and Benita von Lilienfeld-Berry (October 31, 2023) Earlier this month, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (“HRC”) reviewed the U.S.’ performance under one of the only three international human rights treaties…
CUNY Law Assistant, Associate or Full Professor of Law Job Announcement
(September 7, 2022)CUNY Law School is seeking up to eight (8) highly qualified candidates for tenured or tenure-track faculty appointments to begin immediately, but no later than Fall 2023. The Law School is looking for qualified candidates across a broad…
What Else is “Egregiously Wrong”?
By Martha F. Davis, University Distinguished Professor, Northeastern University School of Law, co-director, Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (June 28, 2022)This blog was originally published at by the Human Rights at Home Blog as part of…
Justice Thomas Reveals the Agenda
By Margaret Drew (June 26, 2022) “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”Maya Angelou This blog was originally published at by the Human Rights at Home Blog as part of a Symposium on Dobbs v.…
After Dobbs, Are Rights for Zygotes, Embryos, and Fetuses Next?
This article was originally published at the CUNY Law Review Blog and has been republished here with permission.After Dobbs, Are Rights for Zygotes, Embryos and Fetuses Next? by Cynthia Soohoo (June 29, 2022)Justice Alito’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade and…
The Threat of Murder Charges for Abortion Already Exists
May 16, 2022, by Cynthia Soohoo and Dana Sussman (originally published by Jurist Commentary, May 14, 2022 ):Last week, Louisiana made headlines by proposing a bill that would make abortion a homicide and explicitly allow pregnant people to be…
Why The Leaked Supreme Court Opinion Overruling Roe v. Wade Is Fundamentally Flawed
By Nancy C. Marcus*On May 2, 2022, a draft Supreme Court opinion by Justice Alito was leaked to the public, signaling that the Court is at the precipice of stripping away longstanding constitutional protections for privacy and reproductive autonomy…
The Leaked Draft Decision in Dobbs: Context and Content
By Richard Storrow (May 4, 2022)In a widely anticipated move, the United States Supreme Court has voted to overrule Roe v. Wade. A draft of the decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health was leaked to the press earlier this week, months before…