APPEAL’s Constituting and Constitutionalizing Political Economy group is hosting an online discussion of Government Religious Hospitals, with co-authors Elizabeth Sepper and James D. Nelson. Tuesday December 7, 2021 at 3-4:15pm ET (UTC-5).Register here for the zoom link and reading.Across
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CALL FOR PAPERS: REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE DISCUSSION GROUP (SEALS 2022)
October 11, 2021CALL FOR PAPERS: REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE DISCUSSION GROUP (SEALS 2022) We are seeking participants for a proposed discussion group for next year's Southeastern Association of Law School’s (SEALS) conference, to be held at the Sandestin Resort in Florida from July…
Will the FDA Permanently Remove In-Person Dispensing Requirements for Medication-Induced Abortions?
By Kelly Folkers (Aug. 10, 2021)As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, increasing numbers of patients are seeking care through telemedicine, allowing them to communicate with their doctors and be prescribed medicines without leaving home. Access to abortion medication is a part…
As the ADA Turns 31, Reproductive Rights Activists Note the Link Between the Two Battles
By Fallon Parker (Aug. 3, 2021)Last week marked the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which seeks to affirm and protect the rights of people with disabilities. Among other provisions, the act guarantees equal opportunity to person…
California Mandates Reparations for Some Victims of Forced Sterilization
By K.A. Dilday (July 20, 2021)On July 12, California governor Gavin Newsom, signed into law AB-1764, a bill to pay reparations to people who were forcibly sterilized in California during the years 1909 and 1979 when the state’s eugenic sanctions…
New UN Report Supports Reproductive Justice and Birth Justice
By Fallon Parker (July 13, 2021)In April 2021, in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations Working Group on discrimination against women and girls released a report on “women’s and girl’s sexual and reproductive health rights in…
Forced Contraception in China Among the Uyghurs
By Shelby Logan (June 29, 2021)With a fast moving, targeted strategy, the Chinese government is successfully decreasing the population of Uyghurs in Xinjiang through permanent and temporary birth control measures. In November 2019, news broke worldwide that China had begun…
Reaching for Reproductive Justice & Coming Up Short: The Women’s Health Protection Act
By Kelly Folkers (June 22, 2021)As the country braces for the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to Roe v. Wade, Congressional efforts continue to codify the right to abortion into law. This month, Senate Democrats reintroduced the Women’s…
What to do in a post-Roe world? Politically organize.
By Fallon Parker (June 15, 2021)With the Supreme Court’s decision to take up Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the constitutional right to an abortion hangs in the balance. Since Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court has held that bans…
Women and Rohingya Fear Continued Military Rule in Myanmar
By Shelby Logan (June 8, 2021)It has been four months since the February 1st military takeover of the civilian government of Myanmar. Not only did the coup stifle democracy: It endangers women in Myanmar as the military has a history…