By K.A. Dilday (June 1, 2021)On Friday, President Joe Biden released a proposed budget for 2022. Reproductive rights advocates hailed it for the historic exclusion of the Hyde Amendment: It is the first White House budget in decades to exclude
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Forced sterilizations and other non-consensual gynecological procedures performed on migrant women detained at Georgia’s Irwin County Detention Center
By Hugh Fitzgibbon, Som-Mai Nguyen, and Catalina Ramirez Palau, Law Student Representatives, Transnational Legal Clinic, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (May 27, 2020)** Cross posted on Human Rights at Home Prof Blog **On May 20, 2021, Secretary of Homeland…
With Dobbs Will the Supreme Court Roll Back Nearly 50 Years of Abortion Rights?
By Kelly Folkers (May 25, 2021)Last week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that poses a direct challenge to the right to seek an abortion in the United States. It’s a test case that has been expected by…
A New UN Report Documents How Marital Rape Laws Violate the Right to Bodily Autonomy
By Shelby Logan (April 27, 2021)This month, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) issued a report on women's bodily autonomy detailing scenarios in which rapists in 20 countries can marry their victims, often against their will, to escape criminal prosecution.…
Expanding Post-Partum Medicaid Is a Step in the Right Direction but More Remains To Be Done
By Genevieve Marcy (April 22, 2021)The Biden administration has touted the American Rescue Plan as “one of the most progressive pieces of legislation in history.” Included in the legislation is a provision that promotes reproductive justice and the…
New York Saves Stopgap Funding for Reproductive and Sexual Health Clinics Waiting in Limbo for Title X Fixes
By Fallon Parker (April 20, 2021)The final 2021-2022 New York State budget passed by the NY Senate earlier this month included great news for Brooklynites in need of low cost reproductive health care. The budget restored $1.8 million in funding…
Arkansas Continues Attack on Reproductive Rights With a New Anti-Transgender Law
By Kelly Folkers (April 13, 2021)On April 6, the Arkansas state legislature overrode a gubernatorial veto and enacted a bill (H.B. 1570) that will ban access to gender-affirming care (GAC) for people under the age of 18, the first law…
Manuela v. El Salvador Could Affect Abortion Law Across the Americas
By Shelby Logan (April 6, 2021)In 2008, Manuela, a 33-year-old Salvadoran, had a miscarriage at home. When she lost consciousness, concerned family and friends took her to a hospital in San Francisco Gotera, a small town in eastern El Salvador.…
Democratic Senators and Advocates Push Biden to Make Reproductive Justice a Priority
By Fallon Parker (Mar. 23, 2021)In President Biden’s first two months in office, his team has fulfilled a number of campaign promises meant to make broad strides for reproductive rights and undo many of President Trump’s harmful anti-choice policies. Reproductive…
A New Survey Indicates ACA Increased Birth-Control Options but COVID-19 Threatens Gains
By Kelly Folkers (March 16, 2021)Since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law almost ten years ago, increasing numbers of patients have been able to use their desired form of contraception, according to the results of a…