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Abortion
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Religion Clause
Broad Compelled Discussion of Abortion with Patients Violates Doctors’ Free Speech Rights
In Schroeder v. Treto, (ND IL, April 4, 2025), an Illinois federal district court held that one amendment to the state's Health Care right of Conscience Act violates free speech…
Legal Theory Blog
Heyman on Dobbs and the Role of Ideology in Constitutional Interpretation
Steven J. Heyman (Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology) has posted Teaching Dobbs: On The Role Of Ideology In Constitutional Interpretation on SSRN. Here is the abstract:…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
District Court Says Alabama Can’t Punish Residents, Orgs for Out-of-State Abortions
A federal district court ruled Monday that the Alabama attorney general can't prosecute people in Alabama for going to another state, or assisting others in going to another state, to…
Family Law Prof Blog
A bill proposing a near-total abortion ban causes an uproar at Georgia’s Capitol
By Family Law
From AP News:A crowd of protesters on each side of the abortion debate flooded a windowless Georgia Capitol hallway Wednesday with chants and signs as lawmakers held a hearing on…
Religion Clause
New York County Clerk Refuses to File Texas Default Judgment Against Doctor Who Sent Abortion Pills to Texas Woman
New York state's Shield Law (EXECUTIVE 837-x) provides in part:No state or local government employee ... shall cooperate with ... any out-of-state individual or out-of-state agency or department regarding any…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
Illinois Employers Challenge Reproductive Decisions Protections Law
Private employers in Illinois are challenging recent amendments to the Illinois Human Rights Act that prohibit employers from discriminating against employees based on reproductive decisions. On March 21, a Catholic diocese…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Megan S. Wright on “More Choosers, Fewer Choices? Supported and Medical Decision-Making Post-Dobbs”
By Jamie Abrams
Megan S. Wright has published "More Choosers, Fewer Choices? Supported and Medical Decision-Making Post-Dobbs" in Volume 45 of the Pace Law Review 139 as part of the Bioethics after Dobbs…
Religion Clause
EEOC Enjoined from Enforcing Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Against Christian Nonprofit Organization
In Stanley M. Herzog Foundation v. EEOC, (W.D. Mo. Oct 04, 2024), a Missouri federal district court issued a preliminary injunction barring the EEOC from enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness…
Legal Theory Blog
Morrissey on Bruen, Dobbs, and Equal Protection
Dylan Morrissey (UCLA School of Law - UCLA School of Law, Students) has posted How Bruen and Dobbs Resolved Opposing Historical Traditions Through Hidden Equal Protection Analysis (Forthcoming, Columbia Law…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Abandoning “Lawtalk” so that Ordinary People Can Recapture Sociocultural Norms for Democracy
By Tracy Thomas
Cristina Tilley, Supreme Fragility and the Everyday Fix, Michigan State Law Rev. (forthcoming)Like it or loathe it, the Roberts Court is top of mind in modern political discourse. As movement…