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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Maryland Sup. Ct. Ruling on Woman’s Internet Search Relating to Pregnancy Termination
By Jamie Abrams
In Akers v. State of Maryland, the Supreme Court of Maryland held on Feb. 19th that evidence that a woman had searched the internet about pregnancy termination during the time…
Legal Profession Blog
Internet Search Evidence Requires Reversal Of Murder And Child Abuse Conviction
The Maryland Supreme Court has reversed a criminal conviction for murder and child abuseA woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy is one of the most divisive issues in this country.…
Legal Theory Blog
Aceves on Abortion Restrictions and Torture
William Aceves (California Western School of Law) has posted Abortion Costs and the Language of Torture (72 UCLA L. Rev. Disc. 96 (2024)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Following…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
JAMA Article on Abortion Bans and Infant Mortality
By Jamie Abrams
Researchers Alison Gemmill, Alexander M. Franks, Selena Anjur-Dietrich, Amy Ozinsky, David Arbour, Elizabeth A. Stuart, Eli Ben-Michael, Avi Feller, and Suzanne O. Bell have published US Abortion Bans and Infant Mortality…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Center for Reproductive Rights Launches “Repro Red Flags: Agency Watch’ Tracker
By Jamie Abrams
Check out the Center for Reproductive Rights' new tracker, "Repro Red Flags: Agency Watch" here: https://reproductiverights.org/agency-watch/ . The site tracks appointees, departments, and executive actions. It includes coverage of the…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Cohen and Donley on “From Medical Exceptions to Reproductive Freedom”
By Jamie Abrams
David S. Cohen and Greer Donley have placed "From Medical Exceptions to Reproductive Freedom" in volume 124 of the Michigan Law Review (forthcoming 2025). The abstract is excerpted here: The intense…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Register for Webinar on “Navigating the Politicization of Reproductive Health”
By Jamie Abrams
Join American University Washington College of Law's Health Law and Policy Program and Program on Gender, Theory, Law & Practice for the next panel discussion in the Future of Health Care series, featuring scholar…
Religion Clause
Louisiana Grand Jury Indicts NY Doctor For Sending Abortion Medication to Purchaser in Lousiana
Louisiana Illuminator reports that last Friday a Baton Rouge, Louisiana grand jury indicted a New York doctor and her New York clinic for sending abortion pills into Louisiana in violation…
Family Law Prof Blog
Gilles: “Federal Free-Exercise Challenges to Restrictive Abortion Laws”
By Family Law
Stephen Gilles (Quinnipiac University - School of Law) has recently posted to SSRN his paper, Federal Free-Exercise Challenges to Restrictive Abortion Laws. Here is the abstract:Now that Dobbs has abolished…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Legal History of Health Exceptions to Criminal Abortion
By Tracy Thomas
Alicia Gutierrez-Romine, Her "Health and Thus Her Life": Abortion Exceptions in Legal History, Perspectives on History (AHA)As historian Leslie J. Reagan has explained, legal abortions based on health were an area where women of means…