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UK Human Rights Blog
Law Pod latest episode: Pink Crime with Professor Valena Beety
By Lucy McCann
In this episode of LawPod UK, Lucy McCann is joined by Professor Valena Beety, legal scholar, innocence litigator and former federal prosecutor, to discuss her new book Pink Crime.Professor Beety explores…
Pennsylvania Divorce and Domestic Relations Blog
Interstate Surrogacy Yields a Frightening Set of Problems
By Mark Ashton
A couple from California which we can only identify at AB and CD decide they would like to have a child born through a surrogate mother. Through a Connecticut based…
Religion Clause
Massachusetts Liberalizes Access to Late Term Abortions
On Monday, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed H.5595, titled An Act Prioritizing Patient Access To Care (full text). Under previous law, abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy were permitted only where…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article: The Deliberative Trustee
By Teddy Groce
Bridget J. Crawford (Pace University School of Law) & Yeewen New (New York University) recently published The Deliberative Trustee, 2026. Provided below is the Abstract: A transgender woman asks the…
Balkinization
Dobbs and Now B.P.J.
By guestbloggerbalkin-blogspot-com
Reva Siegel & Mary Ziegler Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), the conservative Christian legal organization that litigated Dobbs, is now trying to do for the law of equal protection what it…
JURIST
South Korea urged to extend protections for women after appeal decision in abortion case exposes legal vacuum
By Tony Xun | U. Ottawa Faculty Of Law, CA
On Thursday, Amnesty International warned that South Korea’s abortion framework did not go far enough to protect women’s reproductive health and rights. Amnesty International’s call for improved protections for women…
Jotwell
Criminal Claiming in Ban-State Abortion Law
Karen Engle & Jennifer E. Laurin, Criminalization by Other Means: New Sites and Strategies for Stifling Abortion Access, 69 Ariz. L. Rev.__ (forthcoming 2027), available at SSRN (May 11, 2026).Criminalization…
Religion Clause
Federal Court Certifies to Michigan Supreme Court Questions on Michigan’s Abortion Discrimination Ban
In Right to Life of Michigan v. Nessel, (WD MI, July 10, 2026), two pro-life organizations, Right to Life of Michigan and Pregnancy Resource Center, brought a 1st Amendment challenge…
Journal of Medical Ethics Blog
Whose permission counts? Rethinking abortion access through the lens of authorization
By Owenschaefer
By Shizuko Takahashi A law permits abortion. A court has ruled, or a legislature has voted. Legality appears settled. But for the pregnant person in front of a clinician, legality…
Law & Humanities Blog
Portuondo on What Personhood Means
By christinecorcoslawlit-blogspot-com
Laura Portuondo, University of Houston Law Center, has published What Personhood Means at 124 Mich. L. Rev. 1303(2026). Here is the abstract. What would it mean for the Supreme Court…