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Abortion
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Religion Clause
New HIPPA Rules Protect Against Disclosure to Law Enforcement of Out-of-State Abortions
On April 22, the Department of Health and Human Services issued new rules under HIPPA to protect the privacy of reproductive health care. The rules were adopted in a 291-page…
Last Month at the Supreme Court
Supreme Court Focuses on Standing Issue in Abortion Medication Case
By Chantel Febus, James Azadian, Christopher Sakauye, Monika Harris, Puja R. Valera, A. Joseph Duffy IV, Heming Xu, Dykema
In the consolidated cases U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine and Danco Laboratories v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, the Supreme Court wrestles with an Article III…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Misogyny at the Supreme Court in Debating Emergency Abortion
By Tracy Thomas
Dahlia Lithwick & Mark Joseph Stern, The Lawyer Defending Idaho’s Abortion Ban Irritated the One Justice He Needed on His Side, SlateJustice Amy Coney Barrett famously provided the crucial fifth…
Religion Clause
Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Whether Federal Emergency Treatment Law Preempts State Abortion Ban
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in Moyle v. United States, (Docket No. 23-726) and Idaho v. United States, (Docket No. 23-727). (Audio and Transcript of full oral…
The Employer Report
Special Delivery: The PWFA Final Rule Has Arrived
By Caroline Burnett, Benjamin C. Ho, Autumn Sharp
Employers have been eagerly awaiting the EEOC's Final Rule to implement the Pregnant Worker Fairness Act, and it's (finally!) here. On April 15, the EEOC issued the Final Rule, which…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Ethical and Practical Significance of Using Feminist Narratives in Court Cases
By Tracy Thomas
Sharon Bassan, Implicit Narratives About Women, Drexel University, Research Paper Series, forthcoming In the dynamic landscape of legal academia, narrative analysis emerges as a captivating and essential avenue of exploration. Narratives…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
EEOC Issues Final Regulations Implementing the PWFA
The EEOC issued final regulations (Eff. June 18, 2024) interpreting the Pregnancy Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”), which generally requires employers with 15+ employees to provide reasonable accommodation for pregnancy, childbirth…
Family Law Prof Blog
How Florida and Arizona Supreme Court rulings change the abortion access map
By Family Law
From NPR:In a few weeks, Florida and Arizona are set to join most states in the southern U.S. in banning abortion. It's a significant shake up to the abortion legal…
PrawfsBlawg
More zombie laws
Main Thursday, April 18, 2024More zombie lawsDara Purvis (Penn State) in the Conversation. She makes two points of note: One is a 2015 (12 years post-Lawrence) attempt in Louisiana to…
PrawfsBlawg
Why Roe is different
Main Thursday, April 18, 2024Why Roe is differentWhen SCOTUS decided Dobbs, I wondered what made it "unprecedented," as pro-choice critics argued. It was not overruling precedent simpliciter, because the Court…