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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules that Prohibition of Medicaid Funding for Abortions Violates the State Equal Rights Amendment
By Tracy Thomas
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued its long-awaited decision ruling that prohibiting state Medicaid funds from funding abortion discriminates on the basis of sex in violation of the state's Equal…
Healthcare Perspectives
Navigating the Uncertainty of State Abortion Laws: Suggestions for Hospitals Amid the Rise of Federal Investigations
On January 2, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the Texas District Court’s ruling allowing Texas to ban emergency abortions in spite of the…
Religion Clause
Arkansas AG Certifies Abortion Amendment Proposal; Signature Collection May Begin
After rejecting two prior proposals as being unclear or misleading (1 , 2 ) on Tuesday, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin certified the popular name and ballot title for a…
Family Law Prof Blog
Kessler: “Reproductive Justice at Work: Employment Law After Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization”
By Family Law
Laura T. Kessler has recently posted to SSRN her article Reproductive Justice at Work: Employment Law After Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Cornell Law Review, Vol. 109, 2024. Here…
Health Law Prof Blog
Dobbs V. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: Revisiting the Fourteenth Amendment, Due Process of Law, and American Citizenship
Thomas Burrell, Dobbs V. Jackson Women's Health Organization: Revisiting the Fourteenth Amendment, Due Process of Law, and American Citizenship, 49 Ohio N.U. L. Rev. (2023):On March 19, 2018, the State…
PrawfsBlawg
Florida DA prevails (for the moment) in dispute with DeSantis
Main Sunday, January 14, 2024Florida DA prevails (for the moment) in dispute with DeSantisAndrew Warren, the Democratic state's attorney in Florida fighting his suspension by Ron DeSantis, prevailed (at least…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Future of Constitutional Sex Equality Rights after Dobbs
By Tracy Thomas
Marc Spindelman, Dobbs' Sex Equality Troubles, 32 William & Mary Bill of Rgst J. 117 (2023)This article takes up what Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Org. may mean for sex…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Protecting Abortion With Health Care Freedom of Choice
By Tracy Thomas
Tracy Thomas, Protecting Abortion with Health Care Freedom of Choice, 51 Journal Law, Medicine & Ethics 601 (2023)With the Supreme Court overturning the fifty year federal constitutional right to abortion…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Grants Cert in Case of Idaho Abortion Ban and Federal Requirement of Emergency Room Procedures
By Tracy Thomas
Wash Post, Supreme Court to Decide if U.S. law Requires Some Emergency Room AbortionsThe Supreme Court said Friday it will review a case challenging Idaho’s strict abortion ban, which the Biden administration…
Religion Clause
Court Limits Discussion of Religion in Trial for Blocking Abortion Clinic Entrance
In United States v. Gallagher, (MD TN, Jan. 5, 2024), a Tennessee federal district court ruled on the extent to which defendants can refer to their religious activities or beliefs…