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Rokita Reprimanded
The Indiana Supreme Court has reprimanded the state Attorney General for statements made about a doctorRespondent Theodore Rokita is, and at relevant times was, the Attorney General of Indiana. On…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Clarifying What Is and Isn’t Part of the Proposed Ohio Constitutional Amendment for Reproductive Freedom on the Ballot Next Week
By Tracy Thomas
In this interview with NBC News, I try to clarify what is--and isn't--part of the proposed Ohio Constitutional Amendment for Reproductive Freedom on the ballot next week.Adam Edelman, NBC News…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
UN Human Rights Committee Grills U.S. on Abortion, Maternal Mortality, and Separation of Families
Crossed posted on Human Rights at Home BlogBy Hannah Filippino and Benita von Lilienfeld-Berry (October 31, 2023) Earlier this month, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (“HRC”) reviewed the U.S.’ performance…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Religious Free Exercise of Abortion
By Tracy Thomas
Elizabeth Sepper, Free Exercise of Abortion, 49 BYU L. Rev. (2023) For too long, religion has been assumed to be in opposition to abortion. Abortions consistent with, motivated by, and compelled…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Implications of Dobbs to the Fundamental Rights of Family Privacy
By Tracy Thomas
Rona Kaufman Kitchen, Privacy: Pre- and Post-Dobbs, 61 Duquesne U. L. Rev. (2023) The United States Supreme Court has interpreted the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to include a…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Change in OH Ballot Language May Have a Big Effect on Support for Issue 1 Reproductive Freedom Constitutional Amendment
By Tracy Thomas
Change in Ballot Language May Have a Big Effect on Support for Issue 1 (OH Reproductive Freedom Amendment)Advocates for Issue 1 were angered that the summary language facing voters at…
Human Rights at Home Blog
UN Human Rights Committee Grills U.S. on Abortion, Maternal Mortality, and Separation of Families
This blog post is crossposted with permission from the Reproductive Rights Law Profs Blog.By Hannah Filippino and Benita von Lilienfeld-Berry, Law Students in CUNY Law School's Human Rights & Gender…
Religion Clause
Satanic Temple Lacks Standing to Challenge Indiana Abortion Ban
In The Satanic Temple, Inc. v. Rokita, (SD IN, Oct. 23, 2023), an Indiana federal district court dismissed The Satanic Temple's challenge under Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act to the state's…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Malinda L. Seymore on “Social Costs of Dobbs’ Pro-Adoption Agenda”
By Jamie Abrams
Malinda L. Seymore has posted Social Costs of Dobbs' Pro-Adoption Agenda on SSRN. This article is forthcoming in volume 57 of the U.C. Davis Law Review in 2023. Here is an…
Religion Clause
Tennessee Sues to Restore Title X Grant Without Making Abortion Referrals
Tennessee's Attorney General this week filed suit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services seeking to restore Tennessee's $7 million annual Title X family planning grant which had…