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Religion Clause
Iowa Passes Fetal Heartbeat Abortion Ban
In a one-day special legislative session on Tuesday, the Iowa legislature passed HF732 (full text), a ban on most abortions if a fetal heartbeat can be detected (usually after 6 weeks…
TortsProf Blog
Fox on the Abortion Double Bind
Dov Fox has posted to SSRN The Abortion Double Bind. The abstract provides:Medically needed abortion treatment is being delayed and denied by doctors who are understandably wary not to cross the…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Alissa Rubin Gomez on “The Feminist-Neutrality Paradox”
By Jamie Abrams
Alissa Rubin Gomez has published The Feminist-Neutrality Paradox in volume 127 of the Dickinson Law Review 673. The abstract previews: This Symposium asks us to contemplate women’s role in the judiciary. Female judges…
Religion Clause
Court Says Dobbs Decision Does Not Undercut Freedom of Access To Clinic Entrances Act
In United States v. Gallagher, (MD TN, July 3, 2023), a Tennessee federal district court became the first court to rule on whether the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision affects the constitutionality of…
Religion Clause
Indiana Supreme Court Rejects Facial Challenge to State’s Abortion Law
In Members of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana v. Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, Inc., (IN Sup. Ct., June 30, 2023), the Indiana Supreme Court rejected a facial challenge…
Family Law Prof Blog
Call for Papers
By Family Law
The Section on Family & Juvenile Law is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for its substantive panel at the 2024 AALS Annual Meeting to be held January 3-6 in…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Biden Issues Executive Order on Contraception Access on Anniversary of Dobbs Decision
By Jamie Abrams
President Joe Biden announced that he was issuing an "Executive Order on Strengthening Access to Contraception" on the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision. The Executive Order acknowledges that "[m]illions…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Political Equality, Gender, and Democratic Legitimation in Dobbs
By Jamie Abrams
Olatunde C. Johnson and Aliza Forman Rabinovici have posted their forthcoming work on Political Equality, Gender, and Democratic Legitimation in Dobbs. The work is forthcoming in Volume 46 of the…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Illinois Legislature Limits Deceptive Practices of Pregnancy Centers
By Jamie Abrams
The Illinois legislature has passed a bill that amends its Consumer Fraud and Deception Act to limit pregnancy centers in the state from "interfer[ing] with or prevent[ing] an individual from…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Status of State Litigation One-Year After Dobbs
By Jamie Abrams
https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/report/state-and-federal-reproductive-rights-and-abortion-litigation-tracker/ Status of medication abortion: https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/fact-sheet/the-availability-and-use-of-medication-abortion/