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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Wyoming Court Blocks Abortion Pill Ban in Part Because it Violates State Constitutional Right to Freedom of Choice in Health Care
By Tracy Thomas
In the recent decision by a Wyoming Court blocking an abortion regulation banning abortion pills, one issue debated was whether abortion is "health care." I've been writing about this issue…
Health Care and Life Sciences
<em>Podcast:</em> Post-<em>Dobbs</em> – One Year Later – <em>Diagnosing Health Care</em>
In this episode of the Diagnosing Health Care Podcast: The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization one year ago overturned 50 years of legal precedent protecting the constitutional right to abortion…
Family
Inside an Anti-Abortion Meeting with Tennessee’s GOP Lawmakers
By K.O. Herston
Anti-abortion groups helped write and pass laws that kicked in to ban abortion when Roe v. Wade was overturned. The groups see Tennessee’s ban as the country’s strongest — and…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Update on Abortion in Ohio: Abortion Rights on the November Ballot But Legislature Sets Special Election for August to Change Threshold for Passage to a Supermajority
By Tracy Thomas
Abortion is currently legal in Ohio until 22 weeks. ORC § 2919.201(A) (prohibits abortion after twenty weeks post-fertilization (22 weeks), except to prevent death or serious physical impairment.) A state trial…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Iowa supreme court in deadlock over attempt to revive ‘foetal heartbeat bill’
The law, declared unconstitutional years ago, would ban abortion after six weeks of pregnancy
Health Law Prof Blog
Abortion at the Margins: The Constitutional Right to Abortion in the Case of Severe Fetal Abnormality
Teneille R. Brown (University of Utah), Abortion and the Extremism of Bright Line Rules, Nw. U. L. Rev. (2023): This essay uses the jurisprudence of abortion to explore how legislators and…
Family Law Prof Blog
Polish Health Authorities Clarify Abortion Rights
By Family Law
From ABC News:Polish health authorities said Monday that there was a violation of patient rights in the case of a woman who died of sepsis in the fifth month of…
On Brief: Iowa's Appellate Blog
An evenly divided Supreme Court affirms “fetal heartbeat law” injunction by operation of law, trades barbs on matters of jurisprudence and appellate procedure
By Matt McGuire
In a 3-3 decision, the Iowa Supreme Court affirmed a district court ruling refusing to dissolve a 2019 injunction against enforcement of a law known as the “fetal heartbeat law,”…
The Policyholder Perspective
One year after <em>Dobbs</em>: Are medical providers and employers still at risk for lawsuits stemming from abortion access, and should they consider the role of liability coverage?
By Constance Kang, David Cummings
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and its progeny have sparked confusion and uncertainty for individuals, medical providers, and employers with respect to the…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
Dobbs One Year Later: Reviewing Travel Benefits in Group Health Plans
Last year, around this time, many employers were examining travel benefits under their health and welfare plans, in light of the Dobbs decision. A one year check-in on how those…