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Family Law Prof Blog
Woman Sentenced for Abortion in UK
By Family Law
From CNN: A British woman who used medication to induce an abortion after the United Kingdom’s legally allowed limit has been sentenced to prison for 28 months, the PA Media news…
Religion Clause
3rd Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Abortion Clinic Buffer Zone Challenge
The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday heard oral arguments in Reilly v. City of Harrisburg (audio of full oral arguments). In the case below (MD PA, March 28,…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Menstruation and the Law in a Post-Dobbs World
By Tracy Thomas
Emily Gold Waldman & Bridget J. Crawford, Menstruation in a Post- Dobbs World, 98 NYU Law Review Online 191 (2023) In this Essay, we re-examine our 2022 book, Menstruation Matters:…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Implications of Dobbs on Reproductive Health Care Access for LGBTQ People Who Can Get Pregnant
By Jamie Abrams
https://law.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/PDFs/Center_on_Reproductive_Health/2210-Repro-Health-Fact-Sheet-FINAL.pdf While the overturning of Roe v. Wade will allow states to restrict access to abortion and other sexual and reproductive health care, some states are using the Dobbs decision as…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Center for Reproductive Rights Report Documents Poor-Quality Care After Dobbs
By Jamie Abrams
The Center for Reproductive Rights published a report documenting poor quality care after Dobbs. The Care Post-Roe Study seeks to learn about how clinical care has changed by documenting cases of…
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One Year Post-Dobbs: A Brief Review
Post Authored By: Hannah Werner On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States released a landmark decision that challenged fifty years of settled precedent. Dobbs v. Jackson…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Reclaiming Tort Law to Protect Reproductive Rights
By Tracy Thomas
Yvonne Lindgren & Nancy Levit, Reclaiming Tort Law to Protect Reproductive Rights, 75 Alabama L.Rev. (2023) In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, the constitutional…
Religion Clause
5th Circuit Hears Arguments on FDA Approval of Abortion Drug
Yesterday the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments (audio of full arguments) in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. Food & Drug Administration. In the case, a Texas…
Religion Clause
North Carolina Legislature Overrides Veto of Abortion Law
The North Carolina legislature last night voted to override Governor Roy Cooper's veto of Senate Bill 20 which imposes elaborate new restrictions on abortions in the state, summarized in this prior…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Dobbs, Plessy, and the New Jane Crow
By Tracy Thomas
Evan D. Bernick, Dobbs, Plessy, and the Constitution of the New Jane Crow, Northern Illinois U. Law Rev. (2023)Women and girls enter U.S. jails and prisons every year. Nearly a…