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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
New Book, Essentially a Mother: A Feminist Approach to the Law of Pregnancy and Motherhood
By Tracy Thomas
Jennifer Hendricks, Jennifer Hendricks, Essentially a Mother (University of California Press May 2023)Jennifer Hendricks, Essentially a Mother: A Feminist Approach to the Law of Pregnancy and Motherhood (chapter summaries), SSRN.This…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Justice Alito’s Contempt as Seen in the Abortion Pill Dissent
By Tracy Thomas
Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, Opinion, The Supreme Court Delivers a Sign of Relief -- and an Outrageous DissentAmy Davidson Sorkin, What's Going on With Samuel Alito?, New YorkerHow many people…
Religion Clause
Sign Permit Did Not Infringe 1st Amendment Rights of Anti-Abortion Protester
In Roswell v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, (D MD, April 28, 2023), a Maryland federal district court denied a preliminary injunction to plaintiff who challenged the requirement that he…
Religion Clause
Ex-Husband Brings Wrongful Death Suit Against Wife’s Friends Who Supplied Abortion Pills
A novel wrongful death lawsuit was filed last month in a Texas state trial court by the ex-husband of a woman whose two friends assisted her in obtaining abortion medication. …
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Supreme Court’s Gaslight Docket and the Anti-Equality Effects
By Tracy Thomas
Kyle Velte, The Supreme Court's Gaslight Docket, Temple L. Rev. (forthcoming) The U.S. Supreme Court’s new conservative supermajority is gaslighting the American public. This article take a systematic look at key…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Senate Will Vote on Equal Rights Amendment This Week, 100 Years After it was First Introduced
By Tracy Thomas
Wash Post, Schumer Announces Senate Will Vote on the Equal Rights Amendment This WeekThe Senate will vote on the Equal Rights Amendment this week — 100 years after it was…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Understanding the Supreme Court’s Past Balanced Approach to Abortion
By Tracy Thomas
Carlos A. Ball, Balancing Abortion, 63 Santa Clara L.Rev. (forthcoming) Critics of Roe v. Wade and its progeny repeatedly contended that, in recognizing a fundamental right to choose an abortion, the…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Supreme Court Issues Stay in Medication Abortion Appeal
By Jamie Abrams
While the Supreme Court's decision in the abortion medication litigation is by no means a victory for women’s health, it allows Mifepristone to remain legally accessible to the degree it…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Reevaluating Regional Law Reform Strategies After Dobbs
By Jamie Abrams
I was so grateful for the chance to present at the University of Akron School of Law's Future of Reproductive Rights Symposium in October 2022. My publication, Reevaluating Regional Law…
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Supreme Court Declares All Women Entitled To Safe And Legal Abortion: What It Means For Reproductive Rights In India
In the case X vs Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Govt of NCT Of Delhi[1], the Supreme Court has declared that all women possess an unassailable right to…