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Abortion
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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Federalism and the Right to Travel for Abortion
By Tracy Thomas
Leslie Francis & John Francis, Federalism and the Right to Travel: Medical Aid in Dying and Abortion, 26 Journal of Healthcare Law & Policy (2023 Forthcoming)This article explores how rights…
Health Industry Washington Watch
Mifepristone Cases – Our Thoughts
By Scot Hasselman, Lesley Reynolds, Whitney Petrie, Matthew Loughran
On April 7, 2023, only minutes apart, two federal district courts issued rulings on cases challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s regulations governing mifepristone, a key medication for women seeking…
On Brief: Iowa's Appellate Blog
Iowa Supreme Court to hear arguments in three cases April 11, including on enforcement of Iowa’s fetal-heartbeat abortion law
By Rox Laird
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in three cases April 11. A fourth case will be submitted to the Court without oral argument. Following are summaries of the…
The Right Coast
FDA Abortion Pill Opinion Tells The Truth About ‘Unborn Humans’
Unborn humans. Eugenics. Head, hands, and legs, with defined fingers and toes. Shame, regret, anxiety, depression, drug abuse, and suicidal thoughts. Federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk s Friday decision freezing the…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Implications of Conflicting Federal Court Rulings on the Availability of Medication Abortion
By Jamie Abrams
A publication by Women's Health Policy of the Kaiser Family Foundation provides a useful primer on the implications of the two conflicting federal court rulings regarding the legal accessibility of…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Medical Disobedience, Conscientious Providers, and Abortion
By Tracy Thomas
Mary Ziegler, Disobedience, Medicine and the Rule of Law, 136 Harv. L. Rev. 319 (2023)Professor Dov Fox’s Medical Disobedience could not have appeared at a more consequential time for the medical…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Using Recent Developments in LGBTQ Equality Law to Unsettle Sex Equality’s Enduring Commitment to Biology as a Basis for Sex Discrimination
By Tracy Thomas
Courtney Megan Cahill, Sex Equality's Irreconcilable Differences, 132 Yale L.J. (2023)This Feature uses recent developments in LGBTQ-equality law to unsettle sex equality’s enduring commitment to biology as a basis for…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
CFP Gender, Health and the Constitution
By Tracy Thomas
Gender, Health & the ConstitutionConstitutional Law ConferenceThe Center for Constitutional Law at AkronFriday, October 13, 2023The Center for Constitutional Law at Akron seeks proposals for its annual Constitutional Law Conference. …
Health Law Prof Blog
Freedom Not to See a Doctor: The Path to Over-the-Counter Abortion Pills
Lewis A. Grossman (American University), Freedom Not to See a Doctor: The Path to Over-the-Counter Abortion Pills (2023):American courts and lawmakers are engaged in an epic struggle over the fate…
Family Law Prof Blog
Appleton: “Out of Bounds?: Abortion, Choice of Law, and a Modest Role for Congress”
By Family Law
Susan Frelich Appleton (Washington) recently posted to SSRN her article Out of Bounds?: Abortion, Choice of Law, and a Modest Role for Congress, 35 American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Journal…