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Religion Clause
National Archives Sued for Requiring Visitors to Remove Pro-Life Apparel
Suit was filed this week in the D.C. federal district court by three anti-abortion proponents who visited the National Archives on the day of the March for Life in Washington.…
The Faculty Lounge
Symposium Announcement—“Deeply Rooted”: Discussing the Aftermath of Dobbs 3/9
“Deeply Rooted”: Discussing the Aftermath of Dobbs March 9, 2023 University of Tennessee College of Law The majority in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Federal Judge Says a Federal Constitutional Right to Abortion May Still Exist in the 13th Amendment
By Tracy Thomas
Politico, Federal Judge Says Constitutional Right to Abortion May Still Exist Despite DobbsA federal judge in Washington, D.C., suggested Monday that there may be a constitutional right to abortion baked…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Weaponization of Attorney’s Fees in an Age of Constitutional Warfare, and the Example of the Texas Abortion Law
By Tracy Thomas
Rebecca Aviel & Wiley Kersh, The Weaponization of Attorney's Fees in an Age of Constitutional Warfare" Yale Law Journal, ForthcomingIf you simply want to win battles in the culture war,…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Lucia Berro Pizzarossa on “Promises and Pitfalls of the Uruguayan Abortion Law”
By Jamie Abrams
A Decade of ImplementationPromises and Pitfalls of the Uruguayan Abortion Law https://verfassungsblog.de/a-decade-of-implementation/ Lucía Berro PizzarossaLucía Berro Pizzarossa is a post-doctoral fellow at the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at the…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
NY Shield Law Could Become Second State to Protect Clinicians Providing Telemedicine Abortion Services
By Tracy Thomas
Carrie Baker, NY Shield Law Would Protect Clinicians Mailing Abortion Pills to Patients in Red States, Ms.Update Jan. 24, 8:56 p.m. PT: The New York Senate passed the telemedicine abortion provider shield…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
State Constitutions as the Next Battleground for Abortion Rights
By Tracy Thomas
Kate Zernike, A Volatile Tool Emerges in the Abortion Battle: State Constitutions? NYTWhen the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion in June, it declared…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Original Public Meaning of Abortion and the Ambiguities of Pregnancy
By Tracy Thomas
Evan Bernick & Jill Wieber Lens, Abortion, Original Public Meaning, and the Ambiguities of PregnancyRelying on 1868 abortion statutes, the 2022 Supreme Court held in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health…
The Right Coast
Jury Acquits Pro-Life Activist Mark Houck of Federal Assault Charges at Abortion Clinic
Peter Breen, Thomas More Society Executive Vice President and Head of Litigation, said via email: We are, of course, thrilled with the outcome. Mark and his family are now free…
Religion Clause
Minnesota Passes Law Guaranteeing Right To Abortions
The Minnesota legislature yesterday gave final passage to HF1, the Protect Reproductive Options Act (full text). It provides in part:Every individual who becomes pregnant has a fundamental right to continue…