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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Ohio Court Grants TRO Blocking Six Week Abortion Ban on Grounds of State’s Health Care Freedom Amendment
By Tracy Thomas
I've been writing an essay for the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics on how state so-called Health Care Freedom Acts and Amendments enacted as symbolic protests to the individual…
GT L&E Blog
9/22 Webinar | Legal Considerations in a Post Dobbs v. Jackson World: What Employers and Providers Need to Know
On Sept. 22, Greenberg Traurig attorneys will discuss the latest developments emanating from the Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson and what lies ahead. This will be…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
SisterSong’s Conference on Reproductive Justice focuses on “Our Blueprint for a Body Revolution”
By Jamie Abrams
SisterSong hosted its annual conference, "Let's Talk About Sex." Tina Vasquez, writing for Prism, authored an article Reproductive Justice has the blueprint for post-Roe America, but are we ready for…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
American Medical Association Letter to the Senate on State Abortion Restrictions
By Jamie Abrams
The American Medical Association, in response to a letter from Senator Warren, wrote a formal letter to the United States Senate on state abortion restrictions dated September 9th. Key excerpts…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Balkin on “Abortion and Partisan Entrenchment”
By Jamie Abrams
Jack Balkin has posted Abortion and Partisan Entrenchment on SSRN in draft format. The abstract states: In overturning Roe v. Wade, The Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Historian’s Study Uncovers Newspaper Reports of Abortion in the US from 1820 to 1860
By Tracy Thomas
Patricia Cohen, Married Women and Induced Abortion in the United States, 1820-1860 Results of a study of 225 publicized abortion cases in US newspapers from 1820 to 1860; with attention to…
Religion Clause
West Virginia Legislature Passes Restrictive Abortion Bill
The West Virginia legislature yesterday gave final passage to House Bill 302 (full text) which outlaws most abortions. It provides in part:An abortion may not be performed or induced or…
PrawfsBlawg
The politics of abortion (Update)
Main Tuesday, September 13, 2022The politics of abortion (Update)Lindsay Graham introduced the Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act. The bill bans abortions after 15 weeks, with rape, life,…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Arguing for a New Tradition Based Substantive Due Process Doctrine to Better Protect Privacy Rights
By Tracy Thomas
Darren Lenard Hutchinson, Thinly Rooted, 65 Arizona L. Rev. (2023) In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v.…
The Right Coast
The Dobbs Ruling Isn’t Hurting Republicans
Conventional DC wisdom says Republicans are about to pay a heavy political price for supporting the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v Wade. The prospects of a Red Wave election…