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Religion Clause
Kentucky Abortion Bans Violate State Constitution
In EMW Women's Surgical Center v. Cameron, (KY Cir. Ct., July 22, 2022), a Kentucky state trial court issued a temporary injunction against enforcement of two statutes restricting abortions-- a six-week…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Risk of Mandatory Reporting Laws to Out-of-State Abortion Patients
By Tracy Thomas
Sophia Ballog, Will Laws Requiring CA Doctors to Report Abuse Put Out-of-State Abortion Patients at Risk? , SF ChronicleThe story of an Ohio 10-year-old who traveled to Indiana for an…
Healthcare Perspectives
AMA President Resneck Testifies before House Committee on Impact of SCOTUS Dobbs Decision on Providers and Patients
The American Medical Association (AMA) website reported on AMA President Jack Resneck Jr., M.D.'s July 19, 2022 testimony before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and…
RopesDataPhiles
Privacy of Health Information Post-Dobbs and OCR Guidance on the Protections Afforded under HIPAA
By Cara Dermody, Deborah Gersh
On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning precedent that protected access to abortion services before the point of fetal viability.…
All Things HR
Reproductive Healthcare Issues for Employers Series, Part 3: HHS Guidance on HIPAA and Other Privacy Issues
By Eric Gregory
After the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overruling the constitutionally protected right to an abortion, federal agencies have issued guidance intended to help protect…
Health Law Prof Blog
Re-Thinking Strategy after Roe
David S. Cohen (Drexel University), Greer Donley (University of Pittsburgh), Rachel Rebouché (Temple University), Re-Thinking Strategy after Roe, 75 Stanford L. Rev. Online (Forthcoming):The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v.…
Health Law Prof Blog
Abortion’s Interoperability Trap: How the Law of Medical Records Will Facilitate Interstate Persecution of Contested Medical Procedures, and What to Do about It
Carleen Zubrzycki (Harvard Law School), Abortion’s Interoperability Trap: How the Law of Medical Records Will Facilitate Interstate Persecution of Contested Medical Procedures, and What to Do about It, Yale L.…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
11th Circuit Upholds Georgia’s Abortion Ban and Fetal Personhood Law
By Tracy Thomas
Sistersong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective v. Georgia (11th Cir. July 20, 2022)WILLIAM PRYOR, Chief Judge:This appeal concerns whether Georgia can prohibit some abortions and whether its redefinition of…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Bills to Protect Rights to Contraception and Marriage Equality Pass US House
By Tracy Thomas
Bills to Defend Marriage Equality and Contraception Pass US House, Head to SenateThe U.S. House of Representatives this week passed two landmark pieces of legislation: the Respect for Marriage Act, which…
The Right Coast
Biden Is Pressed to Declare Emergencies After Climate, Abortion Setbacks – WSJ
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday that both actions a public-health emergency on abortion and a national emergency on climate were under consideration, and that each type of…