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Contraception
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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
OR Enacts Nation’s Most Progressive Reproductive Health Policy
By Tracy Thomas
Oregon Approves Sweeping Bill Expanding Abortion AccessOregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) on Tuesday signed into law what advocates called the nation’s most progressive reproductive health policy, expanding access to abortion…
Nashville Criminal Law Report
Want 30 Days Jail Credit ? Get a Vasectomy.
By Rob McKinney
Nashville's News Chanel Five reported yesterday of one Tennessee judge's unusual method to reduce one's jail sentence. White County Tennessee General Sessions Judge Sam Benningfield entered a standing court order…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Why Women Still Must See A Doctor For The Pill, A Year After Tennessee Law Changed
Nashville Public Radio (Jul. 17, 2017): Why Women Still Must See A Doctor For The Pill, A Year After Tennessee Law Changed, by Chas SiskEarly last year, Democrats and Republicans…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Contraception is Lifesaving but Often Out of Reach
Human Rights Watch (July 10, 2017): Contraception is Lifesaving but Often Out of Reach, by Nisha VariaThis week, the Family Planning Summit met in London. The goal of this annual…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
States Lead the Fight Against the President’s Rollback of Birth Control
New York Times (June 10, 2017): States Lead the Fight Against the President's Rollback of Birth Control, by Sheryl Gay Stolberg:The Trump Administration's draft rule, leaked last week, would expand…
The Right Coast
Finally: HHS proposes rule change to end contraception mandate – Hot Air Hot Air
It took four months for the Trump administration to take that first step, of course, and almost a month since the executive order, but at least the process is finally…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Some States Are Making it Easier to Get Birth Control
FiveThirtyEight (April 24, 2017): Some States Are Making it Easier to Get Birth Control, by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux:As we wait to see whether the Trump Administration will get rid of the…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
GRR!: Grandmas Fighting for Reproductive Rights
Business Insider (April 12, 2017): Grandma activists fight for the reproductive rights of young women, by Caroline Praderio:Four years ago, Grandmas for Reproductive Rights or GRR! was founded by a…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Does Birth Control Cause Depression?
New York Times (Apr. 4, 2017): Does Birth Control Cause Depression? by Aaron E. Carroll: A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Psychiatry suggests that hormonal contraceptive use…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
New Books: Sex and the Constitution
By Tracy Thomas
Geoffrey Stone, Sex & the Constitution (2017)From the publisher: Beginning his volume in the ancient and medieval worlds, Geoffrey R. Stone demonstrates how the Founding Fathers, deeply influenced by their philosophical forebears, saw…