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Michele Goodwin

  • Events

    Women, Girls, and Mass Incarceration: A Hidden Problem

    Ultimately, we must all recognize responsibility to overhaul our criminal justice system and the policies that drive it. The Drug War is a failed effort and the collateral consequences reach a level of absurdity, including…

    Women, Girls, and Mass Incarceration: A Hidden Problem

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    Michele Goodwin

  • Health Law Policy

    Black Lives Matter To Human Research–Lessons From ‘On The Run’

    The problem here is not simply one for Goffman, who admitted in hindsight, “I’m glad that I learned what it feels like to want a man to die…to feel it in my bones, at an…

    Black Lives Matter To Human Research–Lessons From ‘On The Run’

    By

    Michele Goodwin

  • Abortion

    Arizona Enacts “Abortion Reversal” Law

    Allison M. Whelan, J.D. Senior Fellow, Center for Biotechnology & Global Health Policy, University of California, Irvine School of Law Guest Blogger On Wednesday, March 25, Arizona legislators passed a bill prohibiting women from buying…

    Arizona Enacts “Abortion Reversal” Law

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    Michele Goodwin

  • Bioethics

    “Marlise’s Law”: Protecting the Autonomy and Dignity of Brain-Dead Pregnant Women

    Allison M. Whelan, J.D. Senior Fellow, Center for Biotechnology & Global Health Policy, University of California, Irvine School of Law Guest Blogger On March 12, 2015, Texas Representative Elliot Naishtat (Austin) filed HB 3183, which…

    “Marlise’s Law”: Protecting the Autonomy and Dignity of Brain-Dead Pregnant Women

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    Michele Goodwin

  • Bioethics

    Pakistan’s “Last-Ditch Effort” To Eradicate Polio

    Allison M. Whelan, J.D. Senior Fellow, Center for Biotechnology & Global Health Policy, University of California, Irvine School of Law Guest Blogger In a previous post, I discussed three possible methods of increasing vaccination and…

    Pakistan’s “Last-Ditch Effort” To Eradicate Polio

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    Michele Goodwin

  • Bioethics

    Thailand Bans Foreign Commercial Surrogacy

    Allison M. Whelan, J.D. Senior Fellow, Center for Biotechnology & Global Health Policy, University of California, Irvine School of Law Guest Blogger Thailand’s interim parliament recently passed a law prohibiting foreigners from seeking Thai surrogates.…

    Thailand Bans Foreign Commercial Surrogacy

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    Michele Goodwin

  • Abortion

    The Hot Wave of Anti-Abortion Legislation

    Allison M. Whelan, J.D. Senior Fellow, Center for Biotechnology &Global Health Policy, University of California, Irvine School of Law Guest Blogger As the majority of state legislatures get back in session, it is clear there…

    The Hot Wave of Anti-Abortion Legislation

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    Michele Goodwin

  • Bioethics

    Minnesota Takes Further Steps to Protect Pregnant Inmates

    Allison M. Whelan, J.D. Senior Fellow, Center for Biotechnology &Global Health Policy, University of California, Irvine School of Law Guest Blogger A legislative advisory committee is set to present an amended bill to the Minnesota…

    Minnesota Takes Further Steps to Protect Pregnant Inmates

    By

    Michele Goodwin