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By Michele Goodwin I conclude Part III in this series from Uganda—a nation recovering from what one doctor describes as a “genocide” from HIV and AIDS. Parts I and II can be found here and…
By Michele Goodwin This post is the second in a three part series on the use of criminal law to police teen sex. The first part can be viewed here. In recent years, thousands of…
By Michele Goodwin This post is the first in a three part series on the use of criminal law to police teen sex. A recent study by Human Rights Watch suggests that statutory rape law…
Guest Blogger: Allison M. Whelan* So much of the political and legal debate about reproductive choice centers on abortion. In doing so, these debates obscure so many other reproductive choices women must make. And the…
By Michele Goodwin The Family, Privacy, Secrets, & The Law Roundtable (March 7-8. 2013) was a great success. Kudos to the brilliant presenters and commentators who came together for this important, groundbreaking session, including Lori…
Join us for an important meeting: Roundtable: Family, Privacy, Secrets & the Law March 7-8, 2013 March 7-8, 2013 University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law 500 West Baltimore Street Baltimore, MD 21201…
By Michele Goodwin The Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Michigan is being sued for accommodating the request made by a parent that no African Americans tend to his newborn. The father, who allegedly sported a…
By Michele Goodwin In the wake of an election season peppered with references to rape by legislators vying for reelection or elevation to more prominent political positions: Representative Todd Akin’s woefully unscientific claim that “legitimate”…
By Michele Goodwin Posted from Amsterdam I was in India when the tragic news hit; 26 people dead–20 of them children in a massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14,…
By Michele Goodwin The most sophisticated medical technologies are available in the United States. The luxury afforded elite health care consumers is best captured by “executive health care” and “personalized” medicines. Given the tailored health…
