Is Preemption the Cure for Healthcare Federalism’s Restrictions on Medication Abortion?
The consequences that result from state bans and restrictions on medication abortion represent just one example of “healthcare federalism.”
Judicial Opinions
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Read more: Grassroots Mobilization Needed to Defend Abortion Access Grassroots Mobilization Needed to Defend Abortion Access
Strict, early measures did not lead to better control of the disease, in comparison to other countries in the region.
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Read more: The Supreme Court Threatens to Undermine Vaccination Decisions Entrusted to the States The Supreme Court Threatens to Undermine Vaccination Decisions Entrusted to the States
The Supreme Court seems poised to say that the existence of a secular medical exemption to vaccine mandates means a state must offer a religious exemption.
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Read more: The New Search for Reproductive Justice in Old Laws The New Search for Reproductive Justice in Old Laws
In the post-Dobbs fight to safeguard reproductive healthcare, a new spotlight has been placed on two existing federal laws.
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Read more: Relying on the Unreliable? COVID-19 Claims Can’t Proceed Without a Proper Standard of Care Relying on the Unreliable? COVID-19 Claims Can’t Proceed Without a Proper Standard of Care
Without a reliable standard of care, COVID-19 tort claims should not see the success achieved in other contagious disease cases.
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Read more: The Supreme Court of India’s Landmark Abortion Ruling, Explained The Supreme Court of India’s Landmark Abortion Ruling, Explained
The Supreme Court of India recently ruled that all women, whether married or not, have equal rights to access abortion up to 24 weeks of gestation.
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Read more: The Pathology (and Politics) of Liability Shields The Pathology (and Politics) of Liability Shields
The COVID liability landscape has presented less of a narrative about the development of substantive torts doctrine and more a study in politics.
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Read more: Tort Liability is a Potentially Powerful Tool for Pandemic Response Tort Liability is a Potentially Powerful Tool for Pandemic Response
Liability exposure encourages precautions through economic incentives rather than administrative agency directives.
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Read more: California Supreme Court to Decide If Employers May Be Liable for ‘Take-Home’ COVID-19 California Supreme Court to Decide If Employers May Be Liable for ‘Take-Home’ COVID-19
Should an employer be held liable if an employee contracts COVID in the workplace and subsequently “takes it home” and infects a family member?
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Read more: COVID-19 and the Problem of Multiple Sufficient Causes COVID-19 and the Problem of Multiple Sufficient Causes
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, what seemed like an antiquated doctrine to be relegated to the age of sparking trains may be steaming back into relevance.
