Reproduction & Family

  • Read more: ReproDialogue: Critical Discussions on Self-Managed Abortion & Reproductive Justice
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    ReproDialogue: Critical Discussions on Self-Managed Abortion & Reproductive Justice

    This digital symposium, ReproDialogue: Critical Discussions on Self-managed Abortion & Reproductive Justice, by guest editor Lucía Berro Pizzarossa in collaboration with Birmingham Law School and the Centre for Health Law, Science and Policy at the University of Birmingham, brings the international revolution in self-managed reproductive healthcare into focus. Introduction After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court Ended Roe but Not Abortion When the…

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    ReproDialogue: Critical Discussions on Self-Managed Abortion & Reproductive Justice

    Photo credit: Martina Šalov International Safe Abortion Day is 28 September. This new digital symposium, ReproDialogue: Critical Discussions on Self-managed Abortion & Reproductive Justice by guest editor Lucía Berro Pizzarossa in collaboration with Birmingham Law School and the Centre for Health Law, Science and Policy at the University of Birmingham, brings the international revolution in…

  • Read more: Evidence and Authority in Abortion Law
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    Evidence and Authority in Abortion Law

    by Rachel Rebouché Two years after deciding the case that overturned a constitutional right to abortion, the Supreme Court heard two cases on abortion law this term. The first involved a challenge to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval and regulation of mifepristone, the first drug in a medication abortion. The second concerned the…

  • Read more: The Ever-Expanding Right to Refuse to Provide Healthcare
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    The Ever-Expanding Right to Refuse to Provide Healthcare

    By Elizabeth Sepper For the past decade, a blockbuster religion law case has been a feature of every Supreme Court term. The Court dramatically eased the ability of employers to claim religious exemptions. It overturned long-standing Establishment Clause precedent. And it revolutionized Free Exercise Clause doctrine to favor objectors to public health measures and antidiscrimination…

  • Read more: Equity Implications of Telehealth Policy on Medication Abortion Care Service Delivery
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    Equity Implications of Telehealth Policy on Medication Abortion Care Service Delivery

    By Dana Northcraft and Natalie Birnbaum Since Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, fourteen states and two territories have banned the provision of abortion care altogether.[i] Still, abortion rates in the United States are on the rise. This is in part due to the expansion of care delivery through telehealth for medication abortion…

  • Read more: Was the Supreme Court’s decision in the Idaho abortion case really about abortion?
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    Was the Supreme Court’s decision in the Idaho abortion case really about abortion?

    By Leslie P. Francis Right at the end of its term, the Supreme Court evaded resolving a conflict between Idaho and the federal government about abortions in emergencies. The immediate conflict in Moyle v. United States is whether federal restrictions on Medicare funds may require hospitals to perform abortions needed to prevent significant deterioration of…

  • Read more: Going to New Orleans? You may need to leave your ulcer medication behind
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    Going to New Orleans? You may need to leave your ulcer medication behind

    By Leslie P. Francis That’s correct: unless your prescription for misoprostol meets strict new conditions, possession of the drug is now illegal in Louisiana.  In late May 2024, Louisiana governor Jeff Landry signed a bill making misoprostol and mifepristone schedule IV drugs, the most highly regulated controlled substances.  Violating the law may result in jail…

  • Read more: Routing Back to Roe in Light of Adverse State Supreme Court Abortion Decisions
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    Routing Back to Roe in Light of Adverse State Supreme Court Abortion Decisions

    By James G. Hodge, Jr. and Jennifer L. Piatt Surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court’s withdrawal of the longstanding constitutional right to abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on June 24, 2022, multiple state supreme courts have done their own “about face” on reproductive rights. Motivated perhaps by the infamous leaked decision in Dobbs,…

  • Read more: Two Years On From A “Landmark” Abortion Decision in Kenya
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    Two Years On From A “Landmark” Abortion Decision in Kenya

    By Joelle Boxer Two years ago, the Kenyan High Court in Malindi decided PAK and Salim Mohammed v. Attorney General et al., affirming that the constitutional right to abortion is “fundamental.” Approximately 2,600 people lose their lives to unsafe abortion in Kenya each year, with an additional 21,000 people requiring hospitalization. While the Kenyan Constitution,…