Brittney Poolaw and the Long Tradition of State-Sponsored Control of Women and Their Fertility
Poolaw’s conviction stands as a modern recapitulation of the historical violations that women have endured regarding their fertility.
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Read more: The Civil Rights Challenge to Gene Patenting The Civil Rights Challenge to Gene Patenting
The ACLU mounted an unprecedented challenge the entire practice of gene patenting in America. And, against the odds, they won.
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Read more: Health Justice Meets Reproductive Justice Health Justice Meets Reproductive Justice
When people cannot obtain abortion care, they incur social, financial, and physical costs that are difficult to bear.
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Read more: Beyond Abortion: The Far-Reaching Implications of SB 8’s Enforcement Mechanism Beyond Abortion: The Far-Reaching Implications of SB 8’s Enforcement Mechanism
The novel enforcement mechanism behind SB 8 may soon appear in a wide range of legislation, making it more difficult to challenge unconstitutional laws.
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Read more: There’s No Justice Without Health Justice There’s No Justice Without Health Justice
Well-being and ill-being can be measured in many ways, but health is a fundamental part of the picture and is inextricably intertwined with justice.
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Read more: Pregnancy Loss, Abortion Rights, and a Holistic Reproductive Justice Movement Pregnancy Loss, Abortion Rights, and a Holistic Reproductive Justice Movement
The abortion rights and pregnancy loss communities can also work together to normalize and destigmatize all pregnancy outcomes.
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Read more: How Social Movements Have Facilitated Access to Abortion During the Pandemic How Social Movements Have Facilitated Access to Abortion During the Pandemic
Further on-the-ground innovations, outside the courtroom and across state borders, will be needed to meet future challenges to abortion access.
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Read more: Social Distancing, Social Protest, and the Social Constitution of a New Body of Law Social Distancing, Social Protest, and the Social Constitution of a New Body of Law
The emerging law of social distancing is vital to the future of public health. And social protests are playing an important role in these developments.
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Read more: Eviction Moratorium Cases Reveal Courts’ Misunderstanding of Public Health Eviction Moratorium Cases Reveal Courts’ Misunderstanding of Public Health
These legal challenges highlight a narrow — and dangerous — conception of public health held by some courts.
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Read more: COVID-19 and the New Reproductive Justice Movement COVID-19 and the New Reproductive Justice Movement
The pandemic finally shifted the reproductive justice movement’s focus to abortion access, rather than abortion rights.
