News, Resources, and Events Tagged "Roe V. Wade"
People with chronic illness in US now risk having medication restricted
“Maybe industry feels secure for now, but I don’t think they should,” said Rachel Sachs, a professor at Washington University in St Louis who specialises in…
‘A dangerous precedent’: Abortion remains legal in CT, but experts sound alarm on SCOTUS decision5
“I think that people are definitely justified in being very concerned about the future of other very important liberty and privacy rights that have been protected under the U…
Infertility Patients and Doctors Fear Abortion Bans Could Restrict I.V.F.
Katherine Kraschel, an expert on reproductive health law at Yale Law School, noted that clinics could be forced to store embryos that embryologists have determined are unlikely to result in…
‘We need action now’: Activists unimpressed by White House plan to protect abortion rights
“They could hold providers’ feet to the fire to say you have to provide life-saving care or emergency care in your hospital, which could include abortion care,”…
Clarence Thomas Signals Same-Sex Marriage and Contraception Rights at Risk After Overturning Roe v. Wade
Thomas’ concurrence is “an ominous preview of how far the Supreme Court may go to undermine existing constitutionally protected rights,” argues Katherine L. Kraschel, a reproductive justice…
After Roe: The uncertain future of fertility treatment
Roughly 2 percent of children born in the U.S. are conceived by in vitro fertilization, according to the CDC. The process involves combining sperm and eggs to create…
‘Life of the mother’ is suddenly vulnerable
The Gazette asked two experts in reproductive law about the Texas lawsuit and how we define a health emergency. I. Glenn Cohen is the James A. Attwood…
La Corte Suprema de EE.UU. anuló el fallo que despenalizaba el aborto
Alicia Yamin, profesora de Derecho y Salud Pública en la Universidad de Harvard, afirmó a IP Noticias que la decisión de la…
Delete your period app. Get a burner phone. How your digital data can be used against you in a post-Roe world.
“The privacy issues are going to be a really big thing,” says Carmel Shachar, who directs the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard…
Doctors weren’t considered in Dobbs, but now they’re on abortion’s legal front lines
Roe and the abortion decisions that came after it like Planned Parenthood v. Casey, "had the framework that abortion is some sort of individual right, but it'…
Roe reversal spurs worries about miscarriage care
One way physicians can protect themselves against litigation when assisting in routine miscarriage management is to take copious records of their patients, said Carmel Shachar, executive director of the Petrie-Flom…
‘No Magic Bullet’: Biden Team Weighed Public Health Emergency After Roe Reversal
The Biden administration considered declaring a public health emergency to preserve broad access to abortion services following the US Supreme Court’s decision last month to overturn Roe v.…
HIPAA, Privacy, and Reproductive Rights in a Post-Roe Era
The Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization represents the case that ends the Roe v Wade era of abortion…
Embryonic Research Could Be the Next Target After Roe
The majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito doesn’t single out IVF or human embryonic research, but his choice of words to describe abortion could be seen as…
The End of Roe v Wade and New Legal Frontiers on the Constitutional Right to Abortion
n June 24, 2002, the US Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization.1 The Court’s majority decision authored…
“This is not about protecting life”: Supreme Court overturn of Roe v. Wade threatens lives of cancer patients, doctors
“If your state prohibits abortion, can they also prohibit you to travel out of the state? No state, as far as I know, has passed a law to that…
Roe v. Wade’s fall is a ‘turning point’ for Chief Justice John Roberts’ control over the Supreme Court, court watchers say
"[Roberts]'s moved from being a necessary vote for the conservative bloc to being basically not necessary," I. Glenn Cohen, a professor at Harvard Law School, told Insider. "He'…
‘A seismic moment in Constitutional history’: Experts in law and medicine examine the Supreme Court’s decision overturning the right to abortion
According to Harvard Law School Professor I. Glenn Cohen ’03, the ruling represented “a seismic moment in Constitutional history, indeed in American history … I can’t…
What the Supreme Court’s abortion reversal means for in vitro fertilization
The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization will upend the lives of pregnant persons across the United States seeking abortions…
How the Supreme Court Ruling Clouds Future for IVF Treatments
The main concern is not that state lawmakers will target IVF, says I. Glenn Cohen, a Harvard Law School professor who specializes in bioethics, but that “the…
The 50-year history of abortion and oncology in The Cancer Letter archives
“This research has been a political football over the course of the last 30 years, with different administrations of the federal government taking different positions on it,” I. Glenn…
Harvard Law’s I. Glenn Cohen: To provide good care, doctors will run afoul of criminal law in some states as Roe v. Wade ends
Physicians and pregnant women alike have no choice but to navigate the labyrinthine complexities generated by the Dobbs v. Jackson decision—including the risk of being accused…
Video now available! Dobbs v. Jackson: Understanding the Post-Roe Landscape
Online Viewing Watch the fully captioned event video. Read the event coverage: Brett Milano, "'A seismic moment in Constitutional history:' Experts in law and medicine examine the…
Connecticut Moves to Blunt Impact of Other States’ Anti-Abortion Laws
“The law lets abortion providers take solace and confidently provide care for their patients and worry less about these frivolous, vigilante lawsuits thrown at them,” said Katherine L.…